Sean Dorsey Dance performs at the 2025 FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL June 19-21 at Z Space, SF!
This year, the festival features 8 artists: World champion bachata dancers, bad-ass trans-americana music, South Asian contemporary dance, cutting-edge drag performance artists, hilariously gorgeous storytelling, and MORE.
The FRESH MEAT FESTIVAL is excited to premiere 4 new pieces commissioned especially for the festival by the 2025 FRESH WORKS! commissioned artists: Aísha Noir, Mudd the Two Spirit, Ishami Dance Company, and JanpiStar.
The festival lineup also features: D’Lo, Jahaira and Angelica, Sean Dorsey Dance, Shawna Virago, and femme-cee Churro Nomi!
KN95 masks will be provided and required. ASL Interpretation will be provided at all performances. Z Space theater is wheelchair accessible and has all-gender bathrooms.
Date & Time:
Venue:
Z Space
450 Florida Street
San Francisco, CA
Sean Dorsey Dance has uplifted Trans and Queer bodies and lives for 20 seasons, and has toured to over 35 cities across the US and internationally. SDD’s Artistic Director Sean Dorsey is the founder and Artistic Director of Fresh Meat Productions – and an Emmy award-winning choreographer, dancer, writer, educator and activist.
Getting to Z Space
Public Transportation:
Z Space is close to a variety of public transportation lines, most notably the 16th and Mission BART stop (approximately 9 short-side blocks away), and the 22, 27, and 33 MUNI bus lines.
Parking:
In the neighborhood immediately around Z Space, as in much of San Francisco, parking is a challenge during the day. If you are planning on parking on the street, please allow at least 30 minutes to find a space, and be sure to carefully read all restrictions on street signs and parking meters. Street parking is plentiful beginning around 4:00 pm each day and on weekends. There is a paid parking lot (operated by UCSF) at Harrison and 15th Street which has metered visitor spaces and located approximately three blocks from Z Space.
ACCESS INFORMATION:
- Z Space’s entrance, lobby, bathrooms and audience seating areas are wheelchair accessible.
- The front row of theater seats are at floor level; all other rows of seating are on risers and require climbing stairs. The front row will be reserved for accessible seating, wheelchair users, mobility-device users, and people who would like to use extra-wide, armless chairs.
- The front row of seating features armless chairs; all other chairs in the theater have non-moveable arms.
- If you need to reserve accessible seating, please email us at boxoffice@zspace.org. Please specify your access need (eg. if you’re a wheelchair user coming with one companion; if you need an extra-wide, armless chair; if you need to be seated in the ASL seating area).
- Z Space’s bathrooms are all-gender.
- There will not be a scent-reduced seating section for this event
- Identification (ID) is not required to purchase or pick up tickets.
- Each program will feature ASL Interpretation: please let us know when you’re coming (email melissa@freshmeatproductions.org)
- If you plan to bring a registered service animal, please email melissa@freshmeatproductions.org at least 48 hours before your ticketed show for pre-approval. Be prepared to show documentation (digital or hard copy) if requested. Service animals must sit in an aisle seat. In case of disruptions, you’ll receive one initial and one final warning; a third will require you and your animal to leave the show
COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR THIS EVENT:
- KN95 masks will be provided and required for this event.
- Audience is required to be KN95 masked for the entirety of their time inside the building. Our staff will provide KN95 masks to everyone before they enter the building (unless someone’s disability, chronic illness or health condition means they cannot wear a mask).
- By attending the Fresh Meat Festival, you agree to the following:
- You do not have any signs of contagious illness (COVID or otherwise), including pink eye, that aren’t fully explained by a non-contagious health condition that you have
- If you have had COVID, it’s been at least 10 days since your first symptoms or positive test if you were asymptomatic.
Performances include an evening length original production titled “Pehchaan” as well as several repertory works. Through their performances, dance workshops and intensives, and their blog “Intermission” they invite their audiences to engage with their work and vision and celebrate the intersectionality of their identities.
Ishami was founded by Amit Patel & Ishika Seth in the unceded lands of the Ohlone-Muwekma tribes (Fremont, CA) and consists of several dance artists with unique and varied dance backgrounds and experiences.