Posts Tagged ‘Anne Gehman’
Why Everyone’s Talking ’bout Walking in ‘This Land is Your Land’
youTurn has landed more than a dance hit in Mark Haim’s influential This Land is Your Land… Producers Erica Buechner and Anne Gehman are writing a remarkable success story, and 14 of San Diego’s favorite dancers are walking their way into the hearts and minds of viewers with questions about identity, consumer waste, and gun violence.
Read MoreShakespeare your groove thing
As the disco ball spins and drinks flow, a sexed up cast recreates the tale of star-crossed lovers in a disco night club. There is simulated debauchery and the spell that makes Bottom have the head of an ass. And most notable, the audience is encouraged, nay, bewitched into disco dancing on the dance floor. This could be the campiest, most interactive show ever.
Read MoreBarton’s inspired Bodylogue heats up the Vine
When the lights came on, the dance took off. Gehman, Stephanie Harvey, and Cara Steen slapped their legs to create rhythms and changed direction with military precision. While Barton’s earliest training was in gymnastics and ballet, she channeled Graham’s modernism. Trance-like, the women created patterns in sweeping changes of direction to sink into deep second position; and they rose from the floor in contractions to become warriors in lace skirts and midriff tops.
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