presents
August 23, 24, & 25, 2024
ODC Theater, 3153 17th Street, San Francisco, CA
about sdf
FACT/SF’s Summer Dance Festival brings together an array of contemporary dance works by choreographers from the Bay Area and beyond. The purpose of the Festival is to juxtapose a variety of works to spur dialogue, support artists and artistic growth, and present to audiences a range of perspectives. In its inaugural year, the Festival was described as “a very strong debut and a great addition to the SF dance festival circuit.” - Heather Desaulniers, DanceTabs
The FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival is part of FACT/SF Fieldwork, a set of programs that nourish the contemporary dance ecology by providing opportunities, support, and material resources to fellow artists. In addition to the Festival, Fieldwork currently includes Production Support Grants, Fiscal Sponsorship, Summer Dance Lab Scholarships, and our touring platform, PORT (Peer Organized Reciprocal Touring).
fact/sf artistic director
Charlie Slender-White
lighting design & technical Direction
Del Medoff
production Assistant
Zoë Quon
sister score, Zoe Huey
when will i be? (excerpt, 2022), summation dance / la
hot, live and otherwise, Sophie Minouche Allen
INTERMISSION
ends of axis,MAxine flasher-düzgüneş
Run-on, ERin YeN
EXTRA, FACT/sF
brief Q&A with the artists
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Run-On
Choreography and Performance: Erin Yen
Costume Courtesy of Deborah Slater Dance Theatre
Props/Set Courtesy of Kendall Away and Sydni Self and the Yen Family
Sound Design: Ben Juodvalkis
Lighting Design & Technical Direction: Del Medoff
Technicians: Shy Baniani and Taylor Rivers
Run-On is an interactive solo dance by Erin Yen which honors her late grandmother, explores diverse perspectives within storytelling, and questions the cyclical ways in which people communicate.
A diverse range of people held conversations with me to help develop Run-On. For a full list of conversation credits please visit dragonsdance.com
About the Company
Dragons Dance is a contemporary dance company founded by Erin Yen which empowers artists to create impactful artwork. Since its inception, Dragons Dance has performed at venues throughout the Bay Area, shares work online via dance film, and provides spaces for artists to co-collaborate and create community.
About the Artist
Erin Yen is a mixed-race professional dancer and choreographer currently residing in San Mateo, CA. Erin is the founder of Dragons Dance 501c3. Erin’s choreography, which utilizes her experiences with contemporary, release, improvisation, Gaga, physical theater and floorwork techniques, has been featured regularly throughout the Bay Area since Dragons Dance’s inception in 2020. Erin is fluent in Laban Movement Analysis, and she holds a BFA in Dance from the Ohio State University. Most recently, Erin has begun to teach contemporary dance and other movement workshops for adults in the Bay Area.
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Hot, live and otherwise
Choreography and Performance: Sophie Minouche Allen
Soundscore: Chien-An Yuan
Prop Design: Arabella Zurbano
Costume Design: Sophie and Karin Minouche in collaboration with Crimson Moeller
Lighting Design & Technical Direction: Del Medoff
Technicians: Shy Baniani and Taylor Rivers
Hot, live and otherwise is inspired by the 1981-2000 anti-nuclear protests of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp in Berkshire, England and is catalyzed by divergent familial tracings and other unsettled life fragments that get stuck between rocks and hard places. The solo navigates degrees of separation and holds spontaneity, humor, grief, and pleasure in proximity to disaster.
About the Artists
Sophie Minouche Allen is a dance artist who imbues playfulness and nuance in all her endeavors. She enjoys honing her sense of musicality and humor to connect with deeper subtexts… and loves to make people smile. Sophie performs, choreographs, and teaches throughout Chicago and nationally. Notably, she performs with Fever Dream Dance Collective; was selected as a Midwest RAD Fest 2024 Alternative Spaces Choreographer/Performer, DanceWorks Chicago/Thodos Dance Chicago’s New Dances 2024 Choreographer, and FACT/SF 2024 Summer Dance Festival Artist; teaches at The Joffrey Academy of Dance, The Rooted Space and co-facilitates the Chicago Countertechnique® Community class-series. Her work is shaped by cycles of care between her Oma, Mom and herself, grounding her artistry in shades of love, womanhood and vulnerability. Sophie holds a B.F.A. in Dance and B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Michigan, and is a certified Countertechnique® Teacher.
