San Diego International fringe fest 2014

Lascivious Vampires and Artistic Choices

By Janice Steinberg | July 11, 2014 |

In spite of strong choreography and superb dancing, watching Zaquia Mahler Salinas’s “Hirudinea and Her Host” made me feel like I was in an artsy gentleman’s club. Find out why I think Salinas made problematic artistic choices … and join the conversation.

Spanks and Paradiddles at Two Very Different Fringe Fest Shows

By Kris Eitland | July 9, 2014 |

There is one fully set dance that can’t be unseen. Semi-clothed women wrestle with wedding gowns and do the hokey pokey with foam cones, the kind you find at a craft store. They march while holding them at their crotches, which is very crafty and suggests…