Christine Bonansea and Pamela Z
Intricacy
Friday, April 23, 2027 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 24, 2027 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 25, 2027 at 5:00 PM
U.S. Premiere
Run time: 45 minutes
A one-act performance with dance, live electroacoustic music, and video projections.
In Intricacy, composer Pamela Z and choreographer Christine Saulut Bonansea join interactive technology with the principles of quantum entanglement, the phenomenon in which particles remain inextricably linked no matter how far apart they are. Sound, movement, and technology become deeply interwoven, exploring the diversity and transformation of time and space within the score and moving beyond the conventional boundaries of the body in concert performance.
In this immersive experience, virtuoso vocal techniques and electronic manipulation intertwine with a precise physical vocabulary, creating a hypnotic environment where cause and effect blur and perception is distorted.
Curator's Note
"Like a spell cast in real time, borrowing from physics, Pamela Z and Christine Bonansea ask what it means to stay connected when the edges of the body seem to dissolve. In this performance, the magic is relational — a multimedia experience that refuses differentiation as the baseline."
– Zaquia Mahler Salinas, ODC Theater Resident Curator
About the Artists
Christine Bonansea is a choreographer and Festival director with 25 years experience, performing artworks internationally. Her company -CBCdance- has been selected in arts residency, co-produced by theaters and festivals in North America, Europe and Asia. Her artistic practice is distinguished by an integrated and participatory process that brings together artists such as musicians and experimenters through diverse mediums including new digital media and VR/AR technologies. She got supported by US and German foundations such as the Zellerbach Family Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Theater Bay Area, LMCC, DOCK ART, JOINT ADVENTURES // NPN, NEUSTART KULTUR, DIS-TANZEN, Perspektiv Kultur- DOCK Digital Lab, and MODINA EU program Cbcdance.com @cbcdance facebook.com/christine.bonansea
Pamela Z is a composer/performer and media artist making works for voice, electronics, samples, gesture activated MIDI controllers, and video. She has toured throughout the US, Europe, and Japan. Her work has been presented at venues and exhibitions including Bang on a Can (NY), the Japan Interlink Festival, Other Minds (SF), MoMA (NY), the Venice Biennale, and Dakar Biennale. She has composed scores for dance, film, and chamber ensembles (including Kronos Quartet and Eighth Blackbird). Her awards include the Rome Prize, Berlin Prize, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, MIT McDermott Award, the Guggenheim, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. pamelaz.com @pamelazed facebook.com/pamelazed
ODC Theater Presents: 2027 Spring Season
April 9 – May 2, 2027
Explore captivating artistry by acclaimed choreographers at ODC Theater’s 2027 Spring Season, featuring local and national experimental dance artists.
The season is curated by Chloë L. Zimberg, Creative Director of ODC Theater, and Zaquia Mahler Salinas, Resident Curator.
Intricacy was co-produced by Fresh Festival San Francisco 2019 and DOCK Art / Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe 2025.