The first December I lived in Trinidad, I went into the local post office to buy stamps. The postmaster informed me that he had run out of the Hanukkah stamps displayed in the case. Now, if there had never been Hanukkah stamps offered in this distant outpost, I would have understood … but to run […]
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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Smuin Ballet
I wanted to be dazzled. Christmas ballet programs are high-tech, high-quality entertainment. I wasn’t looking to be moved, only pleasantly distracted. From the start, Smuin Ballet’s The Classical Christmas wasn’t going to deliver. Although the requisite dance chops were present, the troupe’s unisons and executions were not piquant. The thing about great ballet: it has […]
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Momix
Moses Pendleton, founder/director of Momix, is a complex artist known for crafting fantastical voyages out of the human form that straddle the line between spectacular art and circusy entertainment. Often his use of larger-than-life props, jokes and stunning backdrops become gimmicks diminishing his ultra-athletic and acrobatic dancers’ artistry. Wednesday night’s The Best of Momix was […]
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There is No Poetry on the Moon
The silent poet silent Night silent dewdrop Gravity…
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Birds of Arcata
"Hello everyone, today was a beautiful day out at the farm. The sun was warm, the air calm, and 102 new little broiler chicks were introduced to the fresh green pasture. Over the last few weeks, activity on our farm has been chuggin’ along as the season marches closer to Summer Solstice — the longest […]
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Ballet performance by North Coast Dance. June 7 at the Arkley Center It was a pleasure to sit in the tastefully ornate Arkley Center in Eureka on a Saturday afternoon. North Coast Dance’s artistic director, Danny Furlong, choreographed his vision of Jack and the Beanstalk as a vehicle for his company members and younger students […]
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Parsons Dance
Performance May 10 at the Van Duzer Theater. "That was cool," my 9-year-old exclaimed as the light went out after Hand Dance,performed by Parsons Dance, choreographed by artistic director David Parsons, a former principal dancer of The Paul Taylor Dance Company. Five pairs of hands were all that appeared, moving clever and playfully in the […]
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Pure Abstractions
Spring dance concert April 17 at HSU’s Van Duzer Theater Thursday evening’s opening performance of HSU’s spring dance concert, Pure Abstractions, was a total blast. Being a modern dancer from New York, I could barely contain myself when I heard the opening strains of a live quartet playing John Coltrane’s Impressionsas groupings of modern dancers […]