State of Play invites you to join the creative process through a curated artistic exchange, presenting premieres and works in progress from dance artists across the Bay Area and the US designed to bring audiences and artists closer together.
The art of art-making goes through many unique processes: prompts, inspiration, feedback, collaboration, frustration, improvisation. One constant in this process is play - the notions of experimentation, risk, and curiosity.
Join us at State of Play, August 3 -13, 2023.
Festival passes are now available.
Weekend Passes - $150 (valued at $200)
Festival Passes - $300 (valued at $360)
Weekend Passes redeem 1 ticket to each artists's show for one weekend of State of Play. Festival Passes redeem 1 ticket to each artists's show for both weekends of State of Play. The ODC Box Office will contact pass holders in Spring 2023 to reserve seats. Due to limited seating capacity, patrons are encouraged to reserve early. Without reservations, seating will be accommodated on a first come first serve basis.
About the Artists
- Ajani Brannum: the wasp project
- Audrey Johnson: land|body|memory
- Baye & Asa: Suck it Up
- DANDY: A DANDY Affair
- gizeh muñiz-vengel: una Agua
- TABLEAU STATIONS / Isak Immanuel, Marina Fukushima, and Surjit Nongmeikapam: HOME WAVES
- Jerron Herman: VITRUVIAN
- Kensaku Shinohara: Good Bye
- Marissa Brown / Lone King Projects: How lonely sits the city
- pateldanceworks: fault lines: witness
- Yanira Castro / a canary torsi: I came here to weep
ABOUT THE ART
State of Play Festival Joint Curatorial Statement
We began, unknown to one another, with cocktails, seeing work together, sharing hopes and disappointments for the field, curiosity, research, utopian lists, instinct, and much expectancy for what could be.
We found ourselves in solidarity and intrigued by a particular artistic integrity—of the work, the statement, the depth, the person, and the experience. We approached this curation with a desire for justice and transformation, and centered the profound promise that exists beyond white supremacist, patriarchal frames.
Our hope, as guest voices in the 2023 ODC Theater season, is to help usher in some new possibilities for dance—dance that sits and stares back at you, lays claim, folds you into its arms, demands, incites, and gives unabashedly. We found our cohort.
These artists and works accumulate into a statement about expansion and reimagination. Together, this season, we will celebrate the multitude of nows and the futures that dance can embolden us to inhabit. The revolution will be embodied. You’ll see. Join us in the resistance, the rage, the sorrow, and the joy.
Maurya Kerr & Leyya Mona Tawil
Curators, State of Play Festival
Additional Information
Accessibility Services
ASL and additional wheelchair seating will be provided for select shows; please see individual event pages for more information. Captioning will be provided for Digital Encores. Please contact the ODC Box Office with accessibility requests or questions at boxoffice@odc.dance.
About ODC 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.
Since 1976, ODC Theater has been the mobilizing force behind countless San Francisco artists and the foothold for national and international touring artists seeking debut in the Bay Area. The Theater, founded by Brenda Way, has earned its place as a cultural incubator by dedicating itself to creative change-makers, those leaders who give the Bay Area its unmistakable definition and flair. Nationally known artists Spaulding Gray, Diamanda Galas, Bill T. Jones, Eiko & Koma, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, Karole Armitage, Sarah Michelson, Brian Brooks and John Heginbotham are among those whose first San Francisco appearance occurred at ODC Theater. ODC Theater is currently under the Creative Direction of Chloë L. Zimberg.
Arts Access
ODC offers a limited number of lower-cost Art Access tickets to every ODC presented performance and a limited number of free tickets held at the door for walk up attendance. These additionally subsidized tickets, available on a first come, first serve basis, are reserved for those for whom price is a barrier.
We know living in the Bay Area is expensive. We also highly value the art onstage and are invested in supporting the artists that create it. Ticket prices only cover a small fraction of the resources invested in the performance and we strive to make them as accessible as possible. Continued financial support through ticket purchases and charitable donations from people like you make Art Access tickets possible.
If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact the ODC Box Office at boxoffice@odc.dance.
ODC is ADA Accessible
ODC Theater and Dance Commons are ADA Accessible. For all ODC/Dance and ODC Theater presented performances, ASL is provided for shows with performed text for at least one performance during the show run. Additional wheelchair seating is provided for select shows. Captioning is provided for all Digital Encores. ODC Theater restrooms are All-Gender and All-Gender restrooms are located upstairs, outside of Studio B in ODC Dance Commons. Please see individual event pages for more information. Questions? Please contact the ODC Box Office at boxoffice@odc.dance.
Health & Safety Information
Learn about ODC's current health and safety measures at odc.dance/healthandsafety
ABOUT ODC
ODC is dedicated to the lifecycle of the artistic process. Through our company, school and theater, we aim to inspire audiences, cultivate artists, engage community, and foster diversity and inclusion through dance. LEARN MORE