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| | SF Intl. Arts Festival "Angels of Suderac" & "The Physics of Empathy" |
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From May 29, 2008 9:30 PM
Through June 01, 2008 2:00 PM |
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Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th Street (@ Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94110 |
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415-399-9554 |
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http://www.sfiaf.org |
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415-399-9554
info@sfiaf.org
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| Description |
 San Francisco International Arts Festival
The fifth annual San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) kicks off on May 21 and runs through June 8 with more than 40 performances and three major visual arts exhibits being presented by more than 25 San Francisco Arts organizations at multiple venues throughout the City. With its annual theme, "The Truth in Knowing/Now: Threads in Time, Place, Culture," SFIAF 2008 will include numerous World Premieres, US Debuts & International Collaborations featuring leading artists from the Bay Area performing and exhibiting with and alongside their international peers from around the world. This year's festival includes dance, music, opera, theatre and visual arts and events will take place at the Asian Art Museum, Chinese Cultural Center, CounterPULSE, Dance Mission Theater, Herbst Theatre, Union Square, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens and on numerous billboards in downtown San Francisco.
"ANGELS OF SUDERAC" & "THE PHYSICS OF EMPATHY"
"Angels of Suderac" is a work created by Croatian American choreographer Kate Foley working with a group of five contemporary dancers from Zagreb. The piece is inspired by Foley's research into the 17th century witch trial documentation on the "vilenice" (fairy cult healers) of Janjina, autobiographical material and her experience with American popular dance culture. Foley mixes contemporary dance with invented archaic folkdance as a result of her investigations. Zoran Cica, ethnologist, plays the role of a narrator, highlighting new research on the psychedelic shamanism of the vilenice.
"The Physics of Empathy" is a duet by Sonja Pregrad (Zagreb) and Scott Wells (San Francisco) who mix highly physical dancing deconstructive questions and ponderings. The questions the artists begin with are what is the nature of watching performance? and why do people like what they like? In reference to the title (Physics of Empathy): is watching dance a physical experience? Does it include something we could call physical empathy? And, as we intend to display some athletic virtuosity, we consider, what is the attraction of virtuosity? Theres an old adage; virtue is its own reward. Well, is virtuosity its own reward?
"Angels of Suderac" and "The Physics of Empathy" are presented at SFIAF by John Daley, Scott Wells, Kate Foley, the Croatian American Cultural Center & SFIAF.
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Photo Credit: Zrinka Simicic, Ljiljana Zagorec, Rina Kotur and Sandra Banic in "Angels of Suderac." Photo by Srdan Kovacic.
Please try and arrive 15 minutes prior to show time. We do not allow late seating. |
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