DANCE UP CLOSE/EAST BAY
Dance Up Close/East Bay was founded in 2008 by then Managing Director and current Artistic Director Jill Randall as a curated performance series designed to provide local choreographers with a low-risk professional performance opportunity.
The first 10 years of DUC/EB were a successful launching pad for a number of brilliant and cutting-edge artists who continue to make their name in the Bay Area scene including Fog Beast (Melecio Estrella & Andrew Ward), ka·nei·see | collective (Tanya Chianese), and Rogelio Lopez and Dancers.
The program’s 2018 relaunch recommits to its original intention of supporting and cultivating East Bay dance artists while simultaneously expanding its scope to commissioning new work, hosting touring artists, and building connections with SADC’s Artists-In-Residence program and Quarterly Performance Salons.
PAST PERFORMANCES
June 2-4, 2017
Andrew Merrell
Sympathy for a Slacker
at Finnish American Hall
April 8-9, 2017
Jamuna Chiarini,
ahdanco,
& ka.nei.see|collective
Jan 27-29, 2017
Paufve|dance
XO
November 12-13, 2016
Ann DiFruscia, Carol Kueffer, Chingchi Yu
SISTERS & DRUTHERS
January 15-23, 2016
Arts & Above
VIEO FROM THE SOIL
November 13-22, 2015
FogBeast
CHANGE
October 2-10, 2015
Rogelio Lopez & Dancers
MPTY SPACES | REVISITED
May 15-17, 2015
Mid to West Dance Collective
PART & PARCEL
March 27-29, 2015
Rogelio Lopez & Dancers
EMPTY SPACES
January 2- February 1, 2015
ka.nee.see | collective
COOKIE CUTTER
October 2014
Stranger Lover Dreame
PAUL C's HOMEROOM JOURNAL
June 2014
Right Brain Performance Lab
WHAT STAYS
April 2014
Angela Demmel & Dancers
SLICES OF LIFE
August 2013
Troy Macklin
RELEASE YOUR QUEST
October 2012
FogBeast (Melecio Estrella & Andrew Ward)
MOVE HERE
August 2011
Antoine Hunter
URBAN JAZZ DANCE
November 2010
Dandelion Dance Theater (Kimi Guthrie)
MAMA/LOVE
February 2010
AHDANCO
HERE/LOOK
November 2008
Nina Haft & Company
SKIN: ONE BECOMES TWO
PAST SALONS
August 17th 2019
SUMMER SALON
Jhia Jackson
Belinda He
Heide Carlson
Kwento
Ellen Slatkin