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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,...
Jen Norris
Mar 14, 20234 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Mar 11, 20234 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Mar 6, 20235 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Mar 4, 20234 min read
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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,...
Jen Norris
Feb 25, 20234 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Feb 24, 20235 min read
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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,...
Jen Norris
Feb 17, 20235 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Feb 13, 20234 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Feb 5, 20234 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Jan 26, 20235 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Jan 23, 20236 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Jan 22, 20235 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Jan 20, 20234 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Dec 15, 20224 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Dec 5, 20224 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Dec 3, 20224 min read
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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....
Jen Norris
Nov 20, 20224 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Nov 14, 20225 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Nov 6, 20223 min read
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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...
Jen Norris
Nov 6, 20223 min read
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