Dance Downtown
ODC/Dance
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater, San Francisco
March 12, 2009
- March 29, 2009
March 12 – 29
Novellus Theater | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater
Artistic Director Brenda Way
Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson
Associate Choreographer Kimi Okada
“Straight-up, high-powered modern dance: ODC/Dance has a unique, well-deserved place in our cultural life.” — SFGate
SMART. EXUBERANT. FEARLESS.
DANCE THAT MATTERS.
2 world premieres by ODC’s award-winning choreographers
3 programs of acclaimed works
Guest artists Brazilian pianist and composer Marcelo Zarvos and video artists David and Hi-Jin Hodge
Program 1 features the world premiere of KT Nelson's 'Grassland,' with a commissioned score performed live (3.12-3.14) by acclaimed Brazilian composer and pianist, Marcelo Zarvos. Inspired by the power of nature, suggestive of the winds of change, this full company work is a sweeping collaboration of sight and sound.
Program 2 features Artistic Director Brenda Way's 'In the Memory of the Forest,' an exploration of human will, resilience and ingenuity, inspired by Way's late mother-in-law, Iza Erlich, who, as a teenager in 1941, walked away from the Warsaw Ghetto. Features special video artists David and Hi-Jin Hodge.
Program 1: 3.12 7pm, 3.13 8pm, 3.14 8pm, 3.27 8pm, 3.29 2pm
Origins of Flight
Hunting and Gathering
Grassland
Program 2: 3.20 8pm, 3.21 8pm, 3.26 8pm, 3.27 8pm
They've Lost Their Footing
Unintended Consequences: A Meditation
In the Memory of the Forest
Program 3: 3.19 6:30 pm, 3.28 2pm
They've Lost Their Footing
Unintended Consequences: A Meditation
Kari (performed by the ODC Dance Jam)
Weird Weather
Special Events:
OPENING NIGHT GALA PERFORMANCE 3.12
SMALL PLATES 3.19
VERGE AFTER-PARTY 3.20
FROM THE BALCONY - Pre performance talk. 3.20 7pm & 3.27 7pm
CURTAIN TALKS - 3.28, 8pm & 3.29, 2pm
Date
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March 12, 2009
7:00 PM
12:00 AM
March 13, 2009
8:00 PM
12:00 AM
March 14, 2009
8:00 PM
12:00 AM
March 19, 2009
6:30 PM
12:00 AM
March 20, 2009
8:00 PM
12:00 AM
March 21, 2009
8:00 PM
12:00 AM
March 26, 2009
8:00 PM
12:00 AM
March 27, 2009
8:00 PM
12:00 AM
March 28, 2009
2:00 PM
12:00 AM
March 28, 2009
8:00 PM
12:00 AM
March 29, 2009
2:00 PM
12:00 AM
Ticket Information
Ticket Prices - $10.00 - $45.00
