2020; 2023 · Dance – stage work
Aurora Sad Magic
Amy Foley (Bellwether Dance Project)
A work for seven dancers about grief and how the natural world can help us understand loss, drawing on Alaskan folklore that describes the northern lights as the dancing souls of lost loved ones. It premiered alongside Foley's solo and a revival of 'Let Slip the Witches.'
- Premiere
- 2023-09-14
- Venue
- ODC Theater (Bellwether Dance Project 2nd Home Season)
- Where
- San Francisco, CA
- Performances
- Run September 14–16, 2023. An earlier version (announced as 'My Aurora') was begun in 2019–2020 for Marika Brussel's shared show 'House of Names' at ODC Theater, April 17–19, 2020, which was cancelled due to COVID-19; the piece was shelved and largely remade in 2023.
- Credits
- Choreography: Amy Foley. Original music: Ben Juodvalkis. Dancers: Roseann Baker, Iva Dixson, Claire Fisher, Caitlin Hicks, Elena Martins, Olivia Caldeira Holston, Juliann Witt. Lighting: Del Medoff. Visual artist: Julie Chang.
Press
“Sounds of bubbling liquid and the distant voices of children intercede as composer Juodvalkis evokes the underwater quