ODC/Dance
DANCE
Sep 4, 2025
7:30 PMPrice: $38–$71
The Presidio Theatre is thrilled to welcome San Francisco’s ODC/Dance to perform a mixed repertoire during our opening week celebration. The company has been widely recognized for its rigorous technique, its numerous groundbreaking collaborations, and entrepreneurial savvy.
Repertoire:
“A Brief History of Up & Down” 2024
- Choreography
- BRENDA WAY
- Commissioned score
- JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER CHAD LAWSON / J.S. BACH
- Light + Scenic Design
- ALEXANDER V. NICHOLS
- Costume Design
- KYO YOHENA
Art-making inherently poses questions and proposes fresh ways of seeing. A Brief History of Up and Down joyfully shares reflections on the evolution of beauty that has taken place in dance over the 55 year lifespan of the ODC/Dance Company. From simple movement to extraordinary virtuosity- “Real people really Dancing!”
Unintended Consequences (A Meditation) 2008
- Choreography
- Brenda Way
- Commissioned score
- Laurie Anderson
- Light + Scenic Design
- Alexander V. Nichols
- Commissioned
- The Equal Justice Society
Unintended Consequences (A Meditation) premiered in 2008 set to music by renowned performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson. Commissioned by the Equal Justice Society, an Oakland, California-based organization working to transform the nation’s consciousness on issues of race and social justice, Unintended Consequences “offers a cutting critique of human relationships, and of how easily we become isolated” (The New York Times). The work considers the effects of America’s fetish of individualism and its perversion into “every man for himself.”
- Choreography
- KIMI OKADA
- Commissioned score
- RAYMOND SCOTT, CARAVAN PALACE, DJANGO REINHARDT, LIZZY & THE TRIGGERMEN
- Visuals
- YUKI IZUMIHARA
- Light + Scenic Design
- THOMAS BOWERSOX
- Costume Design
- MAYA OKADA ERICKSON, KYO YOHENA
Inspired by the cartoons of Max Fleischer from the 1920’s and 1930’s, Inkwell draws from a black and white universe of oddballs, misfits, and maniacs. With a movement vocabulary rooted in physical comedy, vaudeville forms, and early cinema, the piece explores the power of demagogues over unwitting humans and the path from seduction to indoctrination. Music by Raymond Scott, Django Reinhardt, and other early jazz musicians.
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