Karin Minouche Allen is Sophie’s mom and Yvonne’s daughter. She generously works with Sophie as her dramaturg and all-around collaborator, lending a hand and support whenever needed.
Crimson Moeller (she/they) merges their passions for fashion and dance by creating unique, cutting-edge costumes. She is the co-artistic director of Fever Dream Dance Collective and Fever Dream Vintage. Crimson’s designs use 100% recycled materials to enliven the artist's vision and empower dancers.
Chien-An Yuan is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and educator based in Ann Arbor, MI. Yuan runs 1473, a record label specializing in improvisation, electronics, and collaboration. He is also a founding member of IS/LAND, a performance collaborative composed of AAPI movers, artists, and collaborators. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, NewCity, Salon, ArtSlant, Huffington Post, and WNYC. Past performances and exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Elastic Arts, Convivium 33, Detroit Institute of Arts, The Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gene Siskel Film Center, Museum of Chinese in America NYC, Syrup Loft, Zhou B Arts Center, Asian American Cultural Center of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Hyde Park Art Center, and Gallery 312.
Arabella Zurbano is a Chicagoland native and freelance scenic and props designer based in Chicago. She earned her BA degree in Theatre Design & Technology from Columbia College Chicago, and is a former Properties Apprentice as part of Olney Theatre Center’s 2022-23 apprentice class in Olney, Maryland. Arabella is currently a member of Nothing Without a Company’s Junior Board; her recent credits include Assistant Scenic Designer for Goodman Theatre’sThe Nacirema Society, and Set and Props Designer for Arriving at Dawn, a development workshop within Chicago Cultural Center’s 2024 Dance Residency Open Studio Series.
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ends of Axis
Original Premiere: July 26-27, 2024, iMPACt Center for the Arts and Dance
Choreography: Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş in collaboration with the dancers
Performance: Maddy Bullard, Tamara Chu, and Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş
Projection Design: Cameron Surh
Projection Dancer: Hiroka Nagai
Music: “You Burn Me” by Laurel Halo (Courtesy of Awe Worldwide), original sound by David Caparó
Lighting Design & Technical Direction: Del Medoff
Technicians: Shy Baniani and Taylor Rivers
ends of Axis highlights the experience of mental illness from several perspectives — to witness, to be witnessed, and to fail to witness, within the complexities of a crisis, and the sense of loss and bewilderment that results when there are few (or no) directions to turn. It explores how the incorporation of visual art and sonic resonance in performance can enhance the audience’s understanding of the internal conflict of the performer. The piece was made during an ongoing crisis and conflict with a local public healthcare system that abandoned a loved one in immediate need of comprehensive care. At this point it is unknown whether they will recover…
ends of Axis serves as the catalyst for partnerships with special education organizations to provide accessible workshops in poetry writing and creative movement, including the The School at Eagle Hill in Hardwick, Massachusetts, a boarding school for neuro-diverse young adults, and Child Therapy Institute’s Expressive Arts initiative withRichmond's Camp Achieve. Special thanks to Tofte Lake Center.
About the Artists
Madelyn Bullard was raised by two funky LA musicians who taught her to howl at the moon like a coyote & to always dance to music even if no one else is. From here she traveled to New York City, then further east to the Netherlands to earn her BA in dance/performance with a minor in choreography. She worked professionally in the Dutch dance scene before being called back to California’s sensuous wild coast to pursue her Master’s degree in Somatic Psychology. Currently Maddy enjoys working with kids as a school counselor/play therapist & is recovering from a major head injury. She feels grateful to be performing again after a six month break from dancing, movement being one of the most special ways to connect, give, and receive in community.
David Caparó (Capalove) started playing live in Panama at a young age, and as a guitarist and keyboard player has performed with some of the country's top acts, such as senor loop, El papo Vecino , Raices y Cultura and Los Guayas. His sounds have been heard in top local venues, like Teatro Nacional, Theater Guild of Ancon, Ciudad del Saber’s Ateneo, Atlapa, and internationally he has performed in festivals and shows in Spain, France, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica. He has a College Music Degree from the Beaux Arts Faculty of the Universidad de Panama.
Tamara Chu grew up in the Bay Area and trained at Shan-Yee Poon Ballet School and Westlake School of the Performing Arts. She completed Lines Ballet’s Pre-Professional Summer Program before graduating from Amherst College with a BA in Computer Science. She currently works and lives in San Francisco, and volunteers at Problem Library, an arts and education non-profit in the Inner Sunset.
Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş is a Turkish-American poet, dance artist, and filmmaker engaging with the disciplines of choreography and visual art as tools for grasping poetic language. She has or will serve as a resident artist at Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Stapleton School for the Performing Arts, Center at Eagle Hill (MA), Surel’s Place (ID), and Tofte Lake Center (MN). She has been commissioned by Sadler's Wells (UK) for her dance writing and by World Stage Design (Canada) and 92NY’s Future Dance Festival (New York) for her choreography. Maxine received a B.F.A. in Dance (magna cum laude) from NYU Tisch and an M.A. in Dance Philosophy (with distinction) from University of Roehampton London as a US-UK Fulbright Finalist. She currently dances with MovingGround and pateldanceworks, teaches as a poet in the schools for CalPoets and Gallery Route One, and directs youth dance company, Body Language at Roco Dance.
Laurel Halo is an American electronic musician currently based in Los Angeles, California. She released her debut album Quarantine on Hyperdub in 2012 to critical acclaim; it was named album of the year by The Wire. According to NPR, her new album, Atlas, “is a tapestry of slowly-evolving textures — and it was inspired by the nighttime imagery of cities she visited while out on the road.” She draws influences from the music of Detroit, London and Berlin, as well as from her time in free jazz ensembles and as a college radio DJ.
Hiroka Nagai is a Japanese-American San Francisco native, beginning her dance training at San Francisco Youth Ballet Academy at the age of 5. In 2017, she was accepted to be part of the ODC Theatre’s youth dance company, ODC Dance Jam, where she received her contemporary training. She has spent many summers studying at ABT, Gelsey Kirkland Ballet Academy, LINES Ballet, SFCD, Hubbard Street and Northwest Dance Project. Alongside her pursuits as a performer in the US and Japan, she is a working choreographer inspired by merging performance and technology.
Cameron Surh is an artist working with performance and interactive media. Their practice uses movement and computation to place an importance on the body’s capacity for working and living in data. As a dancer, they have worked with Shamel Pitts, Ilya Vidrin, Chuck Wilt, Jessica Chen, and Ted Thomas. They received a BFA in Dance and an MA in Interactive Media Arts from NYU Tisch. They are currently on the digital team at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in NYC.
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When will I be? (excerpt, 2022)
Originally Premiered in 2022
Choreographer: Taryn Vander Hoop
Performers: Kacie Boblitt, Sumi Clements, Sadie Crystal, Emily Keller, Krystal Masteller, Alexandra Rix
Original Music Composition: Malcolm Tulip and Squash & Biscuit
Costume Designer: Leon Wiebers
Lighting Design & Technical Direction: Del Medoff
Technicians: Shy Baniani and Taylor Rivers
When will I be?, choreographed by Taryn Vander Hoop, investigates how capitalism lives in our bodies, from the intrusive thought patterns that consume us to the ways we conform to the systems in place. A multi-generational cast asks the audience to confront how we care for our mental health, ourselves, and each other in a late-stage capitalistic society.
Thank you to the artists for their contributions to the artistic process.
The research for this work was made possible with funding from The Arnhold Foundation, Green Box Artist-in-Residency program and an internal grant from LMU College of Communication and Fine Art, and individual donors.
ABOUT SUMMATION DANCE:
Summation Dance Company, founded by Sumi Clements and Taryn Vander Hoop, is a New York City and LA based modern dance company founded in 2011. The company has performed at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC), Gibney Dance Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Inside / Out Festival, Judson Memorial Church, LA Dance Project, Skirball Center, Z-Space and the 92nd Street Y.
The mission of Summation is to find the beauty in struggle and the humor in the mundane. Our works are powerfully kinetic and emotional explorations of the human experience that demand physicality as we push the limits of the body. The exhaustion and vulnerability of the dancers is often on display as well as small or eccentric gestures to communicate the essence of our ideas. We offer up this work to affect, inspire and enliven.
About the Artists:
Kacie Boblitt (she/her) Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Kacie is a New York City and Los Angeles based performing artist specializing in contemporary dance, immersive theater, and commercial dance. Professional credits include: Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, The Metropolitan Opera, Akram Khan’s Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise at THE SHED, Oddknock Productions, WestEdge Opera (associate choreographer), and the Bartlett Sher + Hofesh Shecter revival of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway. For several years she toured domestically and internationally with Keigwin+Company and Schoen Movement Company, performing at The Joyce Theater, Jacob's Pillow, The Guggenheim Bilbao, and was sponsored as a cultural diplomat by BAM/US State Dept. in a month long exchange tour to Côte d'ivoire, Ethiopia, and Tunisia. Commercially, she has acted as movement director and choreographer for GEICO and performing artist Heather Woods Broderick, and herself has appeared on TV and commercials for Venus Williams, Comedy Central, and PBS. Adjacent to her dance career, Kacie is a practicing Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and wellness enthusiast.
Sumi Clements is a NYC-based performing arts professional, dance educator and writer. She holds an MFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from NYU Tisch School of the Arts and a BFA in Dance from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Summation Dance Company, showing work most notably at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Jacob’s Pillow, Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC), Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, City Center and 92Y, among many others. Sumi has been a member of Peter Kyle Dance, Gerald Casel Dance Company and Crossman Dans(c)e, and has performed in the works of Kyle Abraham, Doug Varone, Alwin Nikolais, Andrea Miller and Sydney Skybetter. She has additionally performed at Madison Square Garden, Lincoln Center, and The Yard at Martha’s Vineyard. Sumi writes arts editorials, is a technical writer at Google via Magnit, and is a Dance Education Laboratory Facilitator. She guest lectures and conducts residencies at universities across the country in addition to her creative and performing work.
Sadie Crystal is a curious and honest dance artist. She graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a B.A in both Dance and Psychology. She began dancing at Innovative Dance in her hometown of Wilsonville, Oregon. She has furthered her dance education through intensive workshops with MODAS Dance, Northwest Dance Project, WHYTEBERG, Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Dance Education Laboratory, and most recently the contemporary company Whim W’him in Seattle. In the summer of 2023, her choreographic exhibition Being a loser feels strange, but I sense the audience likes me anyway premiered in a segment of the dance, musical theater and clowning show Foolish Things imagined by Darrian O’ Reilly at the Elysian Theater. Sadie is thrilled to be performing with Summation Dance after learning Summation repertoire and performing works by Taryn Vander Hoop since 2019. Sadie has performed the works of James Gregg (RUBBERBANDANCE), Damon Rago, Marcella Lewis. Sadie’s background studying psychology alongside her diverse dance training, offers her an integrated perspective of the engagement between the mind and body. She values consciousness in creation to achieve a fully realized, technical, emotive, and reflective dance practice. Thank you for being a part of her dance journey. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show! @sadieccrystal
Emily Keller (she/her) Native of the Pacific Northwest, Emily Keller moved to Los Angeles to attend Loyola Marymount University where she received her BA in Dance and minor in Business Administration. Emily began training at age 13 in a variety of styles, including contemporary, jazz, modern, ballet, tap, and acrobatics. During her time at LMU, Keller performed in works by Taryn Vander Hoop, Bernard Brown, Marcella Lewis, Rennie Harris, and Damon Rago and trained with Taryn Vander Hoop, James Gregg, Bernard Brown, John Todd, Jermaine McGhee, Laura Berg, Rosalynde LeBlanc Loo, Kate Hutter Mason, and Kristin Smiarowski. At LMU, she choreographed two works, a group piece (“Or forever hold your peace”) and a solo (“I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire”), the latter of which was selected to compete at the American College Dance Association Baja Conference and subsequently perform in the gala. For more information visit https://emilyjpkeller.wixsite.com/emilykeller
Krystal Masteller (she/her) is a creative, choreographer, and freelance dancer from Southern California. She is represented by Go 2 Talent Agency. After moving to Long Beach she received a B.A. in Dance Science with a Minor in Entrepreneurship from California State University Long Beach, as well as an A.A. in Kinesiology and Performing Arts from Mt. San Antonio Community College. Currently, she is working on her company, Hasten Dance, with creative partner Chelsea Roquero. Together they have debuted works at MashUp's International Women’s Day Festival and Disco Riot’s Choreo & Fly Festival presented by the Wow Festival. She has also premiered her own work at “Show ‘N Tell” curated by Alex Rix. Masteller has performed in works for Lee Martino, Kate Hutter Mason, Liana Blackburn, Lenin Fernandez, Derrick Paris, and more. She is a choreographer and coach at Dancelova Dance Academy, and has choreographed works for various high schools and studios. Their additional training includes, but is not limited to, Counter Technique’s One Body One Career, LA Contemporary Dance Company’s Choreo Lab: 03, and American Dance Festival where she performed work by Shay Keubler. As always, she is thrilled to be sharing space with Summation Dance Company and other artists that continue to inspire the space around them.
Alex Rix (she/her/they) is a freelance movement artist and massage therapist originally from Western Massachusetts and currently based out of Los Angeles. Alex is interested in exploring how the nuances of life translate into the body and to movement. The body is a constant well of inspiration and curiosity for both her dance and bodywork practices - discovering how to navigate each moment and movement with care in our ever-changing environment. Currently Alex is dancing with Summation Dance/LA, Rebecca Lemme // Acts of Matter, Gianna Burright, as well as producing and creating her own work in the greater LA area. Upcoming projects this spring include: NEW SHOES at Highways Performance Space, DIG with Acts of Matter, and Show ‘N Tell 2.0 in Long Beach. As a collaborator, dancer, bodyworker, and producer, Rix is inspired by the radical act of caring for self and thus caring for others. Rix received their BFA in Dance and BA option in Dance Science from Cal State Long Beach and their Bodywork and Healing Arts Certification from Panacea Holistic Institute. @heyalexxrixx @arixmovementandmassage
Squash and Biscuit (Shuwen Zhao and Brian Griffith) create musical atmospheres for moving images. Their experience with traditional musical structures informs their approach and experimentation with sounds. Zhao, a pianist, has an ear for detail creating lush soundscapes and intricate melodic lines. Griffith, a bassist, builds deep currents of sound and delicate tonal whispers. Together, they compliment each other’s styles, able to build a piece that is expertly crafted and surprising.Malcolm Tulip (he/him) is an actor, director, voice artist and Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre & Drama at the University of Michigan where he is Head of Directing, teaches Physical Theatre, Clown, Directing and the creation of new works. He created eight new productions under the name of Prospero Theatre Co.and toured Europe and the USA with I Gelati Theatre Co. and Theatre Grottesco. He performs with Michael Gould and Tanz Tangente in Germany. He studied Dance and Art at Goldsmiths’ College, London and is a graduate of L’École Jacques Lecoq, Paris. He is currently working on After Unica with sound artist Cy Tulip.
Taryn Vander Hoop (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, educator and producer. She received a B.S. in Dance with additional majors in English Literature and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a M.F.A. from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography. She is the co-founder of Summation Dance, an NYC/LA based modern dance company, called “full of energy and creativity” by The New York Times. Summation has performed at Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC), Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Judson Memorial Church, Jacob’s Pillow, and more, and received commissions from numerous venues and universities across the country. Taryn is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, and mother of two.
Leon Weibers (he/him) is an internationally, award-winning costume designer and Fulbright Scholar. Recent credits: The Count of Monte Cristo and School of Rock for the Tuacahn Center for the Arts, 13 Fruitcakes for the Edinburgh Festival, Seoul Performing Arts Festival, and La MaMa ETC; Oslo for Pioneer Theatre, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime at St. Louis Rep and Cincinnati Playhouse; The Music Man at Glimmerglass Festival, Royal Opera in Oman; Gypsy and The King and I at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre; Empire, Man Of LaMancha at LaMirada Performing Arts; other companies include: the Hollywood Bowl; California Music Circus for over 10 years and 20 productions, San Francisco Opera Center, English National Opera, Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, the National Theatre of Korea. He is a full professor at Loyola Marymount University.
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Extra
Concept & Direction: Charles Slender-WhiteChoreography & Performance: Keanu Brady, Katherine Neumann, LizAnne Roman Roberts, Charlie Slender-White
Music: Charli XCX
Lighting Design & Technical Direction: Del Medoff
Technicians: Taylor Rivers & Shy Baniani
FACT/SF is a San Francisco-based contemporary dance company, founded in 2008 by Charlie Slender-White as a platform for organizing collaborators, building community, and creating choreography. FACT/SF is a Home Company at ODC Theater, regularly performs in the San Francisco Bay Area, maintains a core group of local collaborators, and has developed an extensive international network of partners. FACT/SF has premiered 42 works, with tours throughout the US, across Russia, and to Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Macedonia. FACT/SF’s Fieldwork programs provide support and material resources to contemporary dance artists outside FACT/SF.
About the Artists
Keanu Forrest Brady (he/they) is a San Francisco-based dance artist working at the intersection of contemporary improvisation, hip-hop and post-modern movement forms. Keanu received his Bachelors of Fine Arts in Modern Dance at the University of Utah. Over the years, he has worked closely as a performer and creative collaborator with various San Francisco based companies and arts nonprofits such as LEVYdancy (2017-2021), AXIS dance company, ODC, Kinetech, and Sarah Shelton-Mann, alongside other local choreographers and drag performers. Within the United States, he has worked on stage and screen with Carl Flink, Eric Handman, Satu Hummasti and Scotty Hardwig, among others. His performance work has allowed him to tour within the United States and Internationally. He is currently a company member of FACT/SF since 2018, as well as serving on the board of directors as Dancer Liaison as of 2022. If you are unable to find him dancing in the studios, stages and streets of San Francisco, you can find him on instagram, @keanu.dance.
Del Medoff (he/him) loves lighting dance. Really loves it. Like, really, really really, didn't realize how much it enriched his life but now does because he was completely cut off from for 2 years, loves it. He dislikes writing bios. Like really, really really, waits till the last second then frantically pieces together parts of old bios with scissors and glue like some sort of villain in an 1990's abduction thriller, dislikes it. I hope you enjoy the show!
Katherine Neumann (she/her) is a San Francisco based dance artist. Born and raised in the Bay Area, Katherine received her early dance training at Danspace in Oakland, under the guidance of Beth Hoge. She holds a BFA in contemporary dance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Katherine has worked with Robert Moses’ Kin, the Mari Meade Dance Collective, ka·nei·see | collective, and Stephanie Unger & Artists. She is currently a company member of both FACT/SF and Liss Fain Dance.
LizAnne Roman Roberts fell in love with dance at age four after seeing Giselle on TV in her hometown Tulsa, Oklahoma. Honored to have been working in the profession of her dreams for over twenty years, LizAnne began her career with Tulsa Ballet while finishing high school and earning a BFA at the University of Oklahoma. She has worked with various artists throughout the Bay Area, including collaborating with FACT/SF since 2012. LizAnne has appeared internationally in Avignon and Claremont-Ferrand, France; Belgrade, Serbia; and Sofia, Bulgaria as well as across the United States. LizAnne is the mother of two, and lives in Oakland, CA. She is also a certified Pilates instructor.
Charlie Slender-White is a queer contemporary dance artist of mixed European and Roma descent. He is a choreographer, teacher, performer, and organizer, and the Artistic Director of FACT/SF. Charlie believes that artists deserve a living wage and that artists’ labor should be recognized, and he utilizes FACT/SF as a framework to realize these values, make art, and engage community. He began his career in 2006 as a dancer with Provincial Dances Theatre in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and has since created more than 30 original works. Charlie's choreography has been commissioned by ODC Theater, CounterPulse, the US Department of State, and numerous others. He is one of 52 Countertechnique Teachers worldwide, teaches on faculty at the American Dance Festival, and served as a Guest Curator and Resident Strategist at ODC Theater from 2021-2023. Charlie completed his undergraduate degrees in Dance & Performance Studies and English Literature at UC Berkeley.
