Please Sit Back, Relax, and Enjoy the Show

What am I seeing? Do I like what I’m seeing? What are the performers doing? What are they wearing? How are they lit? What emotions are being evoked in me? What formations, positions, and configurations are the performers moving through? Are they difficult? Are they pleasing? Am I enjoying watching […]

April 28, 2011  |  Read Article

For The Grace of Ralph Lemon

Ralph Lemon, the acclaimed choreographer/visual artist, presented How Can you Stay in the House All Day and Not Go Anywhere? on October 7-10 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. After the Friday show, Angela Mattox, the Performing Arts Curator, led a question and answer session with Lemon and […]

October 25, 2010  |  Read Article

In The Name Of Dance

It’s called Please Love Me. The name of it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, something of vulnerability and humility. A superficial list of its components only serves to reinforce this taste. Malinda LaVelle screams “Fuck You” to hysteria. Starkly naked and utterly nonsexual, Christian Burns duets with Andrea […]

May 13, 2010  |  Read Article

A dance about…boobs!

This past Saturday the 12th I participated in “The Salon”, an informal evening presenting works in progress, hosted by LEVYdance at Studio Gracia. I performed in a piece by Malinda LaVelle, who also happens to be my roommate. Thus I might be a little biased. But I’m not planning on […]

December 14, 2009  |  Read Article