ODC Dance, SF

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ODC Dance was founded by choreographer Brenda Way and has been based in San Francisco for over 30 years. ODC is an invaluable resource to the community. ODC offers over 180 dance classes a week beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at midnight. ODC has multiple components: dance theater, school, dance jam and an educational outreach that provides hundreds of San Francisco school-children the joy of dance.

In their own words:

ODC believes that art is a powerful educational tool and a generative element in personal growth and development. It is central to our mission to work with new audiences and young people to promote dance as a cultural expression of modern life, both on and off the stage. Our outreach in the community revolves around the work we perform and is focused on creativity and an investigation of artistic and social values. ODC can tailor imaginative partnership activities with under-resourced schools and social/cultural community centers.

Jody Sperling: Dream and Dance as Elemental Spirits

Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance

"A suite inspired by the mesmerizing spectacles of Loie Fuller (1862-1928). Sperling furls her enormous winged costume–designed by Michelle Ferranti from more than 80 yards of white silk—into eddying spiral shapes. The moving fabric catches luminescent rays, orchestrated by Bessie Award-winning lighting designer David Ferri, that evoke the elements Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether. The hypnotic visuals are set to piano music by Ravel, Chopin, De Falla, and others performed by Jeffrey Middleton."

The dancing of Jody Sperling cascades out of the unconscious; billows into clouds becoming swans, tears, wings and an archetypal pathos I know as intimately as my own breath. When dancing is this perfect its various elements, music, text, visuals and movement become an incarnation of the spirit.

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