Nancy Karp + Dancers celebrated its 40th anniversary year with the world premiere of fly through the night, and land near dawn October 28-30, 2022 at Dresher Ensemble Studio in Oakland. Created […]

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“piano piano”, is a site-specific work created for the Dresher Ensemble Building and Studio in West Oakland. The work invited audiences through the building’s hallways, balconies, and central floor space, […]

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Inspired by the David Brower Center’s exhibition, “Douglas R. Tompkins: On Beauty”, that celebrated the life and work of the late conservationist Doug Tompkins, Nancy Karp created a site-specific performance work […]

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Nancy Karp + Dancers returned to ODC with the world premiere of MEMORY/PLACE. Inspired by the current era of human mass migration, Artistic Director Nancy Karp made a work in […]

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“Studies I, II, III, IV” – Four solos designed for the Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, October 25, 2015. A work-in-progress for a larger work to be performed by the dance […]

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A work of fiery explosions, movement punctuated by tender moments of stillness. The imagery is drawn from the classic forms of ancient vase painting and the spaces and shapes created […]

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A duet created in collaboration with dancers Diane McKallip and Randee Paufve. Wardrobe provided by Babette. Premiering at the dance company’s 35th Anniversary Season in San Francisco, February 2015. * […]

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Three ActsI. VoiceII. DanceIII. Immersion A collaboration with Bay Area artists, Cheryl Calleri and Thekla Hammond, presented by the San Francisco Performance Art Institute, 2013. A continuum is a continuous […]

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A site-specific solo work choreographed and performed by Nancy Karp for the Artesiana Festival at the Villa Romana del Casale in central Sicily.  “the gesture, but not the target”, created […]

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