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Dance Camera West Festival: Swarming, OME, Cielo, From Knee to Heart

January 11, 2020

Swarming, OME, Cielo, and From Knee to Heart Dance Camera West Festival Reviewed by Marlena Becker Through January 12These reviews are part of the Z. Clark Branson/Stage Raw/Grow@TheWallis Mentorship Program for Young JournalistsSwarming, Experimental Short, Carrie Richter, United States OME, Experimental Short, Camila Arroyo, MexicoCielo, Short, Will Johnston, United StatesFrom Knee to Heart Documentary Feature, Susanna […]

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Dance Camera West Festival: Cinderella Games

January 11, 2020

Cinderella GamesReviewed by Estela AvalosDance Camera West Festival Through Jan. 12This review is part of the Z. Clark Branson/Stage Raw/Grow@TheWallis Mentorship Program for Young JournalistsCinderella Games, Narrative Short, Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple, Great BritainThe English National Ballet’s Cinderella Games is an evolution of the classic fairy tale Cinderella. Directed and choreographed by Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple, […]

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Dance Camera West Festival: Unspoken Spoken

January 10, 2020

Unspoken SpokenReviewed by Estela AvalosDance Camera West FestivalThrough Jan. 12This review is part of the Z. Clark Branson/Stage Raw/Grow@TheWallis Mentorship Program for Young JournalistsUnspoken Spoken, Experimental Short, Fin Walker, Great BritainDirected and choreographed by Fin Walker, Unspoken Spoken addresses the social norms and societal rules that keep us bound by isolation and fear.The film delves […]

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Dance Camera West Festival: Making Men

January 10, 2020

Making MenReviewed by Estela AvalosDance Camera West FestivalThrough Jan. 12This review is part of the Z. Clark Branson/Stage Raw/Grow@TheWallis Mentorship Program for Young JournalistsMaking Men, a film by Antonie Panier and Harold George with the Dunia Dance Theatre/AfriKera Arts Trust and Mijim Dancers The setting is in bachelor’s dwelling with plenty of books, coffee, modern […]

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Musket and the Rat

January 7, 2020

Musket and the Rat Reviewed by Taylor Kass Dull Boy Productions Through January 18 RECOMMENDED In the violent and unpredictable city of Chicago, if “you play, you pay.”Musket Cherry lives in her alcoholic mother’s basement, selling heroin to support her family and, hopefully, pay her brother’s bail. Her two closest confidantes are her best friend Gay […]

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The Legend of Georgia McBride

December 27, 2019

The Legend of Georgia McBride Reviewed by Julia Stier Crown City Theatre Company Through December 29 “Here we are, a straight man in drag, and a drag queen in hell.”Casey (Neil Unger) is a struggling Elvis impersonator whose rent checks keep bouncing and whose wife (Shelley Francisco) has a baby on the way. When his […]

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Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)

December 27, 2019

Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) Reviewed by Nikki Munoz Sierra Madre Playhouse Through December 29 Directed and choreographed by Gary Lamb, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) begins with the opening lines of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol before the ensemble quickly backtracks to declare that his famous tale has […]

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Ledisi: Little Girl Blue

December 18, 2019

Ledisi: The Legend of Little Girl Blue Reviewed by Stephen Fife A Fig Street Films Production Through December 29 A few minutes into her autobiographical show, Ledisi tells a heartrending story about her mother, a member of the Black Panthers in Oakland. “She was my shero, my first and strongest shero, but every shero has […]

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