Summer Hours (2009) Written and Directed by Olivier AssayasStarring: Charles Berling, Juliette Binoche, Jérémie Renier, Edith Scob, Dominique Reymond, Valérie…
Michael Wade Simpson
Mr. Simpson has a BA in Journalism from the University of Southern California and worked as an advertising writer in Los Angeles before moving to New York to pursue a different passion: dance. He danced professionally in New York and Boston before founding a community-based modern dance company, Small City Dance Project, in Newburyport, MA. His fiction has appeared in literary journals and anthologies. He was a teaching fellow at Smith College, where he received his MFA in choreography. While living in the Bay Area for 15 years, he wrote about dance for the San Francisco Chronicle and other periodicals. In 2005, he was a NEA Fellow at the Dance Critics Institute, American Dance Festival. For culturevulture.net, he reviews dance, theatre and film. He moved to Santa Fe in October, 2008. He writes for "Pasatiempo," the Arts magazine of the "Santa Fe New Mexican."
Merce Cunningham Dance Company Jacob’s Pillow Dance FestivalTed Shawn TheatreJuly 26, 2009http://www.merce.org/http://www.jacobspillow.org/ When Robert Swintson comes charging through the heavy…
Roussève/REALITY Doris Duke TheatreJacob’s Pillow Dance FestivalJuly 19, 2009http://www.davidrousseve.com/http://www.jacobspillow.org/ Photo: Karli Cadel David Roussève is all about stories that ring…
Centre Choregraphique National de Grenoble-Jean-Claude Gallotta Group Emile Dubois Ted Shawn TheatreJacob’s Pillow Dance FestivalJuly 19, 2009http://www.jacobspillow.org/http://www.gallotta-danse.com/ Photo: Karli Cadel…
The First Wives Club, a new musical Karen Ziemba as Annie, Sheryl Lee Ralph as Elyse and Barbara Walsh as…
The Mystery of Irma Vep Old Globe Theater, San DiegoJuly 31-Sept 6, 2009http://www.oldglobe.org/ Jeffrey M. Bender as “Lady Enid Hillcrest”…
“That Obscure Subject of Desire” New Dances by Randee Paufve July 24-26, 2009 Dance Mission TheaterSan Franciscohttp://www.paufvedance.org/http://www.dancemission.com/ Almost all the…
Flyaway Productions “The Ballad of Polly Ann” Choreographed by Jo Kreiter, in collaboration Sound score by Pamela Z.SOMArts Cultural Center,…
CorbinDances “Expressions of Beauty” Dance Theater WorkshopSummerDANZNew York CityJuly 15-16, 2009http://www.corbindances.orghttp://www.dancetheaterworkshop.org/ CorbinDances in Adele’s Skirt (Tsaritsas) by Nelly van Bommel….
The Letter, a world premiere Music: Paul MoravecLibretto Terry Teachout (after the play by W. Somerset Maugham)Conductor: Patrick SummersDirector: Jonathan…
Rachel (2009) Directed by Simone BittonFrance/Israel/Belgium Hebrew/Arabic/ EnglishRun Time : 101 minuteswww.sfjff.org We like to think we’re on the side…
Good Books for Hard Times Reprinted with permission from the author, San Francisco Chronicle. Sunday, March 8, 2009 “In…
A Doll’s House By Henrik Ibsen
In a new version by Zinnie Harris
Director: Kfir Yefet
Donmar Warehouse, London
May…
Cyrano de Bergerac
Summer Shakespeare Festival
by Edmond Rostand
The Old Globe
San Diego
June 13-September 27, 2009 (In Repertory)
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