by Frances Phillips | Jul 8, 2013
Premiered: Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, University of California, Davis (2006); San Francisco Premiere, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (2007) Choreographer Kim Epifano collaborated with Michael Bernard Loggins and Creativity Explored to transform...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 25, 2013
Foley artist Sudhu Tewari and choreographer Joe Goode are creating Hush, a new work on the theme of aging. The artists will explore how a combination of live and recorded foley effects can enhance the overall performance experience for both artists and audiences. The...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 18, 2013
Choreographer Jess Curtis collaborated with performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña, composer Matthias Herrmann, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) to create the performance-installation, Dances for Non/Fictional Bodies. Also collaborating was a troupe of...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 14, 2013
This project focused on the development of The Difficulty of Crossing a Field, an opera in seven tellings, a new piece of music theater by American Conservatory Theater (ACT), its then playwright-in-residence Mac Wellman, composer David Lang, and Kronos Quartet. The...
by Frances Phillips | Jun 5, 2013
In 1970, Anna Halprin and dancers performed the iconic Parades and Changes at the opening of the University Art Museum’s new building. The choreographer and the museum (now the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive) collaborated again in 2012-13 to develop a...