New View: Carma Zisman

ODC welcomed Carma Zisman as its new Executive Director in September 2017. Zisman comes from a family of artists in Santa Rosa and has lived throughout the West Coast, but […]

Injury Prevention and Longevity with ODC’s Healthy Dancers’ Clinic

If you have ever taken a dance class or had a rehearsal at ODC you may have noticed the door in the Dance Commons with the words “Healthy Dancers’ Clinic” […]

Somatic Costumes: from Choreography to Socio-political Acts

“Dance is political not because of its subject matter but because of the way dances are made, how they are structured, and what they show about people relating to each […]

Resource Equity: Connecting culturally specific dance communities with grants funding

Introduction   There’s a large, diverse, and vibrant multicultural dance community in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a long-time capacity building specialist and resource equity advocate, I’ve worked extensively […]

In Practice: Mary Armentrout Dance Theater’s listening creates an opening

Choreographer Mary Armentrout is my dear friend and Feldenkrais practitioner. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s talk about Mary Armentrout Dance Theater’s (MADT) upcoming show at […]

Dances Sung, Songs Moved: Fog Beast Serves it Up in The Big Reveal

I just want to infect you Crawl into your brain Sprout up out your head Into the sunlight that I need so bad It’s okay I’ll find my way Over […]

Lessons from the Past: in Conversation with Lenora Lee

photo by Robbie Sweeny The Gold Rush: 1848-1855. Much attention has been paid to this historical era. And for good reason. It was a time when folks from near and […]

Finding the Fog Beast

My hairdresser is obsessed with tracking Mountain Lion sightings in the Santa Cruz mountains. She follows locals on instagram who live along the lion’s territorial maps and also the online […]

OUT of Site: Haight-Ashbury

Saturdays and Sundays, June 12-July 25, 11am and 3pm OUT of Site, San Francisco’s performance-driven queer history tour, returns this summer with a dazzling new edition starring award-winning stage, television […]

Cancelled – Spirit of Brazil ’21

*Event Cancelled due to weather. San Francisco International Arts Festival will present a combination live in-person and livestream program that culminates in a two-day outdoor program to take place at […]