ODC has sponsored the “Walking Distance Dance Festival” June 2-10 to “offer us the opportunity to experience the juxtaposition of…
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Joanna Gewertz Harris, Ph.D, is a dance teacher, historian, reviewer, and lecturer. She taught dance and theater at UCB, UCSC, Cal State Hayward and Sonoma, and is a frequent contributor to scholarly journals and books, most recently to H'Doubler, and Legacy in Dance Education,
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Eve Mutso defines her work “Unknown” is the following words: “It is said that creativity requires the courage to let…
. Liss Fain and her dancers, Sonia Dale, Katherine Hawthone, Megan Kurashige, Shannon Kurashige and Sarah Dionne Woods-Ladue have created…
Dancers often collaborate with musicians as composers, accompanists and performers. We have seen many dances accompanied by pianists onstage, and…
“Everything is new and used..” The above is a phrase Gordon uses to describe his fifty year adventure to remember,…
The Ailey Company has visited UC Berkeley every year for over 20 years. This 2017 series has three programs with…
The Black Choreographers Festival celebrated its 13th year by returning to the Malonga Casquelourd Center where it was performed in…
“…reestablish identity and place” Nancy Karp and her company of six dancers have attempted a complex work, evoking “memory/place” as…
Dawson Dance attracts an enthusiastic audience who whoop and cheer in appreciation of the eight attractive men and women who…
Celebration and Witness Krissy Keefer’s Dance Brigade began forty years ago as the Wallflower Order Dance Collective in 1975. The…
“Touchy Subjects” …”Keith Hennessy told Scott Wells that he didn’t like the gay joke in Wells dance. Scott said, okay….
Menlowe Ballet, Michael Lowe, Artistic Director (formerly of the Oakland Ballet), celebrated five years of its founding with a lively…
. Contemporary Dance: Past and Present Christy Funsch and her remarkable group of dancers, musicians, actors, and lighting designers have…
Remy Charlip was a great person, an innovative writer of children’s books, an early member of the Merce Cunningham Dance…