top of page


Review: Nina Haft & Company Presents THE SPACES BETWEEN Oct. 14-22 2023 Western Sky Studio, Berkeley
A contemporary dance performance on a Sunday afternoon could be a predictable occasion and yet this one will turn out to be...
Jen Norris
Oct 25, 20235 min read


Review: Epiphany Dance Theater Presents TROLLEY DANCES 2023, October 20-22, Downtown San Francisco
Trolley Dances San Francisco, a presentation of Epiphany Dance Theater, celebrated their 20th Anniversary October 20 – 22 with ten free...
Jen Norris
Oct 23, 20235 min read


Review: Fictionville Studio Presents SONG OF THE NORTH, October 20-22 2023, Ft Mason Cowell Theater,
Evocative and mesmerizing, Song of the North is a theatrical presentation like no other. Through the expert use of large-scale...
Jen Norris
Oct 21, 20235 min read


Review: Dance Mission Theater Presents HARVEST Choreographers Showcase - Oct 7 & 8, 23 San Francisco
Dance Mission Theater’s HARVEST: Fall Choreographers Showcase provides non-juried performance opportunities for both emerging and...
Jen Norris
Oct 9, 20235 min read


Review: Flyaway Productions, If I Give You My Sorrows, October 6-15 2023, Space 124, San Francisco
Flyaway Productions’s If I Give You My Sorrows is an impactful reflection on women in prison. Artistic Director and choreographer Jo...
Jen Norris
Oct 8, 20235 min read


Review: Oakland Ballet & Life in Motion Productions, ‘Flower’ screening, Sept 29, Paramount Theater
It’s opening night of the 59th Season of Oakland Ballet and the Paramount Theater is the place to be. The ticketed-patrons-line wends...
Jen Norris
Oct 3, 20236 min read


Review: The DanceWright Project Presents 'Migrations and other works' Sep 30 & Oct 1, Dance Mission
The Dancewright Project, led by choreographer Jamie Ray Wright, returned this past weekend to Dance Mission Theater, presenting a...
Jen Norris
Oct 2, 20234 min read


Review: Parya Saberi’s ‘Dancing with Hafez,’ September 16 & 17, 2023, Dance Mission, San Francisco
Parya Saberi’s Dancing with Hafez is an evening which I wish I could gift to many people. Saberi serves as Dancing with Halfez’s...
Jen Norris
Sep 20, 20234 min read


Review: Lizz Roman Dances, Sunset Dances III, Sept. 15-Oct. 1, 2023, 2050 47th Avenue, San Francisco
A work-from-home contemporary dance choreographer is a rare thing. But while this evening’s Sunset Dancers III is my first experience...
Jen Norris
Sep 17, 20234 min read


Review: Bellwether Dance Project "Aurora Sad Magic" Sept. 14-16, 2023 ODC Theater, San Francisco
The room is abuzz on opening night of Bellwether Dance Project’s 2nd Season at the ODC Theater. There is much to anticipate with two...
Jen Norris
Sep 16, 20235 min read


Review: David Herrera Performance Company, Órale, September 7 -9, 2023, Z Space, San Francisco
Are you ready to be entertained? David Herrera Performance Company (DHPC) has the show for you! Órale, at Z Space runs September 7...
Jen Norris
Sep 11, 20235 min read


Review: Megan Lowe Dances’s, Gathering Pieces of Peace, September 1 & 2 and 8 & 9, 2023, ODC Theater
Choreographed and performed by a cast of multi-racial AAPI artists, Megan Lowe Dances’s Gathering Pieces of Peace is a “dance theater...
Jen Norris
Sep 11, 20234 min read


Review: FACT/SF, Summer Dance Festival - Week 2, ODC Theater, August 25-27, 2023
No looming videos, confessional monologues, or audience participation for these choreographers; FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival Week 2 show...
Jen Norris
Aug 29, 20235 min read


Review: ODC Theater’s State of Play 2023, Festival Recap, ODC Dance Commons & Theater, August 3-13
A multi-disciplinary performance festival grounded in dance, ODC Theater’s State of Play 2023 (SOP), features nine presentations from...
Jen Norris
Aug 23, 20235 min read


Review: Oceánica Ballet presents Horizons, Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, August 19-20, 2023
An aviation museum is not the most intuitive location for a ballet performance, but this is Oceánica Ballet’s third appearance at the...
Jen Norris
Aug 22, 20234 min read


Review: FACT/SF, Summer 2023 Dance Festival Week 1 – PORT: SF/PDX, ODC Theater, August 18-20, 2023
“We Got You,” the catchphrase/mantra FACT/SF dancers use with each other when creating new work could be the title of their Summer Dance...
Jen Norris
Aug 20, 20235 min read


Review: State of Play 2023, Yanira Castro/a canary torsi: I came here to weep, ODC Theater, Aug 13
A canary torsi’s I came here to weep, a collective awakening, the meeting of a performance cult, a shelter-building exercise for...
Jen Norris
Aug 14, 20234 min read


Review: Alyssa Mitchel and the Contemporary Jewish Museum present REGARD, CJM August 4 -6 and 11-13,
Regard, Alyssa Mitchel’s newest site-specific dance takes place in the asymmetrical, high-ceilinged Stephen and Maribelle Leavitt Yud...
Jen Norris
Aug 13, 20235 min read


Review: State of Play 2023, Jerron Herman and Kensaku Shinohara, ODC Theater, August 10, 2023
The second week of ODC Theater’s State of Play Festival 2023 introduces the identity-based work of two touring artists, Jerron Herman...
Jen Norris
Aug 11, 20235 min read


Review: State of Play 2023, Tableau Stations, ODC Theater, August 3 & 4, 2023
Festivals offer the perfect format to present new voices, examine shared themes and demonstrate the range of an artform. On Day One of...
Jen Norris
Aug 7, 20235 min read
bottom of page

