ODC Dance Stories

Understanding dance through the stories we tell
April 16, 2024
Kayla Farrish. Photo by Elyse Mertz.

Brontez Purnell

Anachronism: meaning against time or an error in chronology. especially : a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other. found several anachronisms in the movie...

February 29, 2024
Fanny Ara. Photo by Fred Aube.

Garth Grimball

On February 23–25, Fanny Ara presented Lilith, a solo performance on female independence. The program lists four sections: Identity, Pretend, Sexuality, and Liberation. But the free-flowing nature of the...

February 28, 2024
Lincoln & Seiters. Photo by Tim Richards.

Mary Jane Agnew

Rachael Lincoln & Leslie Seiters’ Long Playing is an intricate and multifaceted exploration of perception and critiquing the social norms that categorize us as good or bad, beautiful...

December 22, 2023
Illustration by Jessica Caisse.

Garth Grimball

Hello Readers,

It’s been a very long time since I’ve written a letter-from-the-editor style post. I’m taking advantage of the 9 days left in this year to say how grateful I am to everyone who contributed...

November 29, 2023
c/o Opera Parallele.

Evan Gilman

After seeing Opera Parallele’s production of The Emissary, I took it upon myself to read the source material, Yoko Tawada’s book of the same name. The contrast between the opera I attended and the source material I...

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