Jen Norris
Review: BRAVA presents Vanessa Sanchez and La Mezcal’s Pachuquísmo March 12, 2023 BRAVA Theater, SF
I leave Brava Theater with a new bounce in my step, inspired by the syncopated rhythms of Vanessa Sanchez and La Mezcla's show,...
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JEN NORRIS DANCE REVIEWS
Jen Norris
- Mar 11
- 4 min
Review: Oceánica Ballet presents EVOLUTION March 10-12, 2023 Bay Area Ballet Conservatory, So. SF
The Bay Area has a new non-profit, Oceánica Ballet, whose mission is to “enliven the San Francisco Bay Area cultural landscape by making...
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Jen Norris
- Mar 6
- 5 min
Reflection: Dance Generators – Pause to Bridge – March 4, 2023 ODC Theater, San Francisco
The Bay Area is rich in intergenerational dance performances. This January Risa Jaroslaw featured two elder dancers in her...
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Jen Norris
- Mar 5
- 4 min
Reflection: Choreographer hijacks talkback, holds dancers and audience captive; Mar 3, 2023 JG Annex
What happens when the talk back over shadows the dance? As the lights came up on the curtain call for Keith Johnson/Dancers I was in the...
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Jen Norris
- Mar 4
- 4 min
Review: Keith Johnson/Dancers presents DRIFTER March 3 & 4, 2023 Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco
DRIFTER presented by Keith Johnson/Dancers a quartet of dances is structured like a collection of connected short stories. Each chapter...
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Jen Norris
- Feb 25
- 4 min
Review: Laguna Dance Festival presents Cincinnati Ballet -Feb 24, 2023 at Laguna Beach Playhouse, CA
Kudos to Jodie Gates, Founder and Artistic Director of the Laguna Dance Festival for presenting two amazing Midwestern dance companies,...
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Jen Norris
- Feb 24
- 5 min
Review: LA Dance Project presents Roberts’ LINEAGE & Smith/Schraiber’s QUARTET FOR FIVE 2.23-25 DTLA
LADP's cast of Jamar Roberts's Lineage bow at end of world premiere show Feb 23, 2023 in DTLA; Photo J. Norris The lobby of L.A. Dance...
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Jen Norris
- Feb 17
- 5 min
Review: James Graham Dance Theater's DANCE LOVERS February 16-18, 23 -Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco
Dance Lovers 11, an annual presentation of James Graham Dance Theater, takes place in mid-February. Comprised of five duets by “couples,...
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Jen Norris
- Feb 13
- 4 min
Review: ODC/Dance presents "Path of Miracles" February 10-12, 2023 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
Choreographer KT Nelson’s Path of Miracles, which unfolds within the awe-inspiring French Gothic architecture of San Francisco’s Grace...
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Jen Norris
- Feb 5
- 4 min
Review: Motordance & Rhythmix Cultural Works present Water in the Kettle - Feb. 3&4, 23 Alameda, CA
Water in the Kettle, a presentation of Motordance and Alameda’s Rhythmix Cultural Works, is feminist musical theater. It is a tapestry...
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Jen Norris
- Jan 26
- 5 min
Review: San Francisco Ballet Next@90 Blanc, Schreier & Possokhov January 25, 2023 War Memorial Opera
San Francisco Ballet’s (SFB) debuted the final three ballets of the next@90 Festival on January 25. It was a disappointing end to...
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Jen Norris
- Jan 23
- 6 min
Review: SF Ballet Next@90 Caniparoli, Breiner, Oishi Jan. 21, 2023 San Francisco Opera House
San Francisco Ballet’s (SFB) ambitious next@90 festival opened their second triptych of new works on January 21. It includes a dance by...
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Jen Norris
- Jan 22
- 5 min
Review: San Francisco Ballet next@90 Garland, Roberts, Rowe Jan. 20, 2023, San Francisco Opera House
San Francisco Ballet’s next@90 festival features an ambitious slate of nine new works by choreographers from around the world to ring in...
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Jen Norris
- Jan 20
- 4 min
Review Risa Jaroslow & Dancers “Talking Circle” May 2022 Counterpulse, SF; January 2023 FLAX Oakland
Risa Jaroslow & Dancers premiered ‘Talking Circle’ at Counterpulse theater in San Francisco in May 2022. Featuring a multi-generational...
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Jen Norris
- Dec 15, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Nava Dance Theatre “Rogue Gestures/Foreign Bodies” Dec 9-11, 2022 ODC Theater, San Francisco
As a novice viewer of classical Indian dance, it was with some trepidation that I took my seat in the ODC Theater for Nava Dance...
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Jen Norris
- Dec 5, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Molly Rose-Williams “We Are All Friends” Dec. 1-4, 2022 NOHSpace, San Francisco
With We Are All Friends Molly Rose-Williams has created a solo work on herself that is simply enchanting. That is not to say that it is...
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Jen Norris
- Dec 3, 2022
- 4 min
Review: L.A. Contemporary Dance Company “Dancing in Snow” December 1-4, 2022 ODC Theater, SF
An early tableau in Roderick George’s Dancing in Snow (2022) is memorable. Nine dancers stand, faces angle toward the sky. Their gloved...
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Jen Norris
- Nov 20, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Sean Dorsey Dance “The Lost Art of Dreaming” November 18-20, 2022 Z Space, San Francisco
Sean Dorsey, and his eponymous dance company, has many fans in San Francisco. They are out in force Saturday, November 19 at Z Space....
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Jen Norris
- Nov 14, 2022
- 5 min
Review Rosanna Tavarez “Piece x Piece” & Bianca Cabrera “Fever Dreams”November 11-13, 22 ODC Theater
ODC Theater Presents’ 2022 Fall Season comes to a close this weekend, with a double bill of contemporary dance. Rosanna Tavarez and...
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Jen Norris
- Nov 6, 2022
- 3 min
Review: Marjani Forté-Saunders “Memoirs of a …Unicorn” November 4 -6, 2022 ODC Theater
Commanding storytelling, nuanced dancing, images both real and magical woven together to hold an audience rapt, to embody hard truths, to...
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