FACT/SF: The Waves
Friday, April 24, 2026 at 7:30PM (ASL Interpretation)
Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 7:30PM
Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 5:30PM
75 minutes
World Premiere
Get swept up in The Waves, an expansive, intimate, surreal, and impressionistic contemporary dance about sound waves, light waves, brain waves, and intersubjectivity. The piece considers how individuals experience and craft their own sense of reality. The Waves is conceived and directed by Charlie Slender-White, and utilizes Virginia Woolf’s novel of the same name as a primary source text.
FACT/SF: The Waves Program Book
FACT/SF is a San Francisco-based contemporary dance company, founded in 2008 by Artistic Director Charlie Slender-White as a platform for creating choreography, organizing collaborators, and building community. FACT/SF’s work is both body-based and concept-driven, and often explores themes of individuality, groupthink, and disorder. FACT/SF also runs a set of programs, called Fieldwork, which enrich the local dance ecology by providing material resources and opportunities to other contemporary dance artists in the field.
This project is generously supported by the Charlotte Mailliard Shultz Fund for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, ODC Theater, and FACT/SF Co-Producers & Supporting Partners.
Dialogue on The Waves with Charlie Slender-White
On Friday, February 27 at 6:00PM, join Charlie Slender-White for light refreshments and a discussion on artistic themes, choreography, and composition in the ODC Theater Lobby. RSVP
Post-Show Discussion with Charlie Slender-White and Virginia Woolf scholar Elizabeth Abel.
B. Way Theater
On Saturday night, stay post-show for a discussion on Virginia Woolf’s The Waves with Charlie Slender-White and Elizabeth Abel.
Coffee Hour with Mariana Valencia, Jazmin Romero, & Charlie Slender-White
On Sunday, April 26, 2026, at 11:00AM, join Mariana Valencia, Jazmin Romero, and Charles Slender-White for coffee, pastries, and a discussion on choreography and composition in the ODC Theater Lobby. RSVP