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STATE OF PLAY FESTIVAL
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ODC Theater is delighted to announce the complete program for its tenth annual summer dance festival, June 2 - 11. State of Play features two weeks of activities across ODC’s two-building campus, including nine world or regional premieres, seven works-in-progress by performing artists from across the country plus an array of free activities.
Companies presenting evening-length premieres include little house dance from Portland, Maine, MKArts from Virginia, and SAMMAY, currently based in Los Angeles. Companies and individual artists premiering works of shorter length are, in all but one case, based in the Bay Area: Blind Tiger Society under the direction of Bianca Cabrera; Dragons Dance under the direction of Erin Yen; KRIMM’S DANCE PARTY under the direction of Kim Ip; Megan Lowe Dances; Nicole Peisl. Rosanna Tavarez / LA DANSA DANSA is visiting from Los Angeles.
Finally, the companies presenting works-in-progress include DANCE MONKS / Mirah Kellc Esteva & Rodrigo Esteva; Detour with lead artist Kat Cole; James Graham Dance Theatre; Kendra Kimbrough Dance Ensemble; Liv Schaffer & the Dance Generators; Nina Haft & Company; and OYSTERKNIFE, the artistic partnership of Gabriele Christian and Chibueze Crouch.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
For its tenth edition, ODC’s yearly summer dance festival has taken on a new name: State of Play! Over nine days, sixteen dance companies and solo performance artists will bring their current creative percolations to viewers. Curated by amara tabor-smith and Charles Slender-White, all stages of choreographic process will be in the mix - from world premieres to works-in-progress, from evening-length pieces to excerpts.
Heather Desaulniers
Contributing Writer
ODC/Dance
ODC/Dance was one of the first U.S. companies to incorporate a post-modern sensibility into a virtuosic contemporary dance technique and to commit major resources to interdisciplinary collaboration and musical commissions for the repertory.
ODC/Dance was one of the first U.S. companies to incorporate a post-modern sensibility into a virtuosic contemporary dance technique and to commit major resources to interdisciplinary collaboration and musical commissions for the repertory.