OAKLAND BALLET, 2018

“If one test for a narrative ballet is the ability to comprehend the story without program notes, then Danielle Rowe’s Itchy Bot Bot (A Family Portrait) merits much praise. This work concerns intergenerational spats in a close-knit family, and Rowe succinctly characterizes her quartet through gesture.” Alan Ulrich, SF Chronicle

Music: Alton San Giovanni

Lighting Design: Patty Ann Farrell

Costume Design: Christopher Dunn

“Parents are always more knowledgeable than their children, and children are always smarter than their parents.” Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

[5 dancers, 12 minutes]

Landes Dixon in Rowe’s Itchy Bot Bot (A Family Portrait) (© John Hefti)