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Great Timing and an Eye for the Extraordinary!
The magic ingredients a photographer needs to go beyond the right equipment and knowing how to use it.
From the explosive energy of dance, to the drama and laughter of theater, to the spine-tingling emotional directness of music, the performing arts are among the most positive and compelling of human endeavors. My goal is to capture the essence of a performance and the moments that define performers and their art.
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Musical Riches at the Lobero
This gallery contains 15 photos.
The second half of February was especially jam packed with musical riches at the Lobero Theatre beginning with Portland Oregon’s eclectic electric folk band Blind Pilot, which launched its career as a guitar and drums duo with a bike(!) tour. They soon became a sextet adding diverse instrumentation including vibraphone and…
Whirlwind of Fun!
This gallery contains 5 photos.
When unrivaled satirist Moliere’s “Taftuffe” premiered in Paris in 1664, the Archbishop of Paris convinced King Louis XIV to ban it on religious grounds even though the King admitted it was ” extremely diverting.” Well, it is hilariously diverting and the themes of deceit, hypocrisy, lechery and larceny are timeless,…
Musical Odd Bedfellows, But Hey…
This gallery contains 7 photos.
…the kids loved it! The two young artists of the duo Black Violin happen to be classically trained on violin and viola, but they’ve taken it way beyond Mozart and Beethoven by mixing reinterpretations of some classical chestnuts with the beats and rapping of the currently uber popular and enduring…
Precision, Passion and Beauty
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Named TIME Magazine’s “Dancer of the Century,” Santa Barbara High grad Martha Graham can be said to have invented American modern dance and her influence on dance worldwide is one of the wonders of the performing arts. The Martha Graham Dance Company’s Arts & Lectures performance of the “Eve Project”…