One on One: For Christy Funsch One is Never a Lonely Number

Rarely do audiences experience a dance performance more than once, however Christy Funsch gives dance-goers a second chance with the ephemeral, time-based, and fleeting art form in her upcoming retrospective […]

Jo Kreiter: Artistic Activist/Activist Artist

If you are like me, you want artists who have an individual voice and the expertise to articulate it cogently. Some develop gradually; in others a special spark asks for […]

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 […]

Niagara Falling: An Aerial Look at Urban Decline

What do San Francisco and the town of Niagara Falls have in common? Not much. Located on opposite sides of the country with contrasting population sizes, climates, cultures, and demographics, […]

Dancing An Homage: Shantala Shivalingappa Honors Her Mentors with Namasya

Shantala Shivalingappa is a truly gifted dancer, so graceful and precise that she seems to move as one with the music. Her leaps are effortless, airy, with the spring of […]

Did you know? Mary Sano

ON OCTOBER 2ND Dancers’ Group and World Arts West will present Mary Sano and Her Duncan Dancers as part of the Rotunda Dance Series at San Francisco City Hall. Sano […]

Craft in Context: Lineage, Mentorship and the work of Hope Mohr

“POSTMODERN DANCE SUFFERS FROM HISTORICAL AMNESIA, as each subsequent generation breaks with tradition and wants to forge uncharted aesthetic paths.” John Killacky’s argument in his article “Anna’s Postmodern Children” (In […]

The Call: San Francisco Native Margaret Jenkins Always Moves Forward

Margaret Jenkins, known to the dance world as Margy, has been making dances for most of her 75-years. She trained at the leading edge of performance with Judy Job, Welland […]

In Situ: Nina Haft and Sue Li Jue Find Common Ground in “this.placed”

How does a choreographer stay creatively vital over time? Early enthusiasm gets burnished by maturity, and one makes peace with issues that used to vex and inspire. It’s a question […]

A Legacy of Innovation Within Tradition: Talking About Creating New Work with Celine Schein and Rachna Nivas

I am in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco visiting the administrative offices of the Chitresh Das Dance Company (CDDC) and Chhandam School of Kathak, founded by dancer, choreographer and […]