FUNSCH DANCE EXPERIENCE – At the Legion of Honor
30 November 2009Funsch Solos Volume II: Water Solos
Featuring vocal artist Hélène Renaut
Sunday, December 6th & 13th, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Outside and around the water fountain
By Seán Martinfield
Sentinel Editor and Publisher
Photo by Lynn Imanaka
Drawing from her recent group work White Girls For Black Power, which examined the nexus of black power and feminist theory, Funsch Solos Volume II: Water Solos brings the nine dancers of Christy Funsch’s Funsch Dance Experience out to Lincoln Park to perform around the fountain in front of the Legion of Honor. Performances are scheduled Sunday, December 6th and 13th at 4:00 pm. The contextual shift offers a more serene and spacious viewing of each solo and, consequentially, each dancer. This free outdoor performance marks Funsch’s third concert of 2009 and features live music by local singer song writer Hélène Renaut. The solos are delivered with electric performances by Andrea Anderson, Christine Bonansea, Leonore Deaton, Aura Fischbeck, Jennifer Minore, Jody Pettle, Phoenicia Pettyjohn, Sarah Sass, and Julie Sheetz against the stunning backdrop of the Legion of Honor and Land’s End.
Admission is free. For information, call 415-902-5371 or visit: FunschDance.org
CHRISTY FUNSCH – At the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San Francisco
Christy Funsch is a dance maker, educator, and performer. She presented her first full evening of choreography, “Vinyl Garden”, in 2001, and formed The Funsch Dance Experience in 2002. She has shown her work in New York, Phoenix, Toronto, and throughout California. Christy is currently a member of Stephen Pelton Dance Theater and collaborative partner of Sue Roginski. She received her BA in Dance and English from Hamilton College, New York, and her MFA in Performance and Choreography from Arizona State University where she studied with Daniel Nagrin. Funsch also holds a certification in Movement Analysis from the Laban Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies in New York. She has been awarded residencies at the Djerassi Ranch, CounterPULSE Theater, and ODC Theater, as well as funding from Theatre Bay Area’s CASH program and the Zellerbach Family Fund. She has just received her third nomination for Outstanding Performance Awards from the Isadora Duncan Dance Award Committee.
HÉLÈNE RENAUT – Vinyl and cover for popular single, ”Bumblebee”
HÉLÈNE RENAUT was raised on the green and rocky coast of Brittany, France, and now claims another coast, that of San Francisco, home. Live and on records, Hélène’s music oscillates between gentle folk, British-influenced pop, and compositions that come closer to a song-poem. Listen and you will be met by a unique harmonic flair, poetic lyrics, and melodies that have been compared to “a paintbrush on figure skates” for their beautiful shapes – all delivered in an accomplished, yet heartrending French accented voice.
Recent recordings include “The Deer Convention” (2009), “Perfection’s somewhere near your bones”, (2005, and, as the leader of the group Beam, a self-titled album, released on Antenna Farm Records in 2003. She has also collaborated on quite a few varied projects: violin and string arrangement for folk-pop duo Willow Willow (Mod Lang Records) and Papercuts (Gnomonsong), piano, violin and vocals on Donovan Quinn’s latest opus (Soft Abuse), vocal appearance on soul indie funk act Honeycut’s “The day I Turned to Glass” (Quannum), original music for theater productions of “The False Servant” (Marivaux) and “The Green Bird” (Carlo Gozzi), and others.
Sample Hélène’s recordings on MySpace:
Bumblebee
The Wisdom of the Dove
The Way You Looked At Me
To Be A Child
L’amour La Poésie
The Legion of Honor
* * * * * *
Visit Seán on YouTube:
EMBRACEABLE YOU – On The Organ – At the Legion of Honor
Lorena Feijóo - A Look at “Giselle” with Seán Martinfield
Samson vs. Dalilah at AT&T Ballpark
DALILAH – In residence at San Francisco’s de Young Museum
BlogTalkRadio featuring Seán Martinfield – It’s all about singing and the 2009/10 San Francisco Opera Season. Download Carmen Milagro’s recent interview: Women and Legends Who Really Rock, 9/11/2009
See related articles and interviews:
MARIACHI, BARBARA COOK, CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE – Decking Davies Symphony Hall
PETER, THE WOLF, THE AX, A 5TH and HOLIDAY PIPES
HOB NOB ON THE HILL – Annual Gala at the Fairmont Hotel
TOY TRAINS – An Interactive Holiday Tradition at the Main Library
BACH’S CHRISTMAS ORATORIO – This Week at San Francisco Symphony
CARTIER – Exclusive Exhibit at the Legion of Honor
ON THE ORGAN – At the Legion of Honor
CHANEL ON MAIDEN LANE – San Francisco Boutique Opens
AMISH ABSTRACTIONS – Fabulous Quilt Exhibit Now at the de Young Museum
A.C.T. – A CHRISTMAS CAROL – Opens Thursday, December 3rd
LOWER 24th STREET IN THE MISSION – Gets The Artistic Touch
SF BALLET’S NUTCRACKER – Opens Tuesday, December 8th
STRAVINSKY’S SOLDIER’S TALE – At the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
MEDIEVAL MOURNERS – Coming to SF City Hall
JANE MONHEIT – At The Empire Ballroom
JOHAN BOTHA – South African Tenor Makes SF Opera Debut As “Otello”
VERY POSTMORTEM: Mummies and Medicine – At the Legion of Honor
DAVID MAMET’S “NOVEMBER” – West Coast Premiere At A.C.T.
