2006-2009

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A landmark partnership between a non-profit and a for-profit organization, ODC School and the Rhythm & Motion Dance Program is launched, bringing a whole new constituency of dancers into the ODC world.

 


(Photo by RJ Muna)

The brainchild of Warren Hellman and Brenda Way, Toe to Toe is created, a sporting/artistic event with Cal Berkeley student-athletes and the dancers of ODC.

Former San Francisco Ballet star Joanna Berman performs with ODC as a guest artist in Way's Part of a Longer Story.

Water Project by KT Nelson


2007

Brenda Way choreographs A Pleasant Looking Woman in Sensible Clothes with original video by Hiraki Sawa, the last work in her political trilogy.

Joanna Berman returns to ODC as a guest artist in Investigating Grace.


2008


(Photo by RJ Muna)

Commissioned by Equal Justice Society, Way creates Unintended Consequences: A Meditation, music by Laurie Anderson. She is also commissioned by the SF Girls Chorus to choreograph Life is a House for dancers and 50 chorus members.

ODC embarks on an $8.5 million capital campaign to renovate the Theater to include: 24 foot ceilings, new seating, and technological upgrades; a 50-seat secon-story stage; two new classroom/rehearsal studios; an enlarged visual arts gallery; a new mezzanine for staff and community office space; and a cafe.

The Wrecking Ball party rings in the end of an era. Hundreds of performers, artists, friends and family celebrate 30 years of ODC Theater before the walls come down for a major renovation.

The Theater program takes up residency at Project Artaud Theater.

Unintended Consequences

ODC performs in Chambery, France and Dusseldorf, Germany and returns for a New York season at the Joyce Theater.

Hunting and Gathering by KT Nelson


2009

Brenda is invited as Resident of the Arts at the American Academy in Rome.

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Sunday, January 1, 2006 - 12:00