Passing Through Time: Reflections on The End of the World and Monique Jenkinson’s “Instrument”

By Katie Gaydos The Mayan calendar predicts that the world is set to end on Dec 21st. While I don’t actually believe that the world as we know it will suddenly evaporate into thin air anytime soon, I do think that the completion of the Mayan long count calendar (and […]

December 20, 2012  |  Read Article

Forgetting and Remembering

By Julia Cost I must give some context about my state of mind recently, in order to understand this essay. I have been living within a thick questioning season, wondering intensely about what is worth watching… what is worth studying (this is not a new phase for me, but it has […]

December 13, 2012  |  Read Article

The Big Question: Why?

By Emmaly Wiederholt When I was a student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, I asked choreographer and faculty member Alex Ketley, “Why should I go through all this?” It was a bit of a tongue-in-cheek question, I’ll admit, because I wasn’t unmotivated to work hard. I simply couldn’t […]

December 10, 2012  |  Read Article

T.G.I.T. T.G! I.T!

(Thank Goodness it’s Thanksgiving. Turkey Gizzards! I’m Thankful!) By Angela Mazziotta Welp! Here it is, or depending on your timing, there it went: Thanksgiving Day 2012. Please enjoy my warmest wishes for a pheasant – er, ‘scuse me, pleasant –Día de Turkey or maybe for you it’s a Tofurkey Day. […]

November 22, 2012  |  Read Article

The Hot Spot

By Emmaly Wiederholt ODC has a new class called the Hot Spot on Monday and Wednesday mornings that features a rotating teacher. Whether it is a guest artist visiting the area, a local artist who does not regularly teach, or a relatively new teacher, the class, designed by ODC School […]

November 17, 2012  |  Read Article