The Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing Presents:
The 28th Annual Dionysian Festival:
Celebrating the 148th Anniversary of Isadora Duncan’s Birth
Artists:
Dancers
Mary Sano …… Duncan dance
Megan Nicely ….. Butoh dance Courtney Ramm ….. Modern/Contemporary dance Nancy Perez ….. Modern/Contemporary dance
Musicians
Mutsuko Dohi ….. Classical piano Tony Sano Chapman … Original contemporary piano (composer)
Merrill Collins ….. Piano/bells (composer)
Scott Thompson ….. Cello Hideo …. Bamboo flute Suki O’Kane ….. Percussion
Date/Time:
Saturday, May 24 @ 7pm, 2025
Location:
Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing
245 5th St., Studio 314
(at Tehama between Howard and Folsom)
Tickets:
$30 with advance reservation, $35 at the door (includes beverage & hors d’oeuvres)
Reservations:
(415) 357-1817
E-mail: info@duncandance.org
The Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing proudly presents the 28th Annual Dionysian Festival, a celebration of the 148th anniversary of Isadora Duncan’s birth with dance and music. This year, several talented artists and friends of the studio are returning to present their work; celebrating the mother of modern dance, who was born in San Francisco on May 26, 1877.
The program includes both solo and collaborative original work from Los Angeles based composer/pianist Tony Sano Chapman, Bay Area Butoh dancer Megan Nicely, modern dancer Courtney Ramm, Nancy Perez (a recent graduate of the dance program at SJSU), and award-winning composer Merrill Collins. Bamboo flutist Hideo and percussionist Suki O’Kane will present unique improvisational experience.
This year we welcome cellist Scott Thompson who will play solo as well as with pianists; collaborating with dancers for the first time. Mary Sano and her group will perform from the traditional Duncan repertoire (Brahms and Chopin) as well as Sano’s original pieces accompanied by classical pianist Mutsuko Dohi.
Drawing of Isadora Duncan by Jose Clara