Since forming Nancy Karp + Dancers in 1980, director Nancy Karp has choreographed more than 70 outstanding works for her company. She and company members have performed together in many distinguished venues, at home and abroad. These include The Washington Project for the Arts in Washington D.C., The Kitchen in New York, The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Broadway Performance Hall in Seattle, the Fur Augen und Ohren and Sprachen der Kunste Festivals at the Akademie der Kunste in Berlin, Kyoto College of Art in Japan, and the Zagreb Experimental Theater Festival. Interdisciplinary collaboration is one of the company’s key focuses, and since its inception Ms. Karp has commissioned numerous composers, visual artists, and designers to work with her in the creation of new dances each season. Among these accomplished associates are Charles Amirkhanian, Paul Dresher, Ingram Marshall, Sandra Woodall, Carol Law, Bill Fontana, Lutz Bacher, and Wolfram Erber.

Performance Highlights
“Crosstalk”, premiere performance of new work with a commissioned music score by Jay Cloidt at WestWave Dance Festival, Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco, CA, July 29, 2007

“Jaisalmer” performed at “3 Drops of Blood” Festival, Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco, CA February 2006

25th Anniversary Retrospective Season, with premiere performances of “The Night’s Mascara”, with music by by Rahul Dev Burman recorded by the Kronos Quartet along with dances: “Arashi/Storm”, “Jaisalmer”, “Jumping Phase”, and “Il Mercato”, ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA, November 4-13, 2005

“Trio Set”, with music by Julia Wolfe recorded by the Bang on a Can All Stars, premiere at WestWave Dance Festival, ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA, July 2005

"La Traversa", premiere of dance for six dancers with commissioned music score by Alvin Curran, at the Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA May 2003

Il Mercato", "Jaisalmer", "Chennai", "Sweet bargain", Joyce SoHo, New York, March 2002

"Il Mercato", -premiere of dance for six dancers with music by Charles Amirkhanian, premiere at the ODC Theater, Sept 2001

"Kalasam" -evening-work collaboration with composer Paul Dresher for the full company of nine dancers premiering at the Cowell Theater, San Francisco, November 2000

"East/West" segments from full evening work, "Kalasam"- collaboration with composer Paul Dresher, 14th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA, October 2000

"Jaisalmer" segment 2 of 3 for full evening work, "Kalasam" -collaboration with composer Paul Dresher -summerfest/dance, Cowell Theater, San Francisco, July 2000

"Jaisalmer" segment 2 of 3 for full evening work, "Kalasam" -collaboration with composer Paul Dresher, premiered at Dancers' Group Theater, San Francisco, May 1999

"Cochin" segment 1 of 3 for full evening work, "Kalasam" -collaboration with composer Paul Dresher, full company of 8 dancers premiered at summerfest/dance, Cowell Theater, San Francisco, July 1999

"surface roll" site specific work for 10 dancers, for the swimming pool ruin circa 1920, the Estate of Norio Sugano, Villa Lauriston, Portola Valley, CA, September 1998

"Night", the Recontres Choreographies Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, West Coast Platform, Luckman Fine Arts Center, Los Angeles, December 1997
"Threading Light", Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, September/October 1997

"MG Rd.", Dean Lesher Performing Arts Center, Walnut Creek, CA, October 1996

"Kristallnacht", Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA, November 1995

"JUMP", 9th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA, October 1995

"Double Portrait", 8th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Emeryville, CA, October 1994

"Kristallnacht", Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA, November 1993
"Falling Angels", 6th Annual Emeryville Art Exhibition, Del Monte Cannery, Emeryville, CA, 1992

"Arashi/Storm", "Sweet Bargain", "Duet Series", Trio for Oskar Schlemmer" premieres, Theater Artaud, San Francisco, 1992

"Concrete Garden" a site specific work for the exhibition space of the Emeryville Art Exhibition, 1991

"Figures" performance at Theater Artaud, San Francisco, for the Mozart from the Fringe Festival, 1991

Broadway Performance Hall, dances: "summerFALLS" and "First Light", Seattle, WA, 1990

"MARINA", a site specific dance events, Emeryville Marina, 4th Emeryville Art Exhibition, 1990

New Performance Gallery, Home Season, premiere: "summerFALLS", San Francisco, CA, 1990

Kyoto College of Art teaching and performance residency, "Terrace Canon" site specific dance event for 32 dancers, Kyoto, Japan, 1990

Sushi Performance Gallery, premiere of "Alphabet of Bones", San Diego, CA, 1989

Talking Dance Series, Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA, 1989

Yugoslavian tour: EUROKAZ Dance and Theater Festival, Zagreb and the Sava Center in Beograd, 1988

Laney Theater, Oakland, CA, Spring Season, 1988

Zellerbach Playhouse: 10th Anniversary Season, "Prima Materia" premiere, Berkeley, CA, 1987

Oakland Museum, "Terrace Dancing" performance, expanded version of 1982 site specific work, 1987

"Overlapping Lines and Curves", for ten dancers at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rotunda, site specific work, 1981

Fur Augen und Ohren Festival, Akademie der Kunste, West Berlin, West Germany, 1980

California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 1980

Cabrillo Music Festival, Aptos, CA, 1977, 1978, 1979

The Kitchen, New York City, 1979

SUNY, Brockport, New York, 1979

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 1978