ODC/Dance presents: Dance Downtown

After the Deluge (world premiere) choreographed by Brenda Way

Theories of Time choreographed by Mia J. Chong

Caught in the Act (world premiere) by guest choreographer Gypsy Snider

Thursday, March 5, 2026: Opening Night
On Thursday, March 5th enjoy pre-show drink specials at W San Francisco's Living Room Bar starting at 5:30 PM. RSVP at rsvp@odc.dance.

Friday, March 6, 2026: ODC Dance Downtown Gala
On Friday, March 6th enjoy a special one-night-only Gala Night program.

Saturday, March 7, 2026: LGBTQIA+ Night | ASL Interpretation Provided
Join ODC and Fauxnique as we cheerfully raise a glass to ODC’s LGBTQIA+ community. Mix and mingle with local drag and dance stars alike at a post-show reception replete with delicious libations, music, and dancing at W San Francisco Hotel’s Living Room Bar, conveniently located across the street from the theater.

Sunday, March 8, 2026: Balcony Talk
Join us for an intimate pre-show Balcony Talk with ODC’s Artistic Team at 1:00PM at the Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA. Way will share intimate insights into the inner workings of ODC/Dance, as well as the work you are about to see. Free for audiences with tickets to Sunday's 2:00PM performance.

• Theories of Time Collaborators 

  The Living Earth Show: The Living Earth Show exists to push the boundaries of technical and artistic possibility while amplifying voices, perspectives, and bodies that the classical music tradition has often excluded. The organization uses the tools of experimental classical music to facilitate the creation of its collaborators' most ambitious musical visions and create work that reflects and responds to our world.
  Based in San Francisco, The Living Earth Show is simultaneously one of the premiere contemporary chamber ensembles in the United States, a groundbreaking production company (TLES Productions), and uncompromising record label (Earthy Records). The Living Earth Show has presented seasons of commissioned multimedia productions since 2011, working with dance companies, visual artists, sculptors, poets, and other musicians to craft compelling, immersive, progressive new work.
  Recent live highlights include productions at Rewire Festival in The Netherlands (Elemental View, a collaboration with Ellen Fullman), SF Performances (Lyra: a collaboration with Post:ballet, filmmaker Ben Tarquin, and composer Samuel Adams), SXSW (performing with COMMANDO, TLES’s queer and trans nü metal collective), Sutro Baths (Tremble Staves: a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Raven Chacon and the National Parks Service), Davies Symphony Hall (a collaboration with the San Francisco Girls’ Chorus), The Met Cloisters (Lordship & Bondage: The Birth of the Negro Superman: a collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and composer M. Lamar), and Spoleto Festival USA.
  The Living Earth Show has released five recordings, several of which are available via Earthy Records, the organization’s in-house record label of innovative, virtuosic chamber music. The label’s inaugural year featured albums created with Danny Clay (Music for Hard Times) and Samuel Adams (Lyra), both released in collaboration with filmmakers and visual artists.

  Committed to supporting the next generation of artistic thinkers, The Living Earth Show has been in residence at University of Maryland (2021), the Music Department at Stanford University (2019), the University of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies (2019), University of California Davis (2022), and University of South Carolina (2018).

  Guitar: Travis Andrews: Travis Andrews is the co-founder, executive director, and electric guitarist in The Living Earth Show. In that capacity, Andrews' performances have been praised as “mind-blowing” and "a vanguard effort of new chamber music" by the San Francisco Examiner and "emotional, transcendent, and at times bursting with raw post-rock power" by the Charleston City Paper. In his work, he strives to use the tools of classical and contemporary music to foreground the voices and perspectives often marginalized by the tradition and its presentation. 
  Highly in demand as a solo artist, Andrews has been a featured soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Eco Ensemble, and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble.
  He has performed with John Doe of X, Bryce Dessner of The National, Terry Riley, & Kronos Quartet. A musical omnivore, Andrews also performs with avant-thrash trio Freighter, chambercore band miRthkon, and queer nü metal band COMMANDO. 
  Andrews has authored articles and books for String Letter Publishing and has been an artist in residence at universities and conservatories around the country. He is an endorsing artist for Fishman Transducers.

  Percussion: Andy Meyerson: Andy Meyerson is a drummer and percussionist based in San Francisco, California. He is the Artistic Director, co-founder, and percussionist of The Living Earth Show, one of the premiere experimental classical ensembles in the United States.     
  He is also the drummer and co-founder of queer nü metal collective COMMANDO, music director of renegade dance company Post:ballet, drummer for Russian feminist protest and performance art group Pussy Riot, the artistic director and CEO of uncompromising experimental chamber music record label Earthy Records, and a renowned solo artist.
  Andy Meyerson has released two solo percussion recordings: “My Side of the Story,” a collection of percussion solos written for him by Adrian Knight, Jude Traxler, Brendon Randall-Myers, Samuel Adams, and Danny Clay on slash/sound recordings, and “Extra Time,” an album of percussion solos written for him by Sarah Hennies on Hasana Editions.
  He is an endorsing artist for Spaun Drums, Innovative Percussion, and Marimba One.