MICHAEL JACKSON’S THIS IS IT – Live From The Nokia Theatre
EXOTIC EROTIC BALL – 30th Anniversary, Friday and Saturday At The Cow Palace
JAN WAHL – Action! Monday Night at New Conservatory Theatre Center
DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT – A Hit for San Francisco Opera
FLEETWEEK – Weekend Bash at Pier 39
FLEET WEEK – A Conversation with Airshow Pilot Tim Weber
JUAN DIEG FLÓREZ – To Sing “Tonio” in San Francisco Opera’s Daughter of the Regiment
RENT – Jonathan Larson’s Popular Musical Returns to San Francisco October 6th – 18th
CRITIC’S CHOICE: “Pulp Scripture”, Hélène Renaut, and teenage YouTube vocalist Jesaiah Baer
CD – THE PLANETS, A Mind-Blowing Meditation
SF OPERA’S “Abduction From The Seraglio” – The Trills and Frills of Captivity
SOUTH PACIFIC – Now At San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre
MACY’S PASSPORT 2009 – Glamour and Giving Galore in San Francisco
MAYA LIN – Artist Debuts “What Is Missing?” at CA Academy of Sciences
IL TRITTICO – Patricia Racette Debuts In Puccini’s Trio of One-Act Operas
IL TROVATORE – Opening Night A Stunning Success For San Francisco Opera
NOEL COWARD’S BRIEF ENCOUNTER – Opens September 16th At A.C.T.
VICTOR ARIMONDI – A Compassionate Eye
THE PALACE HOTEL – Ten-Tier Chocolate Cake For 100th Anniversary
TOM ORR – in “A Crass Act”
CD – ZUILL BAILEY and SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, Beethoven’sComplete Works for Piano and Cello
MAURICE SENDAK – At the Contemporary Jewish Museum
NICOLA LUISOTTI – Begins Inaugural Season As Music Director of SF Opera
THE EGYPTIAN (1954) – A Swords & Sandals Cultural Encounter at the de Young Museum
JULIE & JULIA – Pleasing To The Palate
DANCING WITH THE DRAG QUEEN STARS – Who will be crowned Champion?!?
JOHN BALDESSARI: A Print Retrospective – Now at the Legion of Honor
TUTANKHAMUN – And The Golden Age Of Pharaohs
SALLY KELLERMAN – Hot Lips for Hot Hits at The Rrazz Room
DIANE BAKER – Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
CAMERON CARPENTER – Up Close and Very Personal
RUBEN MARTIN – Principal Dancer with San Francisco Ballet
WICKED – Now at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre
CHRISTINE ANDREAS – A Conversation with Beautiful Broadway and Cabaret Star
CD Review – REVOLUTIONARY, Cameron Carpenter, Organist
JENNIFER SIEBEL – A Conversation with Seán Martinfield
Seán Martinfield
Sentinel Editor and Publisher
Seán Martinfield, who also serves as Fine Arts Critic, is a native San Franciscan. He is a Theatre Arts Graduate from San Francisco State University, a professional singer, and well-known private vocal coach to Bay Area actors and singers of all ages and persuasions. His clients have appeared in Broadway National Tours including Wicked, Aïda, Miss Saigon, Rent, Bye Bye Birdie, in theatres and cabarets throughout the Bay Area, and are regularly featured in major City events including Diva Fest, Gay Pride, and Halloween In The Castro. As an Internet consultant in vocal development and audition preparation he has published thousands of responses to those seeking his advice concerning singing techniques, professional and academic auditions, and careers in the Performing Arts. Mr. Martinfield’s Broadway clients have all profited from his vocal methodology, “The Belter’s Method”, which is being prepared for publication. If you want answers about your vocal technique, post him a question on AllExperts.com. If you would like to build up your vocal performance chops and participate in the Bay Area’s rich theatrical scene, e-mail him at: sean.martinfield@comcast.net.
ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO SENTINEL
SENTINEL FOUNDER PAT MURPHY
Telephone: 415-846-2475
Email: SanFranciscoSentinel@yahoo.com
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND NEWS MEDIA ARE AFRAID TO CONFRONT ISLAM - SAN FRANCISCO SENTINEL OPINION
STRAIGHT PEOPLE NEED FALL SILENT WHEN WE SPEAK - SENTINEL OPINION
Comments are closed.