Jen Norris
Review: UNA Productions: ‘Grass is Green’ April 20 - 22, 2023, ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA
I am dying to know what other viewers thought after attending UNA Productions’ Grass is Green, choreographed by Chuck Wilt, which made...
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Jen Norris
Apr 5, 20237 min read
Review: Cuba Caribe presents "Mouth of a Shark' March 31-April 2, 2023, ODC Theater, San Francisco
“No one leaves home, unless home is the mouth of a shark.’ The first two lines of British-Somali poet Warsan Shire’s “Home” are the...
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Jen Norris
Apr 2, 20235 min read
Review: Peninsula Ballet Theater & Ensambles Ballet Folklorico Carmen & Frida April 1-2, 2023
As women’s history month comes to a close, Peninsula Ballet Theater (PBT) and Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco (Ensambles)...
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Jen Norris
Mar 31, 20235 min read
Review: ODC Dance Downtown Programs A & B March 29-April 2, 2023, Blue Shield Theater, YBCA, SF
ODC/Dance (ODC) is a force to be reckoned with artistically and institutionally. Five weeks ago, these eleven dancers were performing the...
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Jen Norris
Mar 30, 20232 min read
Report: San Francisco Youth Theatre’s Dancing Home March 29, 2023 Bernal Branch, San Francisco Pub
Performers from SFYT's Dancing Home performance in Bernal Library Community Room; Photo J Norris Bernal Library’s Community Room was full...
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Jen Norris
Mar 30, 20234 min read
Reflection & Poem: Violence & Joy Showing of 'Lost In The Woods' March 25, 2023, Oakland, CA
A Secret Show: Violence and Joy presents Lost in the Woods March 25, 7:00 p.m. The invitation comes via text, the location undisclosed....
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Jen Norris
Mar 25, 20235 min read
Review: Robert Moses KIN presents 2023 Presidio Home Season March 24-26, 2023, Presidio Theater, SF
We live in a time when the teaching of African-American history is once again, or perhaps still, contentious, vulnerable, dangerous and...
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Jen Norris
Mar 19, 20233 min read
Review: Dance Mission Presents WOMEN IN HIP HOP 2023 March 19, 2023, Dance Mission Theater, SF
Dance Mission Theater is thumping with the tunes of DJ Nina Sol. Audience entry for Women in Hip Hop 2023 (WIHH), a one-night-only...
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Jen Norris
Mar 18, 20235 min read
Review: Oakland Ballet’s Dancing Moons Festival at Oakland Asian Cultural Center March 16-18, 2023
As we make our way to the Oakland Asian Cultural Center for Oakland Ballet’s second annual Dancing Moons Festival, we pass under a canopy...
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Jen Norris
Mar 16, 20235 min read
Review: San Francisco Ballet’s The Colors of Dance - March 14, 2023 War Memorial Opera House, SF
The Colors of Dance, San Francisco Ballet’s (SFB) final mixed repertory program of the 2023 season is a crowd pleaser through and through....
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Jen Norris
Mar 14, 20234 min read
Review: BRAVA presents Vanessa Sanchez and La Mezcal’s Pachuquísmo March 12, 2023 BRAVA Theater, SF
I leave Brava Theater with a new bounce in my step, inspired by the syncopated rhythms of Vanessa Sanchez and La Mezcla's show,...
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Jen Norris
Mar 11, 20234 min read
Review: Oceánica Ballet presents EVOLUTION March 10-12, 2023 Bay Area Ballet Conservatory, So. SF
The Bay Area has a new non-profit, Oceánica Ballet, whose mission is to “enliven the San Francisco Bay Area cultural landscape by making...
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Jen Norris
Mar 6, 20235 min read
Reflection: Dance Generators – Pause to Bridge – March 4, 2023 ODC Theater, San Francisco
The Bay Area is rich in intergenerational dance performances. This January Risa Jaroslaw featured two elder dancers in her...
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Jen Norris
Mar 4, 20234 min read
Review: Keith Johnson/Dancers presents DRIFTER March 3 & 4, 2023 Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco
DRIFTER presented by Keith Johnson/Dancers a quartet of dances is structured like a collection of connected short stories. Each chapter...
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Jen Norris
Feb 25, 20234 min read
Review: Laguna Dance Festival presents Cincinnati Ballet -Feb 24, 2023 at Laguna Beach Playhouse, CA
Kudos to Jodie Gates, Founder and Artistic Director of the Laguna Dance Festival for presenting two amazing Midwestern dance companies,...
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Jen Norris
Feb 24, 20235 min read
Review: LA Dance Project presents Roberts’ LINEAGE & Smith/Schraiber’s QUARTET FOR FIVE 2.23-25 DTLA
LADP's cast of Jamar Roberts's Lineage bow at end of world premiere show Feb 23, 2023 in DTLA; Photo J. Norris The lobby of L.A. Dance...
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Jen Norris
Feb 17, 20235 min read
Review: James Graham Dance Theater's DANCE LOVERS February 16-18, 23 -Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco
Dance Lovers 11, an annual presentation of James Graham Dance Theater, takes place in mid-February. Comprised of five duets by “couples,...
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Jen Norris
Feb 13, 20234 min read
Review: ODC/Dance presents "Path of Miracles" February 10-12, 2023 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
Choreographer KT Nelson’s Path of Miracles, which unfolds within the awe-inspiring French Gothic architecture of San Francisco’s Grace...
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Jen Norris
Feb 5, 20234 min read
Review: Motordance & Rhythmix Cultural Works present Water in the Kettle - Feb. 3&4, 23 Alameda, CA
Water in the Kettle, a presentation of Motordance and Alameda’s Rhythmix Cultural Works, is feminist musical theater. It is a tapestry...
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Jen Norris
Jan 26, 20235 min read
Review: San Francisco Ballet Next@90 Blanc, Schreier & Possokhov January 25, 2023 War Memorial Opera
San Francisco Ballet’s (SFB) debuted the final three ballets of the next@90 Festival on January 25. It was a disappointing end to...
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