Vitality of ODC/Dance more alive than ever in Brenda Way s premiere of “Collision, Collapse and a Coda” during the San Francisco dance company’s home season gala.
The San Francisco company’s dancing marries ferocity to precision with an Amy Seiwert world premiere and the enduringly fascinating “Triangulating Euclid.”
Rachel Howard June 1, 2021Updated: June 1, 2021, 7:31 am
Brenda Way, ODC artistic director. Photo: Darryl Bush / The Chronicle 2007
With a 13,000-square-foot Mission District campus billed as “the most active contemporary dance center on the West Coast,” ODC found itself in a strong position for survival when the pandemic hit. But “ODC doesn’t want to be the last dance organization standing after COVID,” ODC executive director Carma Zisman said recently. “We want the dance ecosystem around us.”
The organization is proving its commitment to that statement with the online ODC Theater Festival, which examines the San Francisco dance landscape, past and future, starting Thursday, June 3.