Just Passing Through (excerpt)

Just Passing Through (excerpt)

Edited For Time (excerpt)

Read what people are saying about Gretchen Garnett & Dancers…

May 28, 2009 – Richard Ciccarone reviews Just Passing Through on SFAppeal

January 21, 2009 – Rita Felciano reviews Edited For Time in the San Francisco Bay Guardian

Cast: Leah Curran, Chad Dawson, Leah Katz
Costumes: Loryn Barbeau
Lighting Design: Dylan McMillan
Music: Abstract Audio Systems
Premiere: May, 2010 – Southside Theater, San Francisco, CA (work-in-progress shown in April, 2010 at CounterPULSE, San Francisco, CA)

Cast: Gretchen Garnett
Music: The Album Leaf
Premiere: July, 2009 – The Subterranean Arthouse, Berkeley, CA

photo of Kiki Cheng, Kelly Bowker, Leah Samson and Becca Rufer by Matt Haber

Cast: Kelly Bowker, Kiki Cheng, Leah Curran, Leah Katz, Becca Rufer
Music: Bonobo, Ratatat
Premiere: May, 2009 – The San Francisco International Arts Festival, Union Square, San Francisco, CA (excerpt shown in May, 2009 at CounterPULSE, San Francisco, CA)

Edited For Time (extended version)

Cast: Leah Curran, Chad Dawson, Gretchen Garnett, Becca Rufer
Music: Redhooker
Premiere: January, 2009 – Women on the Way Festival, The Garage, San Francisco, CA

Edited For Time

Cast: Leah Curran, Leah Katz, Sara Pfeifle, Becca Rufer
Music: Redhooker
Premiere: July, 2008 – Spectordance Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Spectordance Theater, Marina, CA

photo of Leah Curran and Leah Katz by Tom Gallo

October, 2010 – Fundraiser Party!  Music, food, drinks, performances, silent auction, DJ and dancing!  Come celebrate GG&D’s great 2010 season and help us prepare for 2011.  Details to come…

April 8-9, 2011

new choreography by Gretchen Garnett, Kelly Bowker and Ishika Seth

April 8-9, 8pm

CounterPULSE -1310 Mission St., San Francisco, CA

more details to come…

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Gretchen Garnett is a San Francisco-based choreographer, dancer and teacher. In addition to the works she has created for Gretchen Garnett & Dancers she has had two works commissioned by the East Street Youth Ballet in Massachusetts. Gretchen has performed with Bay Area-based companies including danceNAGANUMA, peck peck dance ensemble, Leyya Tawil’s Dance Elixir, RAWdance and Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton.  She is currently dancing with Kelly Bowker & Dancers, Ishika Seth & Dancers and Aura Fischbeck Dance.  Gretchen received her training through the high school program at the North Carolina School of the Arts and earned her B.F.A. in Dance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Kelly Bowker was born and raised in Michigan where she received her BFA in dance. Since moving west she has presented her choreography at Shotwell Studio through their residency program, at ODC and Dance Theater Mission. She has danced locally with HerPic Productions, Ishika Seth and is very excited to be performing with Gretchen Garnett and Dancers. When not dancing she can be found teaching pilates at Core Pilates on 17th and at Fitwell Chiropractic.

photo by Matt Haber

 Leah Curran was born in Devils Lake, North Dakota, where she began her dance training and attended the University of Montana where she received a B.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography, as well as a B.S. in Finance. Leah moved to the Bay Area in 2007 and has since performed with The Riley Project, Aura Fischbeck Dance, Kelly Bowker & Dancers, and the Pfeifle Dance Project. She has been dancing with GG&D since 2008. When not dancing, she works full-time for Capital Group, a mutual fund management company, and serves on the board of directors of Push Dance Company.

Chad Dawson was born and raised in New Orleans, LA where he began his dance training at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. While there, Chad was able to work with and perform the works of Robert Battle and Elisa Monte. In 2008, he graduated with a BFA in Dance Performance from SUNY-Purchase where he had the opportunity to perform the repertory of Merce Cunningham, Mark Morris, Lauri Stallings, and Paul Taylor. Chad has performed at venues in and around NYC, New Orleans, Phoenix, Hong Kong, Japan, and at the Kennedy Center. Since arriving in San Francisco, Chad has had the pleasure of working with Heidi Schweiker, RAWdance, Mark Foehringer, PUSH Dance Company, and Gretchen Garnett & Dancers.

photo by Matt Haber

Leah Katz is a native of Northampton, Massachusetts and is excited to be dancing with Gretchen Garnett way over on the west coast. She is a (very) recent graduate of SUNY Purchase with a B.F.A. in dance. She has danced works by Lauri Stallings, Sidra Bell, Stephanie Tooman, Yung-Li Chen, Kevin Wynn and was fortunate enough to work with San Francisco’s own Ben Levy on her senior B.F.A. candidate solo. Also, studying for four months at De Theaterschool in Amsterdam, Netherlands she worked with Michael Schumacher, Anouk Van Dyke and Liat Waysbort. In October 2008 Leah and a select group of dancers were chosen to represent Purchase at the Friends Throughout the World Festival in Nanjing, China, dancing a work by Kevin Wynn. Leah began dancing with Gretchen Garnett in May 2008.

Becca Rufer has been dancing with Gretchen Garnett for since they were kids together in Northampton, Massachusetts. Other choreographers she has performed for include Sara Pfeifle, Mark Davis, Amie Dowling, and The Movement Ensemble.

Intermediate Levels of Disturbance (premiere)
May 28-30
Southside Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Between Curious and Biting
Just Passing Through (excerpt)
May 7-8
Subterranean Arthouse, Berkelely, CA

2nd Sundays
Intermediate Levels of Disturbance (work in progress)
April 11
CounterPULSE, San Francisco, CA

Midwest RAD Fest
Just Passing Through (excerpt)
February 27
Wellspring Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI

2009

 DUMBO Dance Festival
Edited For Time
September 26-27
John Ryan Theater, Brooklyn, NY

present tense – an evening of new dance work curated by Aura Fischbeck
PastTime, Just Passing Through (excerpt)
July 1-2
The Garage, San Francisco, CA

present tense – an evening of new dance work curated by Aura Fischbeck
PastTime, Just Passing Through (excerpt)
June 27
The Subterranean Arthouse, Berkeley, CA
 
San Francisco International Art Festival
Just Passing Through
May 21-31
Union Square, San Francisco, CA

peck peck dance ensemble’s 7th Home Season
Just Passing Through (excerpt)
May 8-9
CounterPULSE, San Francisco, CA

Footloose’s Women on the Way Festival
Edited For Time (extended version)
January 15-31
The Garage, San Francisco, CA

2008

CONDER/dance’s Breaking Ground
Edited For Time
December 13
Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ

Dance Mission’s Harvest Choreographer’s Showcase
Edited For Time
October 11-12
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA

raw & uncut
Edited For Time
October 4-5
The Garage, San Francisco, CA

SpectorDance Emerging Choreographers Festival
Edited For Time
July 27
SpectorDance Theater, Marina, CA