World Premiere
Sunday, August 4, 2024, 6:00pm - ASL
Experimenter: 10-30 minutes
ODC Dance Commons, Argyle Studio
“So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again / I have no fear of time / For who knows how my love grows?" - Who Knows Where the Time Goes by Nina Simone
As Long as Love is Near is an exploration of transcendental love and nurturing; a physical landscape of sensations which exceed time, understanding, and material reality, but are nevertheless real—inexplicably felt, palpably moving, and ever enduring. This dance work studies intimacy as an ethereal entity—an intangible, binding force between two bodies coaxing softness, tenderness, and flexibility. While hardness and strength are often championed, this work suggests pliancy and weakness as expressions of the freshness of being.
About the artist
Sierra Serban is a dance artist, choreographer, and educator who encourages supportive and reflective dance spaces for all ages. Sierra received her BFA in Dance from Alonzo King LINES Ballet at Dominican University of California. She began her studies at Project Ballet in Fort Wayne, Indiana and has since trained with Dance Italia, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Milwaukee Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and IU Ballet. In recent years, Sierra has directed and performed in Bay Area dance films and created choreographic works for the LINES BFA Program, Just Dance Academy, and Fort Wayne Dance Collective. She is also on the full-time faculty at Just Dance Academy in San Rafael.
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This project is generously supported by San Francisco Ballet.
About the Theater
ODC Theater exists to empower and develop innovative artists. It participates in the creation of new works through commissioning, presenting, mentorship and space access; it develops informed, engaged and committed audiences; and advocates for the performing arts as an essential component to the economic and cultural development of our community. This 170-seat venue is the site of over 150 performances a year involving nearly 1,000 local, regional, national and international artists.
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