ODC Dance Stories

Understanding dance through the stories we tell
November 20, 2024
Andrea Rodriguez. c/o Andrea Rodriguez.

Monica Ascencio

In “La Rumba No Para” Andrea Rodriguez told stories of her ancestors in the Mission District, incorporating personal memories and cultural celebrations local to the San Francisco neighborhood. The...

November 13, 2024
RAWdance. c/o RAWdance.

Emily Hansel

RAWdance’s 20th Anniversary Home Season, which ran October 24–27 at ODC Theater, referenced the company’s past as well as its future by featuring four new works by a variety of choreographers. The program began with ...

November 11, 2024
Feng Ye. Photo by Harry Williams.

Garth Grimball

Dance, perhaps one of the professions safest from the tentacles of AI, is very interested in AI. Productions from Bay Area contemporary,...

November 08, 2024
seymour::dancecollective. c/o Chafin Seymour.

Melissa Mancini

BRIAR, the new work from seymour::dancecollective, opened with performers warming up on stage. My excitement began while watching the dancers practice different inversions and breaking...

October 28, 2024
Alaja Badalich & Julie Hasushi. Photo by Doug Kaye.

Emily Hansel

On October 13th, audience members at ODC Theater waited in excited anticipation for AXIS Dance Company’s 2024 Home Season, a performance whose scale has not been matched since the company’s...

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