  Thomas Bowersox: has over 10 years of experience with dance and live music productions. This includes designs for ODC/Dance, Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, Emily Hansel and production management for ODC/Dance, The Midway, and Mercury Soul. He is also a house lighting designer for The Fox Oakland and The Independent.

• Caught in the Act Collaborators

  Colin Gagné: After graduating in electroacoustic composition from Université de Montréal, worked in music and sound with Akousma, Mutek, TNM, and Cirque Éloize. A long-time collaborator with 7 Fingers, he scored and produced music for Vice & Vertu , Réversible, Passagers, Duel Reality, Dear San Francisco,  Mon île mon cœur, Riopelle : Grandeur Nature, and Géante. Combining sound design, music, interactivity, theatricality and technical design, he also creates interactive soundscapes for C2 Montreal, composes for international events ( Cirque du Soleil, Sochi Olympic Games) , for films,  and designs sound for musicals. Recently , he created the music and sounds for the outdoor multimedia walks Forest of Shadows,  and Arboreta Lumina , by Moment Factory. 

  
  Alexander V Nichols: has been collaborating with ODC since 1989, providing designs for 31 ODC productions. His work extends from lighting, video and projections to scenery, props, costumes and performance environments; and spans from dance, theater, music and opera to architectural lighting and art installations. Mr. Nichols’ work has been seen on Broadway, off-Broadway and in opera houses, concert halls, theaters, warehouses and vacant lots throughout the world. Recent projects include scenic and projection design for ORFEO ED EURYDICE at San Francisco Opera, scenic and projection design for FIDELIO at Lyric Opera of Chicago, lighting and projection design for Les Sept Doigts de la Main touring production of “DUEL REALITY”, and lighting design for Anabelle Lopez Ochoa’s TUPELO TORNADO at Smuin Contemporary Ballet. Upcoming projects include Ariel Stachel’s OUT OF CHARACTER at the Berkshire’s Theater Festival, ALL THAT WE ARE for Les Sept Doigts de la Main, and a new work by choreographer Chanel DeSilva at Joffrey Ballet.

  
  Jamielyn Duggan: Jamielyn is a multidisciplinary native San Franciscan artist working at the intersection of contemporary performance and visual design. For over twenty years, their platform Eimaj Design has centered fashion that moves, spanning custom garments, costume design for live performance and film, and visual styling. Their collaborative work includes SF Dance Film Festival, ODC, Smuin Ballet, LEVYdance, LINES BFA, Flyaway Productions, AXIS Dance Company, BANDALOOP, Hope Mohr Dance, Oakland Ballet, and more. Jamielyn is a tenured dancer with San Francisco Opera, co-founder of Collective Attention, and a resident artist at SHACK15.

• After the Deluge (Brenda Way) Collaborators

  Alexander V Nichols: has been collaborating with ODC since 1989, providing designs for 31 ODC productions. His work extends from lighting, video and projections to scenery, props, costumes and performance environments; and spans from dance, theater, music and opera to architectural lighting and art installations. Mr. Nichols’ work has been seen on Broadway, off-Broadway and in opera houses, concert halls, theaters, warehouses and vacant lots throughout the world. Recent projects include scenic and projection design for ORFEO ED EURYDICE at San Francisco Opera, scenic and projection design for FIDELIO at Lyric Opera of Chicago, lighting and projection design for Les Sept Doigts de la Main touring production of “DUEL REALITY”, and lighting design for Anabelle Lopez Ochoa’s TUPELO TORNADO at Smuin Contemporary Ballet. Upcoming projects include Ariel Stachel’s OUT OF CHARACTER at the Berkshire’s Theater Festival, ALL THAT WE ARE for Les Sept Doigts de la Main, and a new work by choreographer Chanel DeSilva at Joffrey Ballet.

  
  RJ Muna (Video design and Seasonal Photography): has teamed up with ODC for over 20 years to create a powerful collection of dance imagery. This long-standing collaboration has resulted in a creative relationship that has influenced artists on both sides of the camera. His distinctive lighting techniques complement the human body, capturing the muscular yet graceful movements of ODC/Dance’s impressive dancers. RJ’s film work has been featured and screened in many festivals including Dance on Camera Festival (NY), Dance Camera West (LA), San Francisco Dance Film Festival, and Art Basel Switzerland. He has won over 150 international awards.

  
   Kyo Yohena: has been working with ODC’s costumes since 2016 where she officially took the role as Wardrobe Coordinator in 2018. Kyo is also an artist and performer in the Bay Area but has spent the last 11 years mainly designing, building, and maintaining costumes for actors, dancers, and musicians. Recently, Kyo has designed Costumes for indie film The Truer History of the Chan Family, and Josephine’s Feast at the Magic Theater. She is also the crafts artisan/scenic painter for the Stanford Theater Department and currently tour manages Daryl Hall. Kyo roots her designs from her various experiences in communities embodied in Okinawan connectedness, San Francisco eclecticness, LA grunge and desert dwelling americana of Corona.