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Stephanie Silvia
Stephanie Silva directed her own modern dance company in New York City and is a student of American poet Diane di Prima. She teaches movement and writing.
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Locavores in the Big Apple
Living in the city — as in The City — one makes some of the same choices concerning the basic necessities as living in the country — as in Behind the Redwood Curtain. My dear friends Kathy and Lorenzo have lived in a one-bedroom apartment in New York City for 19 years. By sequestering the […]
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The 48th Annual Orick Rodeo
Orick. The settlement past the elk and the schoolhouse. Land of tall trees and unrivaled ocean shores. Blink your eyes and you’re past it. Most of the year Orick is an insulated community, a hardscrabble town dealt a raw deal in terms of economic opportunity. Orick. The rodeo. This town’s premiere weekend put on by […]
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Hansel and Gretel
Kids’ dance productions are about that: kids dancing. Artistic director Victor Temple’s version of the siblings sent to the woods fairytale gave a lot of kids a lot of chances to dance up a storm. His choreography, appropriate to the abilities of the children, gave them their proper placement in the oeuvre of classical ballet. […]
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Between Floor and Flight
For those of us who have been attending HSU dance concerts for the past few years, there is no doubt that Sharon Butler has done a great job at the helm. But as I’m not a fan of long program notes, her lengthy pre-performance exposition included in every program drives me bonkers. There is a […]