A new group work exploring assumptions humans make about each other in regards to gender, sexuality and race.
A showcase of a early to mid-career artists who are developing their unique creative voices and seeking to make a working home in the Bay Area. Artists curated by Artistic Director Jess Curtis for Beyond Gravity 2020 include IndiaSky Davis, Gabriel Christian and jose e. abad, Abby Crain, Rachael Dichter and Allie Hankins, Silk Worm, […]
A multi-site-specific dance theatre performance which explores important sites of the Haight-Ashbury and interrogates the complex legacy of the late 60s/early 70s. This project explores omitted stories and dynamics of erasure, including LGBTQ+, individuals of color, those with disabilities and those from lower economic circumstances within the Haight-Ashbury movement.
A call-to-action film performance and interactive experience for audiences to address social justice and inspire change through the arts. Flower explores Oakland’s housing issues, the resilient ways communities can come together to help one another and the city’s rich cultural history.
A play which mythically addresses domestic violence and what happens when systems fail. This Montana-gothic macabre comedy, rooted at the intersection of justice, greed, and blood, confronts the nature of necessary evils and unlikely bonds.
Global Moves, features collaborations with artists from China, India, Israel and the United States. Led by choreographer Margaret Jenkins, the artists will explore the current waves of isolationism and xenophobia, utilizing cultural texts as prompts to make a work of hope and unity.
A text-based movement performance choreographed and directed by Sara Shelton Mann exploring short stories of local community members developed through a year-long workshop process. 7 Excavations aims to begin a conversation in the artist community around addressing and treating trauma while holding space for healing and compassion.
A new outdoor vertical dance production investigating Indigenous forest practices, featuring the songs, voices and stories of Ohlone elders, as well as Augmented Reality digital art created by American Indigenous youth. Talking Roots: Trees of Witness will engage an extensive network of Indigenous artists, scientists, elders, schools, urban youth and audiences from throughout the South […]
A full-length dance and music program featuring the innovative hula choreography by director Patrick Makuak_ne and showcasing several of Hawaii_s most culturally renowned m_h_ (transgender) artists and performers. The project celebrates the renewed appreciation and acceptance of m_h_ artists as a vibrant cultural force whose impact and influence have been obscured and disparaged due to […]
A four-hour interdisciplinary performance trip through grief and joy that invites us to consider our role in the climate crisis by ODC Theater Resident Artist Larry Arrington. Created in collaboration with over 20 women and queer interdisciplinary performers, Eleusis draws from the Hellenistic rituals of the Eleusinian mysteries to explore the necessity of interdependence within […]