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sister score
Choreography and Performance: Rose Huey and Zoe Huey
Lighting Design & Technical Direction: Del Medoff
Technicians: Shy Baniani and Taylor Rivers
sister score is the second collaborative piece shared publicly by the Huey sisters – the first performances being childhood living room dance routines, recitations of Shrek in the backseat of the car on summer road trips, and hair salon sessions before picture day at school. sister score is a tide ebbing and flowing through the tenses. It is an ode to the collapse and expansion of time within the archive of our silly, tender, gender-pixelated, gender-fluid, grieving, laughing and loving bodies
About the Artists
Zoe Huey (they/them) and Rose Huey (they/she) are sisters, born, raised, and living on unceded Lisjan Ohlone land a.k.a Oakland. They are separate and different people who are also one. With shared mixed-race lineage, living within queer bodies, they tend to their sistership as an ever-evolving homecoming. Rose and Zoe are dog moms to Juniper and Sesame respectively, who are also best canine friends.
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Beloved San Francisco performance and visual artist Dia Dear, a former FACT/SF Production Support Grant recipient, is fundraising to support their basic living expenses as they have been unable to work for two years due to Long Covid and a number of pre-existing chronic illnesses. Their current symptoms include extreme fatigue, in which any kind of mental or physical exertion — even sitting up in bed or speaking — can send their symptoms into a disabling flare up. Still, when they are able, they have been developing a movement technique called Sick Dance, an experimental dance of noticing and following our strongest physical sensations with curiosity. Please consider making a donation via their GoFundMe link; or for those who would like to make a tax-deductible donation, there is also an option to donate via their fiscal sponsor Dancer's Group (linked in the GoFundMe).
Our sincerest thanks to the FACT/SF Family, without whom our programming would not be possible.
FACT/SF Board of directors:
Jeanne Pfeffer (President)
Maryam Rostami (Secretary)
Jesse Dill (Treasurer)
Keanu Brady (Dancer Representative)
Charles Slender-White
FACT/SF’S ON-GOING WORK IS SUPPORTED BY:
Oliver Bacon & Greg Barnell, Triston Cossette & Stephen Knighten, Jesse Dill & Patrick Metz, John Engstrom & Matthew Fidanque, Margaret Lourenço & Rich Blaska, Abel O'Connell, Thomas Pack & Matthew Mansh, John Perkins, Maryam Rostami & Jackson Bowman, Verna Slender, Rune Stromsness, Glenda & David White, Sherisse Burns & Mary Grunthaner, Melissa & Dan Joseph, Catherine Newman, Jeanne Pfeffer & Paul Young, Blaze Stancampiano, Ellis Wood, Michael Todd Cohen & Adrian Frandle, Zoe Fyfe, Jessica Granderson, Robert Guter, Krista & Eric Hanson, Timothy Hildebrandt & Sam Bennett, Risa Jaroslow, Lauren & Adam Jennings, Beth Lim, Lauren Mazareeb, Mark Schaeffer, Shelley & George Slender, Tonia & Dan Stadler, Patricia Svilik, Emily Woo Zeller, Joe Yang, Liz Baqir, Sarah Barnes, Pamela Berelson, Susan & John Bunch, Rob Connolly, Erin Coyne, Sylvia de Trinidad and Andrew Young, Cara Rose DeFabio, Sherry & John Engstrom, Melinda Furch, Nina Haft, Lisa Hsai, Ben Jehoshua & Andrew Pearson, Denise & Eric Jennings, Beth Kuenstler & Shawn Reifsteck, Joyce Kushner, Amy Lewis, Karen and Ryan Little, Eduardo Lucio-Villalon & Chad Spitler, Andrew Lund, Jennifer Maness, Clifton Meek, Erica Mikesh, Angela Mousseau, Carol Murota & Neil Zelin, Liz Nagle, Antoaneta Petkova, Julie Phelps, Eric Prendergast, Jill Randall, Isabel Rosenstock, Richard Royse & Rocky Blumhagen, Lily Taylor & Sean Miller, Connie & Bill Van Horn, Catherine Volzke & Robyn Miller, Amanda Whitehead, Faye Wylder, and Carolynn & Dan Zocchi
with core program support from:
