Bryce Vinnicombe Winkler and Harold Burns of Vinnicombe / Winkler in Deconstructing the Surrogate (Photo: Lynn Fried)
San Franciscans don’t have to fly to Vail or Jacob’s Pillow to see the best of new, experimental dance in the summer. We get our summer dance fix at the hip ODC Theater, headquarters of the sixth annual Summer Performance Festival, SPF6 featuring eight emerging dance artists hand-picked by Joe Landini, founder of SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts, a non-profit incubator of new talent.
From Wednesday, August 14 to Sunday, August 18, for the insanely low price of $40 you can get a festival pass to sample the work of BodiGram, Jenni Bregman & Dancers, Aura Fischbeck Dance, Gretchen Garnett & Dancers, Angela Mazziotta, The Milissa Payne Project, Nine Shards, and Vinnicombe/Winkler, which span a wide spectrum of dance from contemporary ballet to physical theatre to intermediated performance. Or dip your toe in the water for a mere $15, but you may have a tough time picking just one of the six programs on offer, which include: a comedic dance theatre piece about the ridiculousness of drinking. An examination of the myths of American identity entitled “Have we all melted yet?” A piece that examines the isolation, confusion and embarrassment of being an outsider. A chamber ballet inspired by hot air balloon travel.
More on SPF6, including some great photos, in the Huffington Post. Or go straight to the SPF6 website to purchase tickets.
