Live Arts Fest Honors Dance Legacies and Makes Critic Sweat

When we had to do a movement phrase crossing the floor, I started to think that being onstage was a very bad idea. This year’s Live Arts Fest offered not just a look at dance legacies, but actual somatic experience. Plus a lesson that choreographers age incredibly well … Bella Lewitzky started her company at 50 and led it for 30 years; and Robert Cohan, whom the little festival that could brought from London, showed a fresh new work he’d created at 90.

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San Diego Fringe: ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ a Freaky Hit with Heart

Dr. Frankenstein’s Travelling Freakshow culminates with an unexpected and emotional punch. Those lucky enough to see the production are now in mourning simply because it’s gone. How did they pull so many elements together? But Fringe isn’t over yet. There are more excellent productions running through Sunday, July 13 such as…

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