Sarah Brooks
Water Moves, directed by Amelia Rudolph, brought the wonder of vertical dance into the intimate performance space of the Joe Goode Annex, where the remarkable spectacle of dance and flight were...
Understanding dance through the stories we tell
May 28, 2026
Kristen Cosby
On Friday night at ODC, an audible gasp went up from the audience as a truckload of bananas dropped suddenly from the ceiling to the stage. The four dancers on stage (Madison Lindgren,...
May 08, 2026
Garth Grimball
Smuin Contemporary Ballet cap off an exciting 2025–2026 season this month. The Future Forward program opened in San Francisco, moved to Walnut Creek last...
May 07, 2026
Garth Grimball
Mariana Valencia faced the audience. She told a story of a time percolating on ideas with a friend in a dance studio in 2014. They invented Jacklean. Valencia walked from stage left to right spelling...
May 04, 2026
Nkechi Njaka
At ODC Theater, FACT/SF’s The Waves, under the direction of Charlie Slender-White set the stage for the audience to get swept up in a program that was an expansive and impressionistic reflection on various...