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ODC summer dance festival kicks off
- At ODC Theater’s three-week summer festival, Bay Area dance trailblazers are mingling with cultural dance leaders and guest artists from across the nation in a showcase of contemporary and traditional works.
- At ODC Theater’s three-week summer festival, Bay Area dance trailblazers are mingling with cultural dance leaders and guest artists from across the nation in a showcase of contemporary and traditional works.
Global dance extravaganza
- As “Jeopardy” would put it: Answer — “Depends on who is doing the dancing.” Question — “What’s the difference between ethnic and folk dancing?”
- As “Jeopardy” would put it: Answer — “Depends on who is doing the dancing.” Question — “What’s the difference between ethnic and folk dancing?”
Martial arts and dance meld into one
- Lines Ballet director Alonzo King explains how his troupe came to collaborate with the Shaolin monks on “Long River High,” a production that returns for a second year beginning Wednesday.
- Lines Ballet director Alonzo King explains how his troupe came to collaborate with the Shaolin monks on “Long River High,” a production that returns for a second year beginning Wednesday.
Meshing two unlikely genres
- Circus and hip-hop aren’t such unlikely bedfellows, especially in the Bay Area. The two art forms — the first decidedly traditional and the other heavy with elements from the street — are part of a burgeoning urban circus arts movement that suggests the disciplines have a lot more in common than you’d first imagine.
- Circus and hip-hop aren’t such unlikely bedfellows, especially in the Bay Area. The two art forms — the first decidedly traditional and the other heavy with elements from the street — are part of a burgeoning urban circus arts movement that suggests the disciplines have a lot more in common than you’d first imagine.
‘Swan Lake’ on deck for S.F. Ballet
- San Francisco Ballet announces its 76th season today, a lineup including a new “Swan Lake,” works by Mark Morris and a reprise of six dances featured in this year’s New Works Festival.
- San Francisco Ballet announces its 76th season today, a lineup including a new “Swan Lake,” works by Mark Morris and a reprise of six dances featured in this year’s New Works Festival.
Shall we dance ... for free?
- Bay Area National Dance Week, marking its 10th year, starts Friday and runs through May 4.
- Bay Area National Dance Week, marking its 10th year, starts Friday and runs through May 4.
Aerial dance fueled by ‘Lies’
- San Francisco aerial choreographer Jo Kreiter is taking on some heavy issues in her contribution to ODC Theater’s three-weekend festival exploring the politics of dancing.
- San Francisco aerial choreographer Jo Kreiter is taking on some heavy issues in her contribution to ODC Theater’s three-weekend festival exploring the politics of dancing.
Aerialists explore the indoors
- If given the chance to fly, would you?
- If given the chance to fly, would you?
Dancers land on ‘Tender Ground’
- It’s hard to tell when inspiration will strike, but for Lisa Christensen, co-creator of Wide Blue Yonder Dance Company, the seeds for “What Made Us This Way?” — one of three aerial dance pieces featured in the production “Tender Ground” — arose while at the acupuncturist.
- It’s hard to tell when inspiration will strike, but for Lisa Christensen, co-creator of Wide Blue Yonder Dance Company, the seeds for “What Made Us This Way?” — one of three aerial dance pieces featured in the production “Tender Ground” — arose while at the acupuncturist.
Traveling down ‘The Desire Line’
- Several years ago, Marin-based choreographer Deborah Slater saw an untitled painting of three women between two bathrooms at Delancey Street restaurant in San Francisco and decided she wanted to make a dance based on it.
- Several years ago, Marin-based choreographer Deborah Slater saw an untitled painting of three women between two bathrooms at Delancey Street restaurant in San Francisco and decided she wanted to make a dance based on it.
Anne Bluethenthal & Dancers try a little tenderness
- What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
- What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
Review: Another promising opener for ODC/Dance Downtown
- Sporting five world premieres, favorite works from the past and several new dancers, ODC/Dance Downtown is back with a vengeance.
- Sporting five world premieres, favorite works from the past and several new dancers, ODC/Dance Downtown is back with a vengeance.
Dancers get under your skin
- If given the chance to speak, what would the human body say?
- If given the chance to speak, what would the human body say?
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