Father On at San Francisco's ODC Theater

By Carla Escoda, 07 December 2013

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Reviewed at ODC Theater, San Francisco on 5 December 2013

Father On (Scott Wells, Sheldon B. Smith)

Scott Wells, Dancer

Sheldon B. Smith, Dancer

Stephen Buescher, Dancer

Rajendra Serber, Dancer

Christoph Schutz, Dancer

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.

Father On by Scott Wells and Sheldon B. Smith in San Francisco