It’s the final day of the three-day, cross-venue Ouroborotopia festival, with two matinee performances at Synapsis at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Today’s close-out is a trio of delights, featuring a butoh performance by Rachel Noel called “Liminal,” a devised theater piece titled Barftopia — great name — by Lily Lina and a psychedelic punk […]
Rachel Noel
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The Pavilion of Dreams
Thousands of nights have elapsed since I was a little boy, but I still have traces of that era, the intensity of my brain experiencing the sensations of the world for the first time, and meanwhile learning to communicate with itself, my body and spirit in the process. Much of what unfolds in our early […]
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Social Dis-Dancing
They danced in their kitchens, in their tiny bedrooms, on their porches with the dog running around their feet. Amid a pandemic, Humboldt County’s dancers kept dancing, even though their studios were closed and performances were canceled. “Dance is our heartbeat,” says Humboldt State University Dance Program Leader Linda Maxwell. “There’s movement ingrained within us […]