May 31, 9:30pm, June 1, 8pm and June 2, 7pm
Deborah Slater Dance Theater presents "Solos Lost & Found," an evening of solos at the SF International Arts Festival, May 31-June 2, at the historic Firehouse at Fort Mason Center. The program will feature: "Beneath the Thin Skin" (1989), danced by Nol Simonse with text by award-winning playwright and director Julie Hebert; "Table Solo" from the 1984 dance "Work from Memory," performed by Hien Huynh and set to an environmental sound score by Bill Fontana of the mating sounds of sage grouse; and "Grace Floats" (1988), danced by Kerry Mehling, created in collaboration with Rinde Eckert, depicting the strength and bittersweet persistence of Grace, a Maine woman surviving the loss of her husband. About Mehling's performance of "Grace Floats," The Philadelphia Enquirer wrote, "In a series of deepening vignettes, a hard life was revealed in its fullness and heartbreak."
"Deborah Slater is a local treasure," wrote Dennis Harvey of the SF Weekly about the premiere of An Evening of Solos. "At its best, Slater's work translates a restless, mordant sensuality into physical terms that are often acrobatic yet are never merely stunts, frequently accompanied by spoken text." The review goes on, "A master at creating indolent gesture that implies everything, Slater can take full-throttle acrobatics where they've never gone before, into expression of the deepest subconscious."
The San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) runs from May 23 - June 2 with the central theme The Path to Democracy. As the dark clouds of nationalism and fascism re-assert themselves on the global stage, SFIAF looks at some of the struggles for democracy past and present and how they manifest themselves in different cultures. The Festival will take place at, and in partnership with, the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. The 2019 program features work and unique perspectives by 50 ensembles from the United States and 13 other countries.
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Deborah Slater Dance Theater presents "Solos Lost & Found," an evening of solos at the SF International Arts Festival, May 31-June 2, at the historic Firehouse at Fort Mason Center. The program will feature: "Beneath the Thin Skin" (1989), danced by Nol Simonse with text by award-winning playwright and director Julie Hebert; "Table Solo" from the 1984 dance "Work from Memory," performed by Hien Huynh and set to an environmental sound score by Bill Fontana of the mating sounds of sage grouse; and "Grace Floats" (1988), danced by Kerry Mehling, created in collaboration with Rinde Eckert, depicting the strength and bittersweet persistence of Grace, a Maine woman surviving the loss of her husband. About Mehling's performance of "Grace Floats," The Philadelphia Enquirer wrote, "In a series of deepening vignettes, a hard life was revealed in its fullness and heartbreak."
"Deborah Slater is a local treasure," wrote Dennis Harvey of the SF Weekly about the premiere of An Evening of Solos. "At its best, Slater's work translates a restless, mordant sensuality into physical terms that are often acrobatic yet are never merely stunts, frequently accompanied by spoken text." The review goes on, "A master at creating indolent gesture that implies everything, Slater can take full-throttle acrobatics where they've never gone before, into expression of the deepest subconscious."
The San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) runs from May 23 - June 2 with the central theme The Path to Democracy. As the dark clouds of nationalism and fascism re-assert themselves on the global stage, SFIAF looks at some of the struggles for democracy past and present and how they manifest themselves in different cultures. The Festival will take place at, and in partnership with, the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. The 2019 program features work and unique perspectives by 50 ensembles from the United States and 13 other countries.
May 31, 9:30pm, June 1, 8pm and June 2, 7pm
Deborah Slater Dance Theater presents "Solos Lost & Found," an evening of solos at the SF International Arts Festival, May 31-June 2, at the historic Firehouse at Fort Mason Center. The program will feature: "Beneath the Thin Skin" (1989), danced by Nol Simonse with text by award-winning playwright and director Julie Hebert; "Table Solo" from the 1984 dance "Work from Memory," performed by Hien Huynh and set to an environmental sound score by Bill Fontana of the mating sounds of sage grouse; and "Grace Floats" (1988), danced by Kerry Mehling, created in collaboration with Rinde Eckert, depicting the strength and bittersweet persistence of Grace, a Maine woman surviving the loss of her husband. About Mehling's performance of "Grace Floats," The Philadelphia Enquirer wrote, "In a series of deepening vignettes, a hard life was revealed in its fullness and heartbreak."
"Deborah Slater is a local treasure," wrote Dennis Harvey of the SF Weekly about the premiere of An Evening of Solos. "At its best, Slater's work translates a restless, mordant sensuality into physical terms that are often acrobatic yet are never merely stunts, frequently accompanied by spoken text." The review goes on, "A master at creating indolent gesture that implies everything, Slater can take full-throttle acrobatics where they've never gone before, into expression of the deepest subconscious."
The San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) runs from May 23 - June 2 with the central theme The Path to Democracy. As the dark clouds of nationalism and fascism re-assert themselves on the global stage, SFIAF looks at some of the struggles for democracy past and present and how they manifest themselves in different cultures. The Festival will take place at, and in partnership with, the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. The 2019 program features work and unique perspectives by 50 ensembles from the United States and 13 other countries.
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Deborah Slater Dance Theater presents "Solos Lost & Found," an evening of solos at the SF International Arts Festival, May 31-June 2, at the historic Firehouse at Fort Mason Center. The program will feature: "Beneath the Thin Skin" (1989), danced by Nol Simonse with text by award-winning playwright and director Julie Hebert; "Table Solo" from the 1984 dance "Work from Memory," performed by Hien Huynh and set to an environmental sound score by Bill Fontana of the mating sounds of sage grouse; and "Grace Floats" (1988), danced by Kerry Mehling, created in collaboration with Rinde Eckert, depicting the strength and bittersweet persistence of Grace, a Maine woman surviving the loss of her husband. About Mehling's performance of "Grace Floats," The Philadelphia Enquirer wrote, "In a series of deepening vignettes, a hard life was revealed in its fullness and heartbreak."
"Deborah Slater is a local treasure," wrote Dennis Harvey of the SF Weekly about the premiere of An Evening of Solos. "At its best, Slater's work translates a restless, mordant sensuality into physical terms that are often acrobatic yet are never merely stunts, frequently accompanied by spoken text." The review goes on, "A master at creating indolent gesture that implies everything, Slater can take full-throttle acrobatics where they've never gone before, into expression of the deepest subconscious."
The San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) runs from May 23 - June 2 with the central theme The Path to Democracy. As the dark clouds of nationalism and fascism re-assert themselves on the global stage, SFIAF looks at some of the struggles for democracy past and present and how they manifest themselves in different cultures. The Festival will take place at, and in partnership with, the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. The 2019 program features work and unique perspectives by 50 ensembles from the United States and 13 other countries.
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