Zaccho Dance Theatre

From the menace of a 10-ton industrial crane to the delicacy of a butterfly's nesting ground, Zaccho's work explores overlooked and unseen environments and phenomena.

Zaccho was co-founded in 1980 by Joanna Haigood and Lynda Riemann. In 1983 Joanna Haigood became Artistic Director, guiding Zaccho as it actively provides performances and arts education programs in San Francisco, nationally and internationally. Haigood's work is centered on making dances that use natural, architectural and cultural environments as points of departure for movement and narrative exploration. The dances become extensions of their surroundings, where choreography is developed as a direct response to the physical, cultural, and historical information contained therein. Haigood and the Company conduct research into the history and character of each site, often involving the community in the process.