ODC Dance Stories

Understanding dance through the stories we tell
May 12, 2025
Mark Morris Dance Group. Photo by Mat Hayward.

“Pepperland” — Cynical Cash Grab Or Pastiche Passion Project?

Garth Grimball

The Beatles’ eighth studio album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, was a watershed moment in pop music history...

May 07, 2025
Helen Wicks. Photo by Robbie Sweeny.

Nkechi Njaka

Radio Vision, choreographed and performed by Helen Wicks, is an embodied excavation of lineage, time travel, legacy, and the history of sound and image over the last century. Rooted in a decade of...

May 07, 2025
Helen Wicks. Photo by Robbie Sweeny.

Nkechi Njaka

Radio Vision, choreographed and performed by Helen Wicks, is an embodied excavation of lineage, time travel, legacy, and the history of sound and image over the last century. Rooted in a decade of...

April 27, 2025
Grupo Corpo. Photo by Jose Luiz Pederneiras.

Garth Grimball

The Brazilian-based dance company Grupo Corpo performed at Zellerbach Hall on April 25–26, and I wish that their theatrical run were longer and even more so that they would become a staple of...

April 15, 2025
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Photo by Paul Kolnik.

Garth Grimball

Alvin Ailey and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will forever be associated with Revelations. It is a masterwork and likely the most performed, most widely seen dance in the...

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