Toba SingerSan Francisco,
Jiri Bubencíek is one of those rare choreographers confident enough to set work on his dancers while in process. He draws inspiration from the particularity of each one’s body and how he or she moves. In making “Fragile Vessels,” he ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
“Resilience gives the illusion of coping…”
“The Resilience Project” was created from a series of interviews with combat veterans and their families. Excerpts from those interviews--a short story, a single phrase, or a word broken down into sounds--are ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
“Yeah! Come on, come on, come on, come on
Now touch me, babe, Can't you see that I am not afraid?”
The Doors
A gauntlet was thrown by politically correct, and radically charged sparkplug, Keith ...
Joanna G. HarrisSan Francisco,
“Touchy Subjects”
…”Keith Hennessy told Scott Wells that he didn't like the gay joke in Wells dance. Scott said, okay. Let’s make a show.”
The show they made includes themselves and seven of the best ‘new/now' dancers in the ...
Joanna G. HarrisMountain View,
Menlowe Ballet, Michael Lowe, Artistic Director (formerly of the Oakland Ballet), celebrated five years of its founding with a lively repertory of works this past weekend. Lowe choreographed one worked, restaged another (a tribute to Marc Wilde and Bronislava ...
Joanna G. HarrisSan Francisco,
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Contemporary Dance: Past and Present
Christy Funsch and her remarkable group of dancers, musicians, actors, and lighting designers have produced a brilliant work in “Le Grand
Spectacle…” She has brought together an ensemble that responds to ...
Toba SingerSan Francisco,
It has been a good fifteen years since I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the inside of Oakland’s Paramount Theatre, a veritable monument to the Art Deco era. For me on this Day of the Dead evening, it rattles with ...
Joanna G. HarrisSan Francisco,
"The Embodiment Project," directed by Nicole Klaymoon, brings together dancers, singers, actors and lecturers to focus on the very contemporary subject that “Black Lives Matter.” They are all exuberant performers, skilled in their craft and devoted to their subject. ...
Joanna G. HarrisSan Francisco,
Ritual Exuberance
Krissy Keefer, the director of Dance Brigade has staged “The Great Liberation…” at least twice since 1999. This time, with a cast of young, exuberant and very skilled dancers, it is celebrated in an hours (or so) ...
Joanna G. HarrisSan Francisco,
Past/Present
Deborah Hay “belongs to a group of choreographers who were behind the Judson Church Movement in New York in the 1960s, where daily life movements became part of the choreography and untrained people became dancers.” Her background and ...
