ODC Dance Stories

Understanding dance through the stories we tell
September 15, 2026
Leslie Cuyjet. Photo by Marie Hamel.

Garth Grimball

Blur, the solo choreographed and performed by Leslie Cuyjet at the 2026 State of Play festival, has many of the trappings associated with “downtown” dance in Manhattan. Cuyjet confronted the...

September 04, 2026
Malinda LaVelle and Emmaly Wiederholt. Photo by Marie Hamel.

Kristen Cosby

The closing show of the fifth annual State of Play Festival, What the Hell Happened in San Francisco?, delivered a nuanced and complex love letter to SF’s dance scene that...

September 03, 2026
gizeh muñiz. Photo by Marie Hamel.

Garth Grimball

On August 29–30, gizeh muñiz performed Molino for Levitation as part of ODC Theater’s State of Play festival. The dance was painterly in its methods; like a Cy Twombly painting, the tension developed...

September 02, 2026
Style Alexander. Photo by Ruy Carpenter.

Nkechi Njaka

ICE. CAR. RAGE., presented at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco, August 14–16, 2026, is a new reimagining of Jess Curtis, Keith Hennessy, and Jules Beckman’s 1997 Ice...

August 28, 2026
Sonam Tshedzom Tingkhye. Photo by Robbie Sweeny.

Kristen Cosby

On Saturday night, August 15, six choreographic groups presented short works followed by a brief talk-back from the artists as part of the second night of the FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival, which...

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