SAN FRANCISCO (JANUARY 1, 2022) – Today, Joe Landini Dance announced the world premiere of City of Ghosts will take place at ODC Theater in San Francisco March 18-20, 2022.

“I’m thrilled to launch the world premiere of City of Ghosts in San Francisco, as it really is a reflection of the thirty years I’ve lived here,” said Joe Landini, artistic director, choreographer and founder of Joe Landini Dance. 

City of Ghosts guides audiences through a meditation on loss and fractured memories - a reflection of how gentrification, change and death, are a part of civic life. The athletic movement in City of Ghosts itself was inspired by resilience, adaption, and evolution. 

"I'm fascinated with how unreliable memory is and how quickly cities change. I'm constantly trying to keep up with the changes but trapped by how I remember them,” noted Landini. 

City of Ghosts also features guest artists Amy Lewis, Francesca Cipponeri, A Pulso Dance Project, Raven Malouf-Renning and Rebekah Enderle. 

OPENING NIGHT HOSTED BY JUANITA MORE!

Join Juanita MORE! as she raises money for her 18th Annual PRIDE Party, in June of 2022. Miss MORE! will be our guest host on opening night, which will feature More is MORE!, a choreographic homage to the couture of Mr. David designed for MORE! with music by the Tammy Hall Trio. Join us for a special reception after the show.

Ticket Information and Performance Schedule

City of Ghosts runs March 18 – 20 in ODC Theater. Tickets start at $25 and are on sale now online at JoeLandiniDance.com, or in person at the ODC Theater Box Office, located at 3153 17th Street, San Francisco CA 94110. Early bird tickets are available at $5.00 discount when ordered before February 28, 2022 date.
 

March 18, 2022 | 8:00 PM

OPENING NIGHT HOSTED BY SPECIAL GUEST JUANITA MORE! 

Joe Landini presents City of Ghosts (with additional choreography by Amy Lewis) and More is MORE! also A Pulso Dance Project, Francesca Cipponeri

March 19, 2022 | 8:00 PM

Joe Landini (with Amy Lewis) presents City of Ghosts

also A Pulso Dance Project, Rebekah Enderle, Raven Malouf-Renning, Francesca Cipponeri

March 20, 2022 | 7:00 PM

Joe Landini presents City of Ghosts (with additional choreography by Amy Lewis) and More is MORE! also Student Workshop Performance, Raven Malouf-Renning, Rebekah Enderle

Performance Intensive

In conjunction with the premiere, Joe Landini Dance will be hosting a PERFORMANCE INTENSIVE, offering adult performers (18+) an opportunity to work with Joe Landini and his collaborators to generate performance material. Improvisation, ritual and performance all collide in an unruly workshop that excavates memory and sends it on a collision course with performance. Participants will have the opportunity to develop solo material or direct small groups, using text as a starting point and physical movement to explore themes like alienation, community, isolation, rebirth and reckoning. Participants will have the optional opportunity to perform with the company on March 20th. Registration is $100 with partial scholarships also available. 

Workshop dates are as follow:

Tuesday, March 15 | 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Saturday, March 19 | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Sunday, March 20 | 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM (INTENSIVE performance at 7:00 PM)

For further inquiries and more information on City of Ghosts and/or the Performance Intensive contact Alex Lopez at pr@joelandinidance.com or +1-415-644-8164.

ABOUT JOE LANDINI DANCE

Joe Landini received his BA in choreography from UC Irvine and his MA in choreography from the Laban Centre (London). His choreography has been presented at the San Francisco International Arts Festival and Trolley Dances as well as festivals in Santa Cruz, Marin, Sacramento, Monterey, Laguna Beach, Santa Fe (NM), Mexico City and London. He founded SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts in 2007, received the GOLDIE award from the SF Bay Guardian in 2012 and received the Sustained Achievement Award from the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards in 2020.

Learn more at www.joelandinidance.com/about

Joe Landini Dance 

Main Contact: Joe Landini, Director | joe@SAFEhouseArts.org | p: 415.518.1517 

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