YBCA Theater: ODC/Dance presents: Dance Downtown 2025

ODC/Dance presents: Dance Downtown
April 10-13, 2025
Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA

ODC/Dance returns to the Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA for Dance Downtown, April 10-13, 2025. An exhilarating program of thought-provoking works invites audiences into the reflective, uplifting and provocative power of dance. Thrill to acclaimed repertory from ODC Founding Artistic Director Brenda Way, Associate Choreographer Kimi Okada, and Guest Choreographer and bi-coastal dance veteran Sidra Bell. Bell’s world premiere for ODC/Dance inhabits an environment designed by architect Cass Calder Smith with a score by Mary Halvorson, performed live by the Eclecta Quartet featuring guitarist Liberty Ellman.

On Friday April 11 enjoy a special one night only Gala Night program featuring fan favorites from ODC’s expansive repertory and an excerpt of a new work by Brenda Way.

“constantly, thrillingly teeters with risk” – San Francisco Chronicle

“Bell pairs strong, aesthetically dramatic visuals with like-minded movement. The information is abstracted and scrambled to create an unfamiliar world more akin to dreams than memories.” – The New York Times