Richard Royse & Rocky Blumhagen, Jesse Dill & Patrick Metz, Tom Pack & Matt Mansh, Rune Stromsness, The Charlotte Mailliard Shultz Fund for the Arts, Triston Cossette & Stephen Knighten, Margaret Lourenço & Rich Blaska, Beth Kuenstler & Shawn Reifsteck, and Blaze Stancampiano
with core program support from:
Richard Royse & Rocky Blumhagen, Jesse Dill & Patrick Metz, Tom Pack & Matt Mansh, Rune Stromsness, The Charlotte Maillaird Schultz Fund, Triston Cossette & Stephen Knighten, Margaret Lourenço & Rich Blaska, Beth Kuenstler & Shawn Reifsteck, and Blaze Stancampiano
and significant support from ODc theater’s rental discount initiative
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MISSION AND IMPACT:
ODC is dedicated to the lifecycle of the artistic process. Through our company, school and theater, we aim to inspire audiences, cultivate artists, engage community, and foster diversity and inclusion through dance.
ODC Theater exists to empower and develop innovative artists. It participates in the creation of new works through commissioning, presenting, mentorship and space access; it develops informed, engaged and committed audiences; and advocates for the performing arts as an essential component to the economic and cultural development of our community. This 170-seat venue is the site of over 150 performances a year involving nearly 1,000 local, regional, national and international artists.
Since 1976, ODC Theater has been the mobilizing force behind countless San Francisco artists and the foothold for national and international touring artists seeking debut in the Bay Area. The Theater, founded by Brenda Way has earned its place as a cultural incubator by dedicating itself to creative change-makers, those leaders who give the Bay Area its unmistakable definition and flair. Nationally known artists Spaulding Gray, Diamanda Galas, Bill T. Jones, Eiko & Koma, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, Karole Armitage, Sarah Michelson, Brian Brooks and John Heginbotham are among those whose first San Francisco appearance occurred at ODC Theater.
ODC Theater is currently under the Creative Direction of Chloë L. Zimberg, and is a proud member of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Western Arts Alliance, Dance/USA. For more information on ODC Theater and all its programs please visit: odc.dance/theater
ODC Theater relies on the generous support of donors like you. To give to ODC Theater, visit odc.dance/support-theater
ODC is on the ancestral lands of the Ramaytush People in Yelamu. We pay respects to elders past and present, who are still here and part of our community. We recognize that regenerative land management is not new, but is a continuation of practices from Native cultures and from our own ancestors. It is our responsibility to steward the land with care, as our elders did before us.
ODC is donating $.50 for each in-person ticket (seat) sold to all performances in the Theater. ODC will donate these funds to the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone land tax fund.
ODC THEATER STAFF:
ODC Founder and Artistic Director Brenda Way
Executive Director Carma Zisman
ODC Theater Creative Director Chloë L. Zimberg
ODC School Director & Associate Choreographer Kimi Okada
ODC Fellow KT Nelson
ODC Chief of Staff Garth Grimball
Assistant to the Creative Director Luna Sofia Ruíz
Director of Production Jack Beuttler
Production Coordinator Chris Chamberlin-Miner
ODC Theater Venue Manager Brian Williamson
Audience Services Manager Katya Ponomarenko
Director of Marketing & Communications Sophie Leininger
Publicist John B. Hill
FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF:
Lynn Layug Schnulle, Senior Associate
Sophia Grimani
Sarah Hampton
Valerie Lam
Annika Mikk
Callie Norberg
AJ Ong Cortez
Jordan Wanderer
Olivia V
ODC TECHNICIANS:
Mary Clare Blake-Booth
Colin Johnson
Liz Kreter-Killian
Del Medoff
Cole Stuart Johnson
Dan Weiermann