2025 Dance Downtown Gala

2025 Dance Downtown Gala
April 11, 2025
The Forum and Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA

Dance Downtown Gala Honorary Chair
Randall Kline
Executive Director, Artists Hub on Market (1687 Market)

Dance Downtown Gala Chair
Navid Armstrong

Dance Downtown Gala Committee
Kathy Fang
Lilian C. Tsai
Betty Yu
 

Ticket sales for the Gala have closed. 

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Celebrate a night where elegance meets edge. Join hundreds of inspired and enthusiastic arts lovers to celebrate the new season of fearless and exuberant dance! The Dance Downtown Gala is not to be missed with a Gala-night only special program featuring an electric performance by ODC/Dance from its expansive repertory, including an excerpt of a new work by ODC Founding Artistic Director Brenda Way, and featuring live music from Eclecta Quartet featuring clarinetist Carlos Ortega. Afterwards, join ODC dancers, choreographers, and collaborators in their post-show glow for a glamorous after-party replete with cocktails, delicious bites, dancing, and other delights. 

Proceeds from ticket sales support ODC and its mission to inspire audiences, cultivate artists, and foster diversity and inclusion through dance.

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TICKETS: $850 Individual; $1,750 Sponsor; $350 Young Patrons; $350 Youth & Teen Program Parents; $190 Performance + After-Party

TABLES: $12,000 and up

ATTIRE: Festive. Cocktail or Black Tie with a celebratory flair.

Questions? 
415/863.6606 ext. 8508 or development@odc.dance

Gala Night Program

World premiere excerpt from After the Deluge (Brenda Way)
Excerpt from Collision Collapse and a Coda (Brenda Way) with live accompaniment from Eclecta Quartet 
Something About a Nightingale (Brenda Way)
Unintended Consequences (Brenda Way)
Excerpts from Part of a Longer Story (Brenda Way) with live accompaniment from Eclecta Quartet featuring clarinetist Carlos Ortega.

The inclusion of live musicians was inspired by ODC/Dance’s recent collaboration with these same musicians for Mercury Soul at Gray Area,  an event produced by Grammy-winning composer Mason Bates. The energy between the dancers and musicians was electric! A perfect spirit for the Gala evening and a wonderful way to celebrate coming together as a performing arts community.

The live musical performances for the Gala evening are generously underwritten by Ross Uchimura, Sean Dowdall and David Landis.

Dance Downtown Gala Host Committee and Sponsors

Anonymous 
Jennifer Arceneaux
Navid and Bill Armstrong
Iyobosa Bello-Asemota
Nicholas Augustinos
Jessica Bixby and Justin Erlich
Katie Colendich
Leela de Souza Bransten and Peter Bransten
Ditty and Bart Deamer
Sean Dowdall and David Landis
Pamela Duffy
Bob Epstein and Amy Roth
Kathy Fang and Caleb Sima
Lynn Feintech and Tony Bernhardt
Cecilia Fok and Tony Lo
Marlene Williams Ford and Richard Ford
Catherine Geeslin and Frank Gogol
Edina Jennison
Mary Margaret Jones
Maureen and Jim Knoll
Farah and Victor Makras
Helen and John Meyer
Richard B. Ressman and Colleen Wilcox
Becky Saeger and Tom Graves
Tim Schroeder and Peter Chandonnet
David Singer and Diana Kapp
Tim Streb and Myra Gamble
Lilian C. Tsai
Ross Uchimura
Brenda Way and Henry Erlich
Diane B. Wilsey
Pamela M. Wright
Sally X. Yu and Jeff Shen
Matthew Zhang

Dance Downtown Corporate Sponsors

181 Fremont Residences
Cleary Gottlieb
Goldman Sachs
JSRE Partners

 

Dance Downtown Gala In-Kind Sponsors

Accommodations

ODC has negotiated special rates for a limited number of guest rooms at two nearby hotels, the St. Regis San Francisco and the W Hotel San Francisco.
St. Regis Reservations - Special Rate for ODC Dance Downtown Guests
*Please note you must book by March 21, 2025 in order to receive the special rate at the St. Regis.

W Hotel San Francisco Reservations - Special Rate for ODC Dance Downtown Guests