Jen Norris
Review: Hope Mohr “liberation studies” Nov. 5, 2022 - Francisco Studios - 2377 San Jose Ave, SF
Artists make art, pandemics be damned, and so choreographer Hope Mohr developed a drawing practice. Working in black ink on large sheets...
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JEN NORRIS DANCE REVIEWS
Jen Norris
- Nov 3, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Sage Ni’Ja Whitson “A Meditation on Tongues” - October 28-30, 2022 ODC Theater
Sage Ni’Ja Whitson’s A Mediation on Tongues played a three-day run at ODC Theater in late October. It is billed as a live...
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Jen Norris
- Oct 29, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Nancy Karp + Dancers “fly through the night, and land near dawn” –Oct. 28, 22 Dresher Studio
Nancy Karp + Dancers celebrates their 40th Anniversary October 28-30, with the world premiere of fly through the night, and land near...
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Jen Norris
- Oct 25, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Clarissa Dyas + Jakob Pek present “Something Remains” Oct. 21, 2022 Dresher Ensemble Studio
The room was abuzz in anticipation of the debut of a new creative voice come to the fore. A Bay Area dance insiders’ event, everyone...
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Jen Norris
- Oct 23, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Kularts with Brava presents “Nursing These Wounds” Oct. 21 - 30, 2022 Brava Theater Center
We begin with a ritual. Figures dressed in white descend a stair and pass between the audience members lining the alley behind the...
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Jen Norris
- Oct 21, 2022
- 4 min
Review: RAWdance & TJPA’s Salesforce Park present “Step Song Story” –October 16, 2022 12 & 2 pm
Outdoor performance in San Francisco is always a risk, with weather being so unpredictable. The rewards when things go well can be...
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Jen Norris
- Oct 17, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Rogelio Lopez & Dancers presents “Entre Despierto y Dormido” Joe Goode Annex Oct 14 & 15, 22
"It's delightful, it's delicious. It's delectable, it's delirious,” these Cole Porter lyrics summarize the experience of watching Rogelio...
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Jen Norris
- Oct 15, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Chitresh Das Institute “Invoking the River” ODC Theater, San Francisco –October 14-16, 2022
Classical Indian dance troupe Chitresh Das Institute presented the world premiere of Charlotte Moraga’s Invoking the River at the ODC...
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Jen Norris
- Oct 14, 2022
- 4 min
Review: QUAKE created and performed by Kat Gorospe Cole Counterpulse, San Francisco–October 13 & 14
Bathed in the sounds of a steady rain, the audience at Counterpulse chats, anticipating the beginning of QUAKE, Kat Gorospe Cole’s solo...
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Jen Norris
- Oct 9, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Garrett + Moulton Productions – 20th Anniversary ODC Theater, San Francisco – Oct 6 - 9,2022
A twentieth anniversary is an auspicious occasion for a contemporary dance company. Garrett + Moulton Productions (GMP) took this moment...
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Jen Norris
- Oct 2, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Li Chiao-Ping Dance – Here Lies The Truth Counterpulse, San Francisco – September 29-October
Counterpulse co-presented Li Chio-Ping Dance’s (LCPD) Here Lies The Truth September 29 – October 1. LCPD the other co-presenter brought...
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Jen Norris
- Oct 1, 2022
- 4 min
Review: tiny pistol & detour dance – beloved comet falling up ODC Theater, San Francisco – 9/29-10/1
For their collaboration at the ODC Theater, choreographers Maurya Kerr and Eric Garcia surrounded the performance space with rows of...
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Jen Norris
- Sep 30, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Reyes Dance LASOS at Joe Goode Annex September 29-October 1, 2022
LASOS, a film and live performance event, presented by Reyes Dance at the Joe Goode Annex, creates a powerful visceral impact. ...
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Jen Norris
- Sep 5, 2022
- 5 min
Review: Lenora Lee Dance – In the Movement, ODC Theater San Francisco – September 1-11, 2022
Lenora Lee’s In the Movement is a masterful example of how art can be used in support of social justice. It is an immersive...
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Jen Norris
- Aug 28, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Nava Dance Theatre "Broken Seeds Still Grow" Bankhead Theater, Livermore - Aug. 27, 2022
Seventy-five years ago, in August 1947, the British divided the Indian subcontinent into the independent nations of Hindu-majority India...
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Jen Norris
- Aug 26, 2022
- 4 min
Review: At the Edge of Distance – BOXBLUR Aug 25, 2022
At the Edge of Distance, a presentation of BOXBLUR at San Francisco's Catharine Clark Gallery (CCG) on August 25, had an exhilarating and...
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Jen Norris
- Aug 6, 2022
- 4 min
Review: FACT/SF & DANCE RIOT
Should a dance be about something? Even if it is does it matter? What if it is about something esoteric like creativity, which provides a...
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Jen Norris
- Aug 4, 2022
- 3 min
Review: Complexions Contemporary Ballet
New York City’s Complexions Contemporary Ballet took the outdoor stage at Stanford’s Frost Amphitheater Wednesday August 3 in a two-act...
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Jen Norris
- Jul 26, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Bodysonnet neverover – July 23
An outing to see a new performance company at a new-to-me venue is irresistible. And so it was with excitement that I made a reservation...
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Jen Norris
- Jul 24, 2022
- 4 min
Review: Choreofest 2022 – July 23
Choreofest, an annual outdoor site-specific contemporary dance festival, returned to Yerba Buena Gardens (YBG) Festival Saturday July 23....
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