Love and Meteorology
Two of the dynamic companies that make up San Francisco’s vital dance community will perform a string of concerts offering an alternative to all things
Nutcracker.
EmSpace Dance and
detour dance share the bill, premiering new dance theater about love, sex, identity, and disaster. EmSpace will present
Whether to Weather, directed by the company’s Erin Mei-Ling Stuart and written by playwright Brian Thorstenson. Four men portray two pairs of lovers navigating a whirlwind romance (in one case) and a collapsing relationship and bizarre weather conditions (in the other) in this latest EmSpace work that combines text with movement. Featured music: Vivaldi’s
The Four Seasons, “recomposed” by Max Richter. Detour, a young company whose performances reflect the experiences of queer people of color, will present
Beckon, a performance of vignettes for three men and five women. Containing dance, song, storytelling, and theatricality, the piece explores the workings of sex, race, and power as these factors converge on the street and in the workplace. A party will follow the opening-night show.
— Anita Katz
