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 the…
Understanding dance through the stories we tell
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…
Nkechi Njaka
When How Do I Look? premiered April 17–19 at ODC Theater, Monique Jenkinson arrived with a full agenda to command a room in a world of identity, performativity and contradiction. Through her drag…
Garth Grimball
CalPerformances’ 2025–2026 dance season started with a bang and went out with a bang. Paris Opera Ballet took the Zellerbach Hall stage in early October with lavish sets, costumes by Chanel, and live…
Monica Ascencio
The 20th season of the CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music opened with more than performance — it arrived as a celebration of legacy, community, and cultural continuity. Steeped in the…