Posts Tagged ‘San Diego’
New Strategies for San Diego Opera
In a recent radio interview, San Diego Opera’s newly appointed Artistic Advisor William Mason asked for suggestions from the local arts community to expand the vision and outreach of the opera company as it charts its future beyond the 2015 season. Here is how the resident critics of San Diego Story are responding to Mason’s invitation . . .
Read MoreDance and the Right to Privacy at YouTurn
YouTurn 2014 offered an intriguing progression from a highly performative dance, to one combining a personal focus with performance, to a piece so private it was like peeking through curtains into the dancer’s living room. It also proved that, while bubble wrap never gets old, body painting does.
Read MoreCircle’s earnest “2.0” has the community, and military life, in its sights
Maybe Circle Circle dot dot needs to get more specific in its references to the city it seeks to portray and reflect. Even so, its “San Diego, I Love You, 2.0” features two very good performances in this story about military life and a couple’s sacrifice within it. The scrappy company understands that theater is a terribly public act, and its site-specific approach isn’t lost on an art form that’s been embracing community-based performance forever.
Read MoreBoos and Bravos for 2013
At the end of our first full year of operation we thought it would be fun to provide a look back and some of the high and low-lights of the past year.
Read Moremovement initiative dares to move … and to thrill
The slogan of [the] movement initiative1375641721-large is “Dare to move,” and daring is clearly bred in the bones of founders/directors Caryn Glass and Ami Ipapo – both are veterans of Streb Extreme Action, the Brooklyn company known for its bruising physicality and aerial work that makes your heart catch in your throat.
Read MoreThe WoW Festival is Here – and Here’s Your Guide to It
The long-anticipated La Jolla Playhouse WoW Festival has arrived, and it looks like fun indeed. Bill Eadie will be providing impressions of the festival by attending each day.
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