ODC THEATER PRESENTS
SCUBA
The National Touring Network for Dance
Sat – Sun, May 9-10
“…SCUBA Touring Network dives for dance, discovering and shuttling edgy artists…” – City Pages

UP FIRST
From San Francisco - Catherine Galasso
The Improbable Reign of Norton I, Emperor of the United States
From Seattle - Salt Horse
This was a cliff
Saturday, May 9 at 8pm
Sunday, May 10 at 7pm

ODC Theater Artist in residence Catherine Galasso shares the bill with Seattle’s Salt Horse for an evening of dance that will transport you into a dream world.

WATCH THE TRAILER!

The Improbable Reign of Norton I, Emperor of the United States is a dance theater piece about Norton and four other San Francisco eccentrics. Galasso explores the life of Joshua Norton, the beloved San Francisco eccentric who in 1859 crowned himself "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico", Isadora Duncan, Joaquin Murietta, Frederick Willie Coombs and Lillie Hitchcock Coit. The Improbable Reign is a dreamlike and humorous portrait of Norton as a multifaceted metaphor, and will reflect on hope, failure, and sanity, as well as on a rich forgotten history of San Francisco.
“Galasso is particularly skillful in establishing an ominous mood, only to subvert it and shake the audience with uneasy humor.”
- Beatrice Barbareschi, www.culturebot.org, New York

Dancers are:
Christine Bonansea, Marina Fukushima, Phoenicia Pettyjohn, Julie Sheetz
and Andrew Wass
Read up on the dancers and the characters they are playing here!
Follow along as this new work is being created: http://nortondance.blogspot.com/ 

This was a cliff follows two characters, one dense and one hollow, as they traverse a room, a forest, and a wormhole to reveal their separate fates.  A voice becomes water, bodies fly, crumble and morph and sets quietly vanish. Layering intricate choreography and sound with improvisational scoring, sculptural scenography and film work, This was a cliff is a playful and dark look at petrification and evolution.
For more details on the work click here.

Dancers are: Corrie Befort and Beth Graczyk
Sound: Angelina Baldoz
About the Artists
To watch a video go to: http://www.youtube.com/SaltHorsePerformance

“This was a cliff . . . implied a dream narrative - unbalanced, yet never faltering in its secretive arc, amusing  . . .  and finally, shocking” 
- Merilyn Jackson, The Philadelphia Inquirer

LOCATION:
ODC Dance Commons
351 Shotwell Street
San Francisco, CA
Between 17th and 18th Street. Walking distance from 16th Street BART station.
Parking available on Shotwell between 16th and 17th for $2 after 6pm.

TICKETS:
$18 General/ $15 Seniors/Students/Children 12 & Under 
ODC THEATER BOX OFFICE:
Phone: (415) 863-9834, Wed-Sat: 2-6pm
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Informal Artist' Talk on Saturday, May 9th after the show.
Reception with tasty Italian snacks on Sunday, May 10th at 5:30pm at BarBambino with ODC Theater Director Rob Bailis. Drinks not included.

Keep the party going after the show on SATURDAY, May 9th, in an extended evening of performance, live music and party in a different kind of setting, the Tin Castle, as La ALTERNATIVA (formerly known as MOTIONLAB) directors Kathleen Hermesdorf & Albert Mathias celebrate their new incarnation and throw down (on the dance floor) our support for SCUBA and ODC Theater. Mingle with SCUBA artists, taste our new flavor and get some serious dancing done. 
10-50 (pay what you can) 
Free drink with SCUBA program
Tin Castle • 152 Toland #8
http://www.la-alternativa.us

ABOUT SCUBA
The National Touring Network for Dance
Sat – Sun, May 9-10
Sat- Sun, June 27-28 with Katie Faulkner and Chris Schlichting
“…SCUBA Touring Network dives for dance, discovering and shuttling edgy artists…” – City Pages
SCUBA Touring Network is paving the way for mobilizing dance in America. Now in its seventh year, the annual showcase shares the most innovative local dance companies with audiences in Seattle, Philadelphia and San Francisco. This multi-city touring circuit proudly co-created by ODC Theater, Velocity Dance Center in Seattle, and the Southern Theater in Minneapolis in 2003, and now includes Philadelphia Dance Projects.  In one evening, SCUBA gives you a glimpse of “the breadth of choreographic invention across the country” (Star Tribune). More information here.