RAWdance presents the CONCEPT series: 13 March 9, 2013

Mar. 9, 8pm and Mar. 10, 3pm & 8pm

An informal and intimate salon of contemporary dance. Complete with popcorn.

RAWdance presents the 13th installation of the CONCEPT series, the ever popular and cozy showcase of Bay Area contemporary dance. The twice-yearly salon focuses on intimacy and innovation, offering a view into the various stages of dance creation with veteran and emerging choreographic talents. Thanks to its special mix of high quality art in a relaxed and attitude-free atmosphere, the CONCEPT series was named "Best Way to Sample S.F.s Contemporary Dance Scene" in SF's Weekly's 2012 Best Of issue.

For the CONCEPT series: 13, RAWdance will reveal two brewing works, including one spree of vigorous, expansive partnering in a very contained space. Guest artist Randee Paufve will share part of an in-progress solo Soil, launched from the experiences of invisibility/visibility in middle age, expressed through a fierce vitality that belies the performer's aging body. Here Now Dance Collective will offer a sneak peak of This is Dedicated..., a new dance theater piece performed within the frame of an old WWI dance-a-thon game with rules, a referee, a winner, and lots of losers. Mark Foehringer Dance Project|SF will bring a classically based duet for dancers Heather Cooper and Brian Fisher. Alison Williams Dance brings Edit, an investigation of earthquakes, dubstep, and predictability. And Shinichi Iova-Koga and Larry Ochs work with an improvisational score of sound and movement, joined by Dohee Lee on Saturday.

RAWdance began the CONCEPT series in 2007 and has shared the work of 49 additional guest artists to date.

-"The Concept dance series is a rare bird hiding in San Francisco's cultural aviary....It just feels good to be there." -SF Weekly

-"RAWdance's "Concept" series...is an emotionally and intellectually satisfying way to tune into recent Bay Area choreography." -Dance View

Pay-What-You-Can
Coffee, popcorn, and other snacks provided

Official Website: http://www.rawdance.org/company/concept-series/