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Dance and Diaspora: Persian Dance at the ODC Theater

Setsu Uzume — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 05:29:10 +0000

I went to church to find God, he was not there. I went to the Hindu temple, to the ancient pagoda, God was not there. I went to the Kaaba of Mecca, God was not there. I crossed the wilderness and asked about him from Avicenna, the philosopher but he was beyond the range of [&hellip

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High-art Haunted House: Layla Means Night

Setsu Uzume — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 06:43:19 +0000

Just in time for Halloween, “Layla Means Night” by Rosanna Gamson is a high art haunted house that explores perception and intimacy through retellings of 1,001 Arabian Nights. Held at the ODC Theater in San Francisco, audience members are led through the theater in three groups to view performances of the 4th night, 40th night [&hellip

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Exploring Relationships at the Intersection of Film and Dance

Setsu Uzume — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 05:42:09 +0000

When I was a kid I thought that falling in love meant floating on air like Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Now, in my late twenties, I have a much more complex vision of love and relationships. Deconstructing the Surrogate, a multimedia dance performance, sums up that complexity with over a thousand layers of audio [&hellip

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Taking Classical Ballet to New Heights

Setsu Uzume — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 05:40:04 +0000

Milissa Payne Bradley takes classical ballet to new heights in her most ambitious work, Up in the Air, showing at this summer’s sixth annual Summer Performance Festival in San Francisco. The piece transforms grounded, classical movement into flight, inviting the audience on a majestic and exhilarating journey. Nine dancers balance the technique of classical ballet [&hellip

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BodiGram Wants Their Audience to Get Tipsy

Setsu Uzume — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 05:20:57 +0000

BodiGram Dance Company has come a long way from their roots in Asian philosophy. Founded by choreographers Blair Bodie and Julia Graham, BodiGram bridges the gap between pop culture and elite modern dance, smashing through the fourth wall to shed light on current social issues. At the ODC Theater in San Francisco this month, Bodie [&hellip

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The Helen Project Gives a Voice to the Face that Launched 1,000 Ships

Setsu Uzume — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:02:44 +0000

You can hardly say the name “Helen of Troy” without the epithet “The face that launched a thousand ships.” Megan Cohen and Amy Clare Tasker dive face-first into the mythos of Helen in their new play, The Helen Project, part of this year’s DIVAFest in San Francisco. The play shows Helen at four ages on [&hellip

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Modern Art Desserts: Caitlin Freeman’s Creative Cooking

Setsu Uzume — Wed, 08 May 2013 05:03:31 +0000

Imagine walking up to a piece of modern art and taking a big bite out of it. What would it taste like? Caitlin Freeman’s job is just that – imagining how to turn iconic works of art into dazzling, delicious treats. Freeman originally studied to be a photographer, but found her true calling when she [&hellip

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How Lindsey Stirling Is Reinventing the Music Industry

Setsu Uzume — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:28:28 +0000

Despite harsh criticism on America’s Got Talent and a constant barrage of music industry rejection, artist and composer Lindsey Stirling has succeeded in forging her own path toward stardom. With 1.7 million YouTube followers and over 250 million views, the 26-year-old violinist is capitalizing on a new media model that skips signing with big labels [&hellip

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On the Ground with War Photographer Lalage Snow

Setsu Uzume — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 05:51:32 +0000

When disaster strikes, there’s no time to think. Bullets fly, cars burst into flame and the only way to escape is to run. Lalage Snow is one person who runs toward danger, her camera capturing the surreal chaos of conflict – tear gas hovering over Bangladesh streets, and Russian jets screaming across the sky – [&hellip

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Review: The Fourth Messenger

Setsu Uzume — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:29:57 +0000

Talented writer Tanya Shaffer is back with a brand new musical that takes a refreshing, open minded look at spirituality in a modern era. As a local playwright and actor, Shaffer made a name for herself in the late 90s while doing a solo show about her adventures in Africa. In 2005, she honed her [&hellip

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