State of Play Festival: Brianna Torres

ODC Dance Commons, Argyle Studio 351 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Allí 0 Allá (There 0 There)– is an archival pursuit and reclamatory study of diasporic bodies, the inquiry into how to define “home” and “motherland.” Through the poetic language of movement, evocative soundscapes, and immersive theatrics, Natalya Shoaf, Chinchin Hsu, Bria Monet Barfield, and Brianna Elyse Torres narrate a journey rooted in culture, community and heart.

Free – $80

State of Play Festival: Brenton Cheng

ODC Dance Commons, Argyle Studio 351 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

A Story of Tides is an improvised duet between Brenton Cheng and Mihyun Lee about the forces around us, the choices we make, and the responsibilities we carry. Two people meet in a broken land. Their trajectories are deflected by what’s around them, by each other, gravity, sound, and their own impulses. Each movement determines the next. In the cycles […]

Free – $80

State of Play Festival: Sierra Serban

ODC Dance Commons, Argyle Studio 351 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

As Long as Love is Near is an exploration of transcendental love and nurturing; a physical landscape of sensations which exceed time, understanding, and material reality, but are nevertheless real—inexplicably felt, palpably moving, and ever enduring. This dance work studies intimacy as an ethereal entity—an intangible, binding force between two bodies coaxing softness, tenderness, and flexibility. […]

Free – $80