Conjuring Loie Fuller
Dance
of the Elements
Time Lapse Dance
Nitery Theater, Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
February 17, 2004
by
Rita Felciano
Copyright © 2004 by Rita Felciano
published 23 February 2004
Howling
winds and slashing rains couldn’t keep me from traveling to Stanford
the other evening despite the fact that my little car was telling me in
no uncertain terms that it didn’t belong on a freeway during such
a dark and stormy night. But then how many chances does one get to see
something at least approximating what the mother of modern dance, one
Loie Fuller, of Fullersburg, Ill and Paris, France, might have looked
like?
Choreographer/historian
Jody Sperling was to present a one-time only lecture/demonstration on
Fuller. No hurricane-like conditions were going to stop me from getting
an approximation of what Fuller started with such might consequences in
the last decade of the 19th century.
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What's On This Week
February
24, 2004
Balanchine on Screen Series
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
In this moving 1990 documentary, star ballerina and Balanchine's greatest
muse Suzanne Farrell speaks candidly about her passionate relationship
with her mentor both on and offstage. Includes interviews and extensive
archival performance footage. Nominated for an Academy Award as Best Documentary.
Feb 24, 6 p.m, 410 Van Ness Avenue, Veterans Building, 4th Floor, San
Francisco
February
24, 25, 27, 29
San Francisco Ballet
Imaginal Disc (Adam-Pierce)
Grosse Fugue (van Manen-Beethoven)
Rush (Wheeldon-Martinu) company premiere
War Memorial Opera House, San Francico; www.sfballet.org
February
26, 28
San Francisco
Ballet
Les Carnaval des Animaux (Ratmansky-Saint-Saëns)
Paquita (Makarova-Minkus)
Tomasson World Premiere
War Memorial Opera House, San Francico; www.sfballet.org
February
27, 2004
Fellow Travelers Performance Group
Choreographers Ken James and Cynthia Adams. Unexpected Corners:
"A kind of walking tour of odd events."Feb. 27-29, 8pm, Noh
Space, 2840 Mariposa St. (Florida), SF, 510-465-3144, www.ftpg.org.
February.
27- 28, 8:00 pm
ODC Theater presents local choreographers
The Underserved
ODC Theater’s response to the funding crisis in California –
an open call to choreographers at large to bring us their favorite five-minute
pieces for an action packed festival program. Solos, duets, quartets,
and quintets, from: Mary Armentrout, Hillary Bryan and Dawn Frank, Natasha
Carlitz, Dog Patch Superstars, Natalie Greene, Kelly Kemp, Joan Lazarus,
Abby Neitlich, Jane Sato, Erin Mei-Ling Stuart, Andrew Wass.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater
700 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 978-2787
February
27-28, 8 p.m.
ODC/San Francisco
Dancing Downtown 2004. KT Nelson's RingRoundRozi; Brenda Way's
Fiendish Variations and Noir.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater
700 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 978-2787
February
28, 2004
Ballet Flamenco Eva Yervavuena
Feb. 28, 8pm, Feb. 29, 7pm, Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley Campus, Bancroft
(Telegraph), 510-642-9988.
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