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Colleen Thomas. Photo: Julias Discenza   A Letter to Readers from Blog Director Jill Randall: Life as a Modern Dancer in 2018   Artist Interviews and Artists' Schedules  Artist Profile #163: Kristin Damrow (Oakland, CA) Artist Profile #164: Charles Slender-White (San Francisco, CA) Catching Up with Colleen Thomas (Artist Profile #41) My Dance Week: Valerie…

Photo: George E. Baker Today we ask Kristin:  Who do you hope will attend the shows? What is your “dream of the audience?” Everyone!   The Eames’ entire philosophy about the work they created was that they wanted art/design to be accessible to everyone. I think that approach is very similar with this project. Whether…

  Some questions for Kristin today: Why perform at ODC? What do you love about this space? How is it the right fit for this work, and how you want it to be viewed?    ODC has long served as an incubator, not only for local and international artistic talent, but for community members who…

Patrick Barnes   We asked each dancer to speak to the ideas of risk and rigor in the work. Today we hear from Allegra Bautista, Nell Suttles, and Patrick Barnes.   From Allegra: Each time I enter the piece, I am striving to go beyond my edge both physically and artistically. There are so many nuances to…

Photo: Lovin Ostenrik Today we catch up with NYC artist Colleen Thomas. Colleen wrote her artist profile on the blog back in September 2013.  How would you describe the past 4 years? The past four years have been my most creatively fruitful as well as devastating. I’ve questioned my place in this career, this city,…

  Today we ask choreographer Kristin Damrow, "Why live art, now?"   Live art is the craft I chose. So I say, live art always! It’s the tool I have to express what I’m feeling, my perspectives, and my truth. Live art hits the viewers differently than any other type of art because it’s in the…

  Anna Greenberg   Today we hear from two of the dancers on the topic of risk and rigor in EAMES:   From Heather Arnett:   Ray's seemingly incessant, quiet investment in her work earned her the nickname Buddha in her painting years. In becoming Ray for EAMES, I was inspired to talk less and do…

  Today, we are thinking about the music for EAMES and the collaboration between Kristin and composer Aaron Gold. Kristin created a playful 5 minute vlog (video blog) to share more about it. Check it out! (Spoiler alert = 4 minutes into the video you get to hear a minute clip of Gold's amazing composition.) —-…

Kristin Damrow & Company: Patrick Barnes, Nell Suttles, Anna Greenberg, Allegra Bautista, and Heather Arnett From Blog Director Jill Randall: Lately, I have been thinking about dance writing and dance publicity. How do we share/invite/entice/preview a work for our potential audience members? San Francisco Bay Area artist Kristin Damrow and I are playing with this idea…

Carley Conder, founder and director of the Breaking Ground Festival, shared this week: As we approach our 11th year for the Breaking Ground Festival this week, I am humbled and gratified to be hosting the most exciting line-up of artists this year. Arizona artists are coming into their own, national artists are bringing knock-out works…