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Art Collab
By Bonner Odell
Published: May 21, 2008
Depending on whom you ask, the Bay Area art world is either a major world center for creative innovation or a self-referential backwater prone to tunnel vision. If it’s possible for it to be...
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The Kids are Alright
By Bonner Odell
Published: May 7, 2008
Children's art, like children's literature, can be downright profound in its simplicity, not to mention refreshing for the lack of guesswork and determined contemplation the adult art world can...
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Talking Dance
By Bonner Odell
Published: April 30, 2008
It's not just a rumor propagated by local dance devotees: The Bay Area really is home to the most happening dance community in the country outside of New York City. The scene here isn't nearly as...
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Last Chance for Fest of Firsts
By Bonner Odell
Published: April 30, 2008
If you're still making mental notes to catch SF Ballet in its 75th Anniversary Season every time a Muni bus placard conveys those exultant leaping dancers past you at an intersection, it's time to...
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Filles d’Afrique
By Bonner Odell
Published: April 2, 2008
There are any number of reasons a collaboration between Urban Bush Women's Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Senegalese choreographer Germaine Acogny might have struck both women as auspicious. Widely...
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Study in Symmetry
By Bonner Odell
Published: March 26, 2008
Many have wondered, since the days of the revolutionary postmodern Judson Church movement in 1970s New York, if there is any truly new ground to be broken in the realm of dance and performance. If...
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End of the Line?
By Bonner Odell
Published: March 26, 2008
When it comes to the ratio of hours spent creating a production to actual time on stage, dance companies tend to get the short end of the stick. Most shows, months in the making, appear like blips...
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Seasoned Hope
By Bonner Odell
Published: March 12, 2008
In the Bay Area dance world, choreographers commonly spring to life fully realized, like Athena from the head of Zeus. This may well be attributed to our democratic insistence that anyone can make...
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The Lost Art of Lampoonery
By Bonner Odell
Published: March 12, 2008
If you ask us, healthful satire is a waning art in modern day America. Blame the smiting gods of political correctness or the lack of critical thinking fostered in today’s public schools....
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Mapping Dance
By Bonner Odell
Published: March 5, 2008
Aspiring artists out there trying their damndest to master just one art form may find it daunting to learn that Shen Wei Dance Arts director Shen Wei creates nearly every element of his company's...
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Akin to Greatness
By Bonner Odell
Published: February 20, 2008
No matter what you fancy modern dance should be, chances are at least one piece on a Robert Moses' Kin bill will satisfy your criteria. Too inquisitive to consign himself to any success-ensuring...
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As American As Alvin Ailey
By Bonner Odell
Published: February 20, 2008
While the qualifier "American" in Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater might seem superfluous, the nature of the wildly popular company's work and its international touring schedule may help...
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At Home on the Edge
By Bonner Odell
Published: February 13, 2008
"Experimental" is a favorite term in the dance world, one too many dance-goers have learned to equate with "amateur." So when Kunst-Stoff, a company of highly trained dancers founded by two former...
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Not So Black and White
By Bonner Odell
Published: February 6, 2008
What exactly qualifies a dancemaker to take part in the Black Choreographers Festival ? Chops aside, does "black" mean African-American? Dark-skinned? Of African descent? Finding the question...
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Butoh Blood Transfusion
By Bonner Odell
Published: January 23, 2008
Butoh is one of those art forms that, in a heroic attempt to remain open to possibility, refuses to define itself. As in all such forms, those lacking training have few obstacles in defining...
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Capacitor Gets It Right
By Bonner Odell
Published: January 23, 2008
While the world's many environmental crises provide a trusty source of emotional poignancy for the art and entertainment industry, it's generally inadvisable to look to screen or stage for the...
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Avant-Vietnam
By Bonner Odell
Published: January 23, 2008
When it comes to keeping a finger on the pulse of global developments in the performing arts, we've got to hand it to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The curators have taken some big-time risks...
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Original Copy Cats
By Bonner Odell
Published: January 16, 2008
Let's be honest: Unabashed idea theft is responsible for some of the best art of our time. From Jesus Christ Superstar to best-sellers like Ahab's Wife , giving an old tale a new twist has...
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Flamenco Navidad
By Bonner Odell
Published: December 12, 2007
If you're feeling the holiday-induced urge to throw a little yuletide gathering but haven't gotten a single response to your Fred Claus movie party evite, allow us to recommend an alternative....
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What Are You, Chicken?
By Bonner Odell
Published: December 5, 2007
If you're among the contingent of otherwise-venturesome art junkies in the area who keep telling themselves they really should see more modern dance, then Margaret Jenkins Dance Company may be just...
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