Category: Dance in Review

  MoToR/Dance performs "Water in the Kettle." Photo by Dean Bosche. Reflections on “Water in the Kettle” by MoToR/dance By Molly Rose-Williams “Put the water on…Put the water in the kettle…” The performers’ voices swoop around the space, weaving in and out of one another as their bodies rock, walk, slap, and stomp in time…

Molly Rose-Williams. Photo by Molly Rose-Williams. Photo by Chani Bockwinkel. Ruminations on We Are All Friends by Molly Rose-Williams By Melissa Hudson Bell   Delightful. That is the word that continues to come to me as I ruminate on Molly Rose-Williams’ latest show, entitled We Are All Friends. And I mean delightful in a certain…

Rogelio Lopez in "Entre Despierto y Dormido." Photo by Ryan Kwok. Looking Back and Celebrating: Dance Performances in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2022 By Jill Randall I always love looking back at the posts from the past year. While this is only one snapshot of dance in the San Francisco Bay Area, it…

Maurya Kerr and Alexander Diaz. Photo: Robbie Sweeny. Tender Is the Day in “slow dark dances” By Garth Grimball “Anyone could do that.” How many times has this dictum filtered into the air from an unimpressed observer to a piece of modern art chilling the room’s temperature like air conditioning out of a vent? I’ve…

"Piece X Piece" by LA DANSA DANSA. Photo by Greg Meyers.   Rosanna Tavarez & Bianca Cabrera Travel in Multiple Dimensions By Garth Grimball The weekend of November 11 – 13, ODC Theater ended its 2022 Fall Season with a split bill: Rosanna Tavarez/LA DANSA DANSA and Bianca Cabrera/Blind Tiger Society. Tavarez’s “Piece X Piece”…

Dimensions Dance Theater in "Dai Zoe Bush–The Breaking of the Poro & Sande Bush." Photo by Ed Miller. Dimensions Dance Theater Celebrating 50 Years Lisser Hall, Mills College October 22-23, 2022 By Sima Belmar Oakland-based Dimensions Dance Theater is celebrating its golden anniversary this year, fifty years of making, performing, and teaching dances of the…

Rogelio Lopez. Photo by Ryan Kwok. Rogelio Lopez & Dancers: Entre Despierto y Dormido (Between Awake and Asleep) somewhere in between By Bhumi B Patel What I know is that when I go to see Rogelio Lopez’s work, I’m in for a wonderful kaleidoscope of moments of joy, multi-dimensional interrogation, and gorgeous movement. What I…

Maya Mohsin (left) and Brooke Terry (right) in "Lasos." Photo by Robbie Sweeny.   Lasos – REYES Dance By Melissa Hudson Bell 10/10/22 Two dancers, dressed in garishly loud primary-colored childlike dresses with over-large pockets stand facing each other downstage. Beads of sweat are visible on each, from almost forty minutes of vigorous jumping, running,…

FACT/SF’s Summer Dance Festival Dances Through Genre By Garth Grimball Editor’s Note: For some dance events, securing a dance writer/reviewer can be a difficult task due to timing and availability. But the questions still can linger: How can artists receive feedback and impressions? How are works of art documented in writing for audiences, artists, and…

DISCO RIOT. Photo by Robbie Sweeny.   FACT/SF & DISCO RIOT Dance On Making By Garth Grimball FACT/SF and DISCO RIOT, based in San Diego, presented two works at ODC Theater on August 5-7, closing out FACT/SF’s two week Summer Dance Festival. Bay Area audiences were given the opportunity to see this SoCal company thanks…