Sheldon Smith
I get nervous about contemporary dance. I’ve had countless hours of circuitous discussions with students and other dance folks about the problematic but sometimes helpful nature of various labels. When did “...
Understanding dance through the stories we tell
August 14, 2024
August 13, 2024
Garth Grimball
Rare is the dance company whose mission statement is explicitly legible on stage. Ballet22 is one such company. In the absence of neologisms or vague references to communitarian ideals there is the company’...
August 08, 2024
Garth Grimball
Pei-Ling Kao slowly walked towards the front of the ODC Theater stage with a stack of notecards in her hands. Dressed in white separates, she read the text of each card, silently or aloud, in Mandarin or...
August 07, 2024
Jeanette Jing Male
On Thursday August 1st, Paufve Dance premiered Sisters as part of ODC Theater’s State of Play, a curated festival of new contemporary dance choreography and performance. Paufve Dance...
June 19, 2024
Monica Ascencio
The second weekend of the 18th Annual CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music opened June 14 at ODC Theater. Both Alayo Dance Company and ABADÁ-Capoeira Performance Company danced with the resistance...