OVA dance

OVA dance OVA is a dance collective that integrates self-generative movement and speech to deepen vulnerable connection with one another and strengthen an ensemble bond.

From this fertile ground of improvisation and group connectivity, choreography develops as a natural accumulation of movement, ideas, and relationships. This is the essence of what OVA calls generative, bottom-up, choreography. Rather than working down from a broad and possibly static image of a final piece, OVA builds off of what specifically they have created by engaging in our continual practic

e of group improvisations. The final piece begins to appear as an emanation from the fog, its distinct shapes slowly emerging into clarity and definition. Through each process, OVA starts building an externalized, cohesive, and communal movement practice that allows choreography to generate as a natural result and extension of their improvisational work.

12/14/2017

We are excited to announce that Arts Council Santa Cruz County is funding our upcoming work, which is to be performed at Motion Pacific in early March! We are super grateful and appreciative that they are supporting our project. Thank you artists Michael Zana and Richie Villa for your contributions in making this happen!

More info to come...

11/28/2017

We had a productive choreographic session over the weekend. Check out this lil snippet!

11/23/2017

My friends and I started a thing, check it out!

Check out this immersive improvisation exercise OVA delve into one spring evening! Moving bodies and shadow play working...
11/23/2017

Check out this immersive improvisation exercise OVA delve into one spring evening! Moving bodies and shadow play working in tandem.

Dancers: Anna Adamski, Emery Morgan, Avi Sinai, Richard Villa, & Michael Zana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTijSRq0-t4For those who missed it... Here is our debut performance back in May with thr...
11/23/2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTijSRq0-t4

For those who missed it... Here is our debut performance back in May with three of our dancers and choreographers! We look forward to incorporating pieces of this work into our Incubator Project performance, which will be performed March 2018. Stay tuned for more details!

Choreographed and performed by: Abby Pistoni, Richard Villa, & Michael Zana

https://vimeo.com/243790460
11/23/2017

https://vimeo.com/243790460

OVA is a dance improvisation ensemble that fosters movement exploration, vulnerability, and connection. —Artistic Facilitation and Installation by: Avi…

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