ZACCHO Dance Theatre

Co-presented by Zaccho Dance Theatre and Dancers Group, “The People’s Palace” was a FREE site-specific installation performance set inside San Francisco’s iconic City Hall.

Premiered on May 9, 10, 12, 2024, “The People's Palace” was an artistic intervention with City Hall’s Beaux-Arts Roman and Greek iconography. Aerialists and performers interacted with the architecture and large scale projections, transforming these symbols into new, more inclusive narratives that more accurately reflect San Francisco's diverse and dynamic cultures and community. Through performance, music, storytelling, and immersive technologies, “The People's Palace” invited the audience to actively engage these new narratives, to see themselves within the broader context of the city, and to appreciate the richness of diverse perspectives.

Thank you so much for attending this performance! Your generous post-show donations will directly support the creative work of the collaborators.

“The People’s Palace” was created by some of San Francisco's most established and celebrated performing artists and designers.

Directed and choreographed by Joanna Haigood, this work was developed in collaboration with composer Marcus Shelby, visual artist Mildred Howard, scenic designer Sean Riley, rigging designer David Freitag, lighting designer Krissy Kenny, projection designer Aron Altmark, indigenous culture bearers Gregg Castro and Jonathan Cordero, and performing artists Veronica Blair, Ciarra D’Onofrio, William Brewton Fowler Jr, Nina Sawant, Saharla Vetsch, Tristan Ching Hartman, Jocelyn Reyes, and The Skywatchers Ensemble.