Alonzo King LINES Ballet | Fall Season 2025
| Ticket Information DEEP RIVER Run Time: 65 Minutes (with no intermission) Regular Price: $42 - $135 Group of 10+: 10% Discount Students: 10% Discount in Terrace ORIGINS SCREENING Run Time: 90 Minutes, including post-screening Q/A Early Bird ticket price: $22.50 for a limited time only The world premiere of ORIGINS in April sold out in less than a week, so get your tickets now! Ticket prices include all box office fees and facility fees. Friday, September 19 includes a post-performance Q&A with Alonzo King. |
LINES Ballet’s fall season offers a rare chance to witness both the stage and cinematic expressions of Alonzo King’s singular artistic vision. In September, we return to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts with Deep River, Alonzo King’s internationally acclaimed masterpiece that has thrilled audiences around the world. Then, in November, join us at SFMOMA for an exclusive screening of ORIGINS, Drea Cooper’s stunning film born alongside Deep River.
DEEP RIVER
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
September 18-21, 2025
Deep River, Alonzo King’s acclaimed masterwork, fuses dance with Black spirituals and Jewish liturgical music in a powerful reflection on love, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit. Named one of Pointe Magazine’s standout performances of 2024, Deep River has been praised for its beauty, emotional depth, and spiritual force. With soaring vocals by Lisa Fischer and an evocative score by Jason Moran, Deep River is a transformative journey of compassion, beauty, and transcendence.*
ORIGINS
SFMOMA
November 1, 2025
Early Bird Ticket: $22.50
The world premiere screening of ORIGINS in April sold out in one week, so get your tickets now!
Directed by Emmy Award winning filmmaker Drea Cooper, ORIGINS is an intimate portrait of Alonzo King and LINES Ballet, blending breathtaking performances with personal stories and insights. Filmed in spectacular settings from the Arizona desert to the galleries of SFMOMA, ORIGINS offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the company’s creative process. More than a documentary, ORIGINS is a poetic meditation on life, love, and the inspiring power of movement.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Alonzo King and the artists of LINES Ballet.
DEEP RIVER
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
September 18-21, 2025
Deep River, Alonzo King’s acclaimed masterwork, fuses dance with Black spirituals and Jewish liturgical music in a powerful reflection on love, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit. Named one of Pointe Magazine’s standout performances of 2024, Deep River has been praised for its beauty, emotional depth, and spiritual force. With soaring vocals by Lisa Fischer and an evocative score by Jason Moran, Deep River is a transformative journey of compassion, beauty, and transcendence.*
ORIGINS
SFMOMA
November 1, 2025
Early Bird Ticket: $22.50
The world premiere screening of ORIGINS in April sold out in one week, so get your tickets now!
Directed by Emmy Award winning filmmaker Drea Cooper, ORIGINS is an intimate portrait of Alonzo King and LINES Ballet, blending breathtaking performances with personal stories and insights. Filmed in spectacular settings from the Arizona desert to the galleries of SFMOMA, ORIGINS offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the company’s creative process. More than a documentary, ORIGINS is a poetic meditation on life, love, and the inspiring power of movement.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Alonzo King and the artists of LINES Ballet.
About Alonzo King LINES Ballet:
Alonzo King LINES Ballet is a celebrated contemporary ballet company that has been guided since 1982 by the artistic vision of acclaimed choreographer Alonzo King. Collaborating with extraordinary composers, musicians, writers, and visual artists from around the world, King draws on a diverse set of deeply rooted cultural traditions, imbuing classical ballet with new expressive potential. He has been heralded as a visionary and thought leader, receiving numerous accolades such as a San Francisco Arts Medallion, an induction into the California Hall of Fame, and a 2020 Dance Magazine Award. The company brings new works of illuminating beauty to Bay Area audiences in bi-annual home seasons, and LINES Ballet’s national and international tours allow the company to share its vision of transformative, revelatory dance through performances worldwide.
LINES Ballet is also dedicated to training the next generation of artists through its Summer Program for junior, advanced, and pre-professional dancers, as well as our Bachelor of Fine Arts Program with Dominican University of California. LINES makes dance accessible to Bay Area adults and youth as well through world-class, affordable ballet classes open to the community and free, in-school education programs.
LINES Ballet is also dedicated to training the next generation of artists through its Summer Program for junior, advanced, and pre-professional dancers, as well as our Bachelor of Fine Arts Program with Dominican University of California. LINES makes dance accessible to Bay Area adults and youth as well through world-class, affordable ballet classes open to the community and free, in-school education programs.
For more information, visit linesballet.org
Banner image: Shuaib Elhassan / Alonzo King LINES Ballet / © RJ Muna.
*Please note: these performances of Deep River will feature pre-recorded music; musicians will not perform live.
