Jen Norris
Review: SF Danceworks, Season 7, Z Space, San Francisco, November 7-10, 2024
As we enter the season of gratitude, the presence of SFDanceworks in the Bay Area is at the top of my list. Their Season 7 tryptic,...
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JEN NORRIS DANCE REVIEWS
Jen Norris
Nov 54 min read
Review: Step Afrika! ‘The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence,’ at Zellerbach Hall a presentation of Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Nov 2-3, 2024
Invited to join the fun, we stomp, clap and shout ‘alright,’ in a call and response ritual that harks across oceans and time. Faces...
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Jen Norris
Oct 255 min read
Review: RAWdance 20th Anniversary Home Season, October 24 - 27, 2024, ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA
RAWdance, known for crafting thought-provoking contemporary works, is a mainstay of the Bay Area dance scene. Co-Artistic Directors...
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Jen Norris
Oct 205 min read
Review: SMUIN Contemporary Ballet, Dance Series 1 (2024-25 Season) Cowell Theater at Fort Mason, San Francisco, October 17-24, 2024
Pushing the boundaries of contemporary with theatrical flair, Smuin Contemporary Ballet is a treasure of the Bay Area cultural scene....
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Jen Norris
Oct 195 min read
Review: Sharp & Fine, A Detective Story, October 18-20, 2024, Z Space, San Francisco
The secrecies and vagaries of love collide, with a missing person case in Sharp & Fine’s latest “play for dance” A Detective Story at Z...
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Jen Norris
Oct 135 min read
Review: Arenas Dance Co. & Duniya Dance and Drum Co. perform Raíces et Résistance, Oct 11-20, 2024, Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco
On this balmy October night, the dynamic beats of West African drumming emanate from the second story windows of the Dance Mission...
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Jen Norris
Oct 84 min read
Review: Split Second presents GAME TIME created and performed by Aviva and Molly Rose-Williams, ODC Theater, San Francisco – Oct 4-5, 2024
In their latest Split Second production Game Time, playing at the ODC Theater October 4 & 5, 2024, sisters Aviva and Molly Rose-Williams...
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Jen Norris
Oct 15 min read
Review: CAL Performances presents Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Harawi’ an AMOC Production at Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA - September 27, 2024
Friday, September 27, CAL Performances opened their 2024-25 Season with the United States Premiere of Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi in a...
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Jen Norris
Oct 15 min read
Review: Liss Fain Dance OPEN TIME a Performance Installation co-presented with Z Space, September 27-29, 2024, San Francisco, CA
Emerging from a dark tunnel, a ghostly Victorian house of floating windows and scrim walls awaits us in the center of Z Space’s vast Lisa...
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Jen Norris
Sep 75 min read
Review: Jocelyn Reyes, REYES Dance present ‘DIOS’ODC Theater, San Francisco – September 6-7, 2024 (Preview Sept. 5)
First generation Mexican-Salvadoran artist Jocelyn Reyes crafts powerful and visceral dance performances using broad theatricality and...
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Jen Norris
Aug 286 min read
Review: FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival 2024 Weekend Two, August 23-25, 2024 ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA
FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival 2024 Weekend Two at ODC Theater includes a generous helping of contemporary dance performances. Joining...
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Jen Norris
Aug 237 min read
Review: CounterPulse co-presents BODYSONNET’s production of ‘OTHER/self’, Aug 22-24, 2024, CounterPulse, San Francisco, CA
The Bay Area dance scene is in the middle of a generational sea change. Younger performers, who have enthralled and enticed us in the...
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Jen Norris
Aug 35 min read
Review: ODC Theater presents Paufve Dance’s ‘Sisters’ part of State of Play 2024 dance festival, Aug 1 & 2, ODC Theatre, San Francisco, CA
The world premiere of Paufve Dance’s Sisters, on the first day of ODC Theater’s State of Play 2024 dance festival is sold-out. The house...
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Jen Norris
Aug 35 min read
Review: ODC Theater presents David Harvey & Babatunji’s ‘Chimera’ and Audrey Johnson’s ‘For A Moment/No Longer’ as part of State of Play Festival, August 1 -4, ODC Theatre, San Francisco, CA
In the wake of pandemic-induced venue closures, San Francisco’s dance scene has been meandering toward its former vibrancy. Fast forward...
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Jen Norris
Jul 206 min read
Review: ODC/Dance presents “Summer Sampler 2014” July 18-21, 2024, ODC Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Art informs art. Dance influences dance. Sometimes this is more transparent than others. Choreographer Catherine Galasso developed 10,000...
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Jen Norris
Jul 185 min read
Review: Lesher Center for the Arts & Diablo Regional Arts Association present Ballet Hispánico, July 17, 2024, Walnut Creek, CA
What a treat it is to see the renowned Ballet Hispánico in the Bay Area, here for a single evening at the Lesher Center for the Arts in...
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Jen Norris
Jul 175 min read
Review: Circus Bella’s WOW presented by TJPA in Salesforce Park, Sunday, July 14, 2024, San Francisco, CA
Free, open-to-all, and fun for ages from two to ninety-two, Circus Bella’s 15th Annual Circus in the Parks arrives in Salesforce Park on...
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Jen Norris
Jul 145 min read
Review: JAD Experience presents the world-premiere of ‘VISCERĀLIS’, Tara Firma Farms, Petaluma, CA, July 12-21, 2024
Choreographer Julia Adam’s VISCERĀLIS has its premiere July 12 at Tara Firma Farm in the Petaluma hills as part of a spectacular...
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Jen Norris
Jun 206 min read
Review: Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents RAWdance: "Drawing on a Decade," Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, June 14 & 15, 2024
RAWdance returns to Yerba Buena Gardens Festival (YBGF) June 14 and 15 with a trio of sight-specific contemporary dances. Each is...
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Jen Norris
Jun 165 min read
Review: CounterPulse ARC Edge presents Diana Lara’s 'Savia~Sap flow' & 'auiga' by gizeh muñiz vengel with Ernesto Peart Falcón & grisel gg torres, San Francisco, June 6-15, 2024
Responding to the natural world, channeling ancestral customs, and imaging new ways of being in community, Diana Lara and gizeh muñiz...
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