Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Presents Megan Lowe Dances’ “Air Between Us”

Megan Lowe Dances, Air Between Us, YBCA, 2026. Dancers: B Dean, Rose Huey, Megan Lowe, Saharla Vetsch, Gabriele Christian, Roel Seeber. Photo by Nino Fernandez.

A new site-specific vertical dance residency and performance series
activates YBCA’s buildings and public space into a living stage

March 17, 2026 – San Francisco, CA: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) presents Air Between Us, a new site-specific vertical dance work by Megan Lowe Dances that will transform YBCA’s Forum, building facades, and outdoor space into a living performance environment. Megan Lowe Dances will develop this new work through a residency at YBCA beginning April 17, with debut public performances from May 15–17, 2026.  

In Air Between Us, dancers rise, hover, and descend across architectural surfaces, exploring the concept of air as both a shared resource and a metaphor for connection. At once intimate and monumental, the work explores how the space between people can hold separation or belonging, offering a powerful reflection on collective experience. Following the pandemic, and in the wake of growing population density in San Francisco and an extended wildfire season in California, the work offers a meditation on the concept of air, space, and how we relate to one another.

“In Air Between Us, we’re dancing inside the thing we all share but rarely consciously think about—air,” said Megan Lowe, Artistic Director of Megan Lowe Dances. “When bodies move across walls and fly through space, gravity, distance, and trust become visible. The piece asks us to notice the fragile atmosphere we’re all breathing together, and the relationships that live in the air between us.”

Created for YBCA’s campus and public spaces, Air Between Us continues Megan Lowe Dances’ practice of transforming unexpected spaces into stages for multidisciplinary performance. Known for bold partnering and daring aerial work, the company performs in physically demanding environments to expand both what dance can express and where it can happen. 

“Air Between Us invites audiences to experience YBCA differently, to stand together beneath dancers moving across our walls and recognize the air we share as something both ordinary and extraordinary,” said Mari Robles, CEO of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. “In a city shaped by proximity, environment, and collective life, this work offers a powerful reminder that connection often lives in the spaces we cannot see.” 

The residency will bring together a multidisciplinary team of dancers, designers, and collaborators, including Gabriele Christian, B Dean, Rose Huey, Roel Seeber, Saharla Vetsch, composer William Cenoté, rigging designer Dave Freitag, set design consultant Sean Riley, and lighting designer Ray Oppenheimer. 

Public performances of Air Between Us will take place Friday, May 15 at 7 PM; Saturday, May 16 at 2 PM and 7 PM; and Sunday May 17 at 2 PM.

YBCA programs are made possible in part by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Blue Shield of California, Bob A. Ross Foundation, City and County of San Francisco, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Malia Simonds, Mayor Daniel Lurie, The Ron Conway Family, Salesforce, San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Svane Family Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy, Yerba Buena Partnership, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Board of Directors and Members. 

For more information visit www.ybca.org.

About Megan Lowe Dances:

Megan Lowe Dances creates courageous multidisciplinary dance works rooted in care, collaboration, and place-making. The company’s performances span museums, public spaces, festivals, and cultural institutions across the Bay Area and beyond, combining dynamic partnering, aerial exploration, and community-centered engagement.

About YBCA:

Opened to the public in 1993, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) was founded as the cultural anchor of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens neighborhood. Our work spans the realms of contemporary art, performance, film, civic engagement, and public life. By centering artists as essential to social and cultural movement, YBCA is reimagining the role an arts institution can play in the communities it serves. For more information, visit ybca.org.

YBCA is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11:00am to 5:00pm. General admission is $10, and $5 for students and seniors. Admission is free every Wednesday. For tickets and information, visit ybca.org.

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