People could go in and out at leisure. But it was hard on choreographers, in that it's very low-tech. There is no lighting or backdrop, and it severely limits the type of piece you can do. It's a combination of dances that doesn't often make it to the same stage in one night. But if anything defines Marin dance, says Deborah Slater, it's the collaborative, collective focus.
Professional jealousy is muted, if it exists, and support for one another's events is strong.
Collaboration, Kretchmer says, is the only future for dance in Marin. We're usually very independent. But dance historically has been underfunded, underattended, and underrepresented, so we have to make it happen for ourselves.