ODC/Dance to Present SUMMER SAMPLER, 7/21-23

ODC/Dance, San Francisco's world class contemporary dance company, presents its crowd-pleasing annual summer event, Summer Sampler, July 21-23, 2016. The three-night series gives audiences a chance to experience the dynamic ODC dancers up close in the company's intimate Mission District theater on the ODC Campus. This year's Summer Sampler features works by Founder and Artistic Director Brenda Way and Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson. The program includes Brenda Way's 2010 work, Waving Not Drowning (A Guide to Elegance); KT Nelson's Going Solo, which premiered earlier this year, and an additional work by Nelson TBA.

Waving Not Drowning is an exploration of the role of fashion and its implications for women. In collaboration with award-winning composer Pamela Z, Way brings us a wry consideration of culture, fashion, manners and feminine perspective. The text is drawn from a slim manual written to advise on female conduct and all things fashion related. Written in 218 tiny chapters, eg. "Girlfriends," "Gesture," and "Posture," the manual provides lessons on appropriate behavior, from the mastery of casual refinement to selecting the suitable outfit for a morning rendezvous. Pamela Z, who is celebrated for her particular mix of voice, live electronic processing, and sampling technology, incorporates all of these elements into her score, along with excerpts of the text.

KT Nelson's Going Solo welcomes back ODC veteran Brandon "Private" Freeman, who returned to the company after a 7-year hiatus. Set to a sound score by Joan Jeanrenaud, the solo is "a formal exploration of the artistry and prowess of Private the dancer, as well as a venture into both the child and adult in all of us," said Nelson. The choreographers and artists will be on hand after the performances to raise a glass to art and summer. For more information visit www.odcdance.org.

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