Day: 9
Show: 34
Title: Rich Pieces and Other Dances
Category: Dance
By: Shelter Repertory Dance Theatre
Choreographed by:
Location: Southern Theater
Summary: A series of dance pieces, one of which is based on
the writing of poet Adrienne Rich.
Highlights: I have to admit – the only reason I saw this
show is that I had a gap in my schedule and it was playing at the same theater
of the next show I was going to see, and I was ready to leave the Rarig and get
my daily dose of iced mocha at Mapps on my way to the Southern. That being
said, I'm glad this was the show I ended up at. It's really the only
professional dance show I saw at the Fringe this year. I don't know much about dance, but this is lovely. The first piece
is inspired by "the proper way to dress in the kitchen," and is playful and
fun. The second piece, entitled "One Too Many," is a woman who, well, has had
one too many (I wish I could dance half as well sober as this character does
drunk!). The third and main piece of the show is based on the writing of
Adrienne Rich, and has a more sober tone than the first two light-hearted pieces. A few passages are read aloud, with key words being loneliness,
conversation, lies, and silence. The costumes and set (screen doors and chairs) hint at a front porch sort of scene. The two women (Megan Beseth and Holly Handman-Lopez) and
one man (Kim Neal Nofsinger) dance beautifully together and as individuals, and it was a pleasure to watch and take a break from my usual drama/comedy/musical Fringe fare.