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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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Camerata Pacifica’s May concert was a compelling demonstration of the kind of magic they apply to pieces and genres one might be very familiar with, providing an ear-opening re-experience of something you thought you knew. The show kicked off with Debussy’s “Prélude à l’après-mid d’un faune” in a luminous arrangement…
Dancing Peppers
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Never one to shy away from a provocative concept (think “Hard Nut”), Mark Morris tackled the Beatles’ groundbreaking concept album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band” with his ballet “Pepperland.” Conceived as part of Liverpool, England’s year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release the iconic album, this colorful…
Fun’d Raising
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The UCSB Arts & Lectures annual fund-raising dinner event was a little different this year. In the past, luminary performers like Yo Yo Ma and Tony Bennet have been the bait to get donors to attend and pony up to support UCSB’s outreach programs. Well, how about having a bunch…
Life Is
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Weimar Germany, the Kit Kat Klub, Sally Bowles, the American writer, the Emcee, scantily clad dancers, the Jewish fruit shop owner and the Nazis all take to the stage of UCSB’s Performing Arts Theater tonight in a superb production of “Cabaret,” the oft-revived noir-musical which has garnered 26 awards including…