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ODC/Dance Downtown Home Season with Three World Premieres

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (700 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103)
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ODC/Dance, San Francisco's internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company, presents its spring season with three new works: Breathing Underwater, by ODC Founder and Artistic Director Brenda Way, is a dance for four women set to live music by popular avant cellist and composer Zoe Keating, well known for using a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of sound. Cut Out Guy, by ODC Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson, is a work for five male dancers featuring music by experimental composer Ben Frost, exploring the relationship between internal and external self. Nelson's Transit, in collaboration with San Francisco bicycle artist Max Chen, is a full-company work celebrating the chaotic pulse of our urban centers. Three additional works round out the season: Raking Light (2002), choreographed by Brenda Way, along with her Part of a Longer Story (2006), choreographed over seven years and set to Mozart's concerto for clarinet and orchestra. ODC Associate Choreographer Kimi Okada's work, I look vacantly at the Pacific...though regret (2011) completes the set. The season is broken into two programs showcasing different performances.

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The last date listed for ODC/Dance Downtown was Sunday March 25, 2012 / 4:00pm (Program A).

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater
700 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Website
415-978-ARTS (2787)
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ODC is one of the most innovative dance companies and the Novellus theatre the ideal viewing platform.
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Loved everything - the choreography, the dancers, lighting, music, costumes. Each of the 3 dances were completely different and amazing; the last was beautiful and witty, clever and amusing. Altogether, a fabulous program!
Written on Mar 19 2012

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OMG, this is the best dance I've seen in the last year! Go, for sure! My friends and I only saw Program 2, but we hope to see Program 1 tonight. The pieces are varied - one humorous, one wonder of abstraction, one more classical set to Mozart. They were all marvelously choreographed and passionately danced. I say, GO!
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loved the premier of Cut Out Guys - such strong male dancers and wonderful energy! Great to see Daniel Santos featured in his last season with ODC.
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More Information About ODC/Dance Downtown

Website

http://odcschool.org/performance.php?param=1

Quotes & Highlights

  • Named one of the "Top 2012 Bay Area Dance Performances" by the SF Chronicle.
  • See a video preview of Transit, which has its world premiere as part of Program A and the opening night gala.

Description

Program A
Breathing Underwater (World premiere), Choreographer, Way/Music, Zoe Keating/Lighting Alexander V. Nichols
Transit (World premiere), Choreographer, Nelson/Music Nico Muhly, Original Bicycle Art, Max Chen
Raking Light (2002), Choreographer, Brenda Way/Music, Jay Cloidt/Lighting, Alexander V. Nichols

Program B
Cut Out Guy (World premiere), Choreographer, Nelson/Music, Ben Frost
I look vacantly at the Pacific….though regret (2011), Choreographer, Okada/MUSIC, Jay Cloidt, Shoukichi Kina
Part of a Longer Story (2006), Choreographer, Way/Music, Mozart

*Opening Night Gala (Special Program)
Breathing Underwater (World premiere), Choreographer, Way/Music, Zoe Keating/Lighting Alexander V. Nichols
Transit (World premiere), Choreographer, Nelson/Music Nico Muhly, Original Bicycle Art, Max Chen

About the Ticket Supplier: ODC Dance

ODC is a groundbreaking contemporary arts institution with longstanding roots in the San Francisco community. Now one of the most active centers for dance on the West Coast, we are unique for our fully integrated program vision and far-reaching impact. Our two building campus features eight studios, 2 performance venues and several office suites, is home to a world-class dance company, a professional, pre-professional, and recreational dance training program, a Healthy Dancer's Clinic, and a nationally regarded presenting venue.