ODC Dance Stories

Understanding dance through the stories we tell
July 16, 2025
Lilian Tsai. Photo by Drew Altizer.

Garth Grimball

ODC Theater’s Art Club is a subscription-based membership that raises funds to support the theater as a home for dance and live arts in the Bay Area, and offers unique experiences for members to gather and...

May 12, 2025
Mark Morris Dance Group. Photo by Mat Hayward.

“Pepperland” — Cynical Cash Grab Or Pastiche Passion Project?

Garth Grimball

The Beatles’ eighth studio album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, was a watershed moment in pop music history...

May 07, 2025
Helen Wicks. Photo by Robbie Sweeny.

Nkechi Njaka

Radio Vision, choreographed and performed by Helen Wicks, is an embodied excavation of lineage, time travel, legacy, and the history of sound and image over the last century. Rooted in a decade of...

May 07, 2025
Helen Wicks. Photo by Robbie Sweeny.

Nkechi Njaka

Radio Vision, choreographed and performed by Helen Wicks, is an embodied excavation of lineage, time travel, legacy, and the history of sound and image over the last century. Rooted in a decade of...

April 27, 2025
Grupo Corpo. Photo by Jose Luiz Pederneiras.

Garth Grimball

The Brazilian-based dance company Grupo Corpo performed at Zellerbach Hall on April 25–26, and I wish that their theatrical run were longer and even more so that they would become a staple of...

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