Julie Taymor’s Playful Parade of Animals, Ancestors Still Thrills by Barry David Horwitz The colors, the lights, the beautiful animals walking with acrobatic grace, the moving grasslands—they are gliding down the aisles. Rhinos, elephants, giraffes, and cheetahs lope along onstage with their distinctive gaits—miracles of puppetry and acrobatics. Still magnificent after 26 years, many…
Daniel Finzi Pasca Melds Italian Passion & Amazing Acrobats by Barry David Horwitz Montreal’s Cirque du Soleil brings a new personal and affectionate circus style to San Francisco, after three years. In “Corteo,” director Daniel Finzi Pasca has assembled acrobats, gymnasts, and dancers from all over the world to tell the story of a…
The 7 Fingers Integrates S.F. History with Breathtaking Feats by Patricia L. Morin Club Fugazi houses a majestic theater designed in 1913 by Italian architect Italo Zanolini as a community center for Italians living in North Beach. Art has breathed life into this charming old theater for generations. Most recently “Beach Blanket Babylon” played…
Shana Carroll Invites Us to Join a Theater Revolution by Patricia L. Morin “Passengers,” written, directed, and choreographed by Shana Carroll, entices us to care about the performance artists on stage. We feel for the lady tying herself up in long, silky cloth ribbons high above us, then sliding suddenly back to earth—as we…