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World Premiere of Times Bones

The MJDC will kick off its 40th Anniversary Season in September with the World Premiere of Times Bones at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in College Park, Maryland. Following the World Premiere at the Clarice Smith Center, the MJDC returns to the Bay Area to perform a special site-specific excerpt of Times Bones for the opening of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) 2013-14 season… … Read More.

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World Premiere of Times Bones

New Collaboration in Jerusalem

Jenkins Awarded Residency in Italy

2013 CHIME Programs

A Special Farewell

Upcoming Events

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New Collaboration in Jerusalem

Sharing the bill with Times Bones at YBCA in 2014 will be The Gate of Winds, Jenkins' upcoming collaboration with the Kolben Dance Company of Jerusalem, Israel. The work will be developed during residencies with both companies in Jerusalem and San Francisco throughout 2013…Read More.

Help send the MJDC to Jerusalem for the first residency! Visit our Indiegogo campaign to learn more!

Jenkins Awarded Prestigous Residency in Italy

Margaret Jenkins recently returned from Italy, having participated in a month-long residency, from February 21 to March 21, at the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center at Lake Como (approximately 47 miles north of Milan). While at Bellagio, Jenkins interacted with a diverse group of resident scholars, artists, policymakers, and practitioners as she developed a working process for The Gate of Winds …Read More.

Jesse Hamlin recently interviewed Jenkins in a San Francisco Chronicle feature article about her trip to Bellagio. To read the article, click here.

2013 CHIME Programs

The MJDC's unique mentorship program, CHIME (Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange) is well underway in the Bay Area and Southern California, including the cross-national program CHIME Across Borders with mentor Tere O'Connor. 9 Bay Area choreographers and 6 Los Angeles choreographers have been awarded grants …  Read More.

A Special Farewell

The MJDC bids farewell to company member Steffany Ferroni. In Margaret Jenkins' own words:

"Steffany's power, grace, clarity and abandon were her signature qualities during her tenure with the MJDC from 2005-2013. As a contributor to the collaborative process and as a person within the company of makers, she contributed remarkable wisdom and an unique sensitivity that were critical to the development of the work. As a performer she had both strength and a gentle demeanor that drew one in, made one pay attention and care. She will be greatly missed, but we will feel her in the work and in the room for a long while."

Watch a video of Steffany dancing here.