Stephen Petronio Company Performs I Drink the Air Before Me
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater (700 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94103)
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The last date listed for Stephen Petronio Company was Friday March 4, 2011 / 8:00pm.
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6 Goldstar Member Reviews
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This was a big project, but left me cold and remote. The dancers did not relate well to each other, and the costumes were sloppy. The score was the best part.Written on Mar 07 2011
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One of the most complete and compelling dance pieces I've seen all year.Written on May 28 2011
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Was not exactly what was presented on the picture.... Unfortunately no synchronizations between dancers, you will not going to see beautiful lifts and high jumps even though the attempts were made. Not something that I would expect from well established group. Did not get it.Written on Mar 08 2011
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tki
One of the best modern dance events that I've attended. Stephen Petronio's dance company creates a new vocabulary of movement that stretches the limits for each dancer, as if transcending the parameters of body, stage, and space. The Yerba Buena Center is a perfect forum to appreciate dance and I intend on returning. Thanks Goldstar!Written on Mar 07 2011
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More Information About Stephen Petronio Company
Website
http://sfperformances.org/performances/1011/StephenPetronio.html
Quotes & Highlights
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Description
San Francisco Performances’ presents New York-based Stephen Petronio Company’s central 25th anniversary work, I Drink the Air Before Me. This piece expands his troupe from nine dancers to 12 and unleashes a storm of movement evoking Shakespeare’s Tempest to a score by Nico Muhly at YBCA’s Novellus Theater.
SF Performances first brought Stephen Petronio Company to the city in 1995, and two years later Petronio became SF Performances’ first resident choreographer to work in Bay Area schools. In this time span, he has performed seven runs in San Francisco, and his “risky” artistic vision has continued to morph as it has since his one-night shows in 1980’s downtown New York. (Landmark pieces include the whimsical Adrift (With Clifford Arnell), the overtly sexual statement from the AIDS crisis days, Middlesex Gorge, and the moving Broken Man.)
Rather than looking back in this important anniversary season, Petronio creates something new, with the touches of the multi-media collaboration that drew figures such as Andy Warhol and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to his performances. I Drink the Air Before Me features Petronio’s costume by visual artist Cindy Sherman, lighting by Ken Tabachnick and a score mixing electronics, acoustic instruments and chorus by Muhly.
About the Ticket Supplier: San Francisco Performances
Founded in 1979, San Francisco Performances is the Bay Area's leading independent presenter of chamber music, vocal and instrumental recitals, jazz and contemporary dance. Under the artistic direction of its founder, Ruth Felt, the organization presents internationally acclaimed and emerging performing artists, introduces innovative programs, and builds new and diversified audiences for the arts through education and outreach activities that also strengthen the local performing arts community.