{"id":463,"date":"2005-02-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-09T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqed2.wsmtechs.net\/spark\/margaret-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2016-01-19T16:12:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T00:12:26","slug":"margaret-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/margaret-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Margaret Jenkins | KQED Spark\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CyB5utNP21k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">&#8220;I&#8217;m kind of fond of saying I was in everybody&#8217;s first company, because the field is not very old.&#8221;<cite>&#8212; Margaret Jenkins<\/cite><\/aside>\n<p>For more than 30 years, choreographer <b>Margaret Jenkins<\/b> has been expanding the physical and conceptual boundaries of modern dance in the Bay Area. Her dance company has spawned an entire generation of experimental dancers and artists. In the episode, &#8220;Dance Masters,&#8221; <b>Spark<\/b> follows Jenkins from rehearsing &#8220;Danger Orange&#8221; in San Francisco to conducting workshops on composition and sharing choreographic ideas with the Beijing Modern Dance Company in China.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Danger Orange,&#8221; a 45-minute outdoor site-specific performance in San Francisco&#8217;s Justin Herman Plaza, was performed in October 2004 before the presidential elections. Collaborating with renowned visual designer Alex Nichols, sound designer Jay Cloidt, and poet and writer Michael Palmer, Jenkins wanted &#8220;Danger Orange&#8221; to address the times we are living in. The color orange metaphorically references the national alert systems and evokes danger.<\/p>\n<p>A native of San Francisco, Jenkins began her dance training with Judy and Lenore Job, Welland Lathrop, and Gloria Unti. 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