Garth Grimball
The brilliant, tragic life of Oscar Wilde has been adapted to short form narratives for decades. Interpretations of his literary ouevre extend back even further. What is left to…
Understanding dance through the stories we tell
Garth Grimball
Blur, the solo choreographed and performed by Leslie Cuyjet at the 2026 State of Play festival, has many of the trappings associated with “downtown” dance in Manhattan. Cuyjet confronted the…
Kristen Cosby
The closing show of the fifth annual State of Play Festival, What the Hell Happened in San Francisco?, delivered a nuanced and complex love letter to SF’s dance scene that…
Garth Grimball
On August 29–30, gizeh muñiz performed Molino for Levitation as part of ODC Theater’s State of Play festival. The dance was painterly in its methods; like a Cy Twombly painting, the tension developed…
Nkechi Njaka
ICE. CAR. RAGE., presented at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture in San Francisco, August 14–16, 2026, is a new reimagining of Jess Curtis, Keith Hennessy, and Jules Beckman’s 1997 Ice Car…