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Jen Norris
Aug 22, 20234 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...
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Jen Norris
Aug 20, 20235 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...
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Jen Norris
Aug 14, 20234 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...
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Jen Norris
Aug 13, 20235 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...
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Jen Norris
Aug 11, 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...
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Jen Norris
Aug 7, 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...
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Jen Norris
Aug 1, 20235 min read
Review: Amy Seiwert's Imagery, Sketch 13: Lucky, July 28-30, 2023, ODC Theater, San Francisco
Coming off years of sparse post-pandemic houses, a three-night sold-out run is a welcome anomaly. It is a few minutes past curtain time,...
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Jen Norris
Jul 17, 20237 min read
Review: Program A: Peninsula International Dance Festival, San Mateo Performing Arts Center, 7-15-23
I am excited to report that the 2nd Annual Peninsula International Dance Festival, presented at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center July...
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Jen Norris
Jul 17, 20235 min read
Review: JAD Experience, Ouroboros, Tara Firma Farm, Petaluma, July 14, 2023
When Julia Adam is making a dance, it’s a fairly good bet that the ninety-minute drive to the country will be worth the trip, and thus I...
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Jen Norris
Jun 21, 20235 min read
Review: Fresh Meat Festival 2023: Programs A & C, Z Space, San Francisco, June 15-17, 2023
The Fresh Meat Festival (FMF) of Trans and Queer Performance is back, dynamic as ever in this twenty-second iteration, returning after a...
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Jen Norris
Jun 18, 20234 min read
Review: Alive & Well Productions, Annie Kahane ‘Meeting #7’, Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco, 6-18-23
What would our lives, in San Francisco, in the United States, on Planet Earth, look like to beings from other planets? If your job was...
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Jen Norris
Jun 18, 20234 min read
Review: Zaccho Dance Theatre ‘Flying to Freedom’, Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, June 16-17, 23
The creation and sharing of art are acts of liberation, sweeping us away from our quotidian concerns, and opening our hearts and spirits....
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Jen Norris
Jun 16, 20233 min read
Review: Andrew Pearson's ‘Abbale’ , ODC Theater, San Francisco, June 15-17, 2023
Andrew Pearson is a natural story teller, who holds the audience in the palm of his hand for the entirety of his ninety-minute...
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Jen Norris
Jun 12, 20234 min read
Review: ‘fluid forms’ presented by FACT/SF, Tunnel Tops Park in the Presidio, San Francisco June 11,
FACT/SF, a contemporary dance company based in San Francisco, has a special place in my heart. They were the first to find a way to...
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Jen Norris
May 23, 20234 min read
Review: pateldanceworks, fault lines, site-specific performance at Fort Funston, SF, May 19-20, 2023
We gather at the edge of the continent, at Fort Funston, atop two-hundred-foot-high oceanfront cliffs managed by the National Park...
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Jen Norris
May 21, 20235 min read
Review: Dragon Dances presents ‘We Aren’t Alone Here’, ODC Theater, San Francisco, May 19, 2023
ODC Theater is abuzz with happy patrons anticipating this one-night only presentation by Erin Yen’s Dragon Dances. The evening partially...
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Jen Norris
May 21, 20234 min read
Review: Presidio Dance Theatre, 25th Anniversary Gala, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, May 18, 2023
Presidio Performing Arts Foundation (PPAF) and their performance company and school, Presidio Dance Theatre (PDT), pulled out all the...
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Jen Norris
May 15, 20234 min read
Review: Sharp & Fine, "Imaginary Country", Z Space, San Francisco, May 12-14 – 20, 2023
Imagine your best friend telling you that she is newly clairvoyant, able to see the future, everyone’s future, forever. Sharp & Fine’s...
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Jen Norris
May 14, 20234 min read
Review: Detour Dance, We Build Houses Here, OASIS, San Francisco May 4 – 20, 2023
Promising an immersive theatrical experience featuring a cast of shipwrecked glittering drag artists in an evening of drag, dance and...
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Jen Norris
May 8, 20233 min read
Review: SMUIN Contemporary Ballet, Dance Series 2: 2022-23 Season, YBCA Theater, May 5 – 14, 2023
Sashay, jete or skip your way to SMUIN Contemporary Ballet’s (SMUIN) Dance Series 2 now playing through Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 14, at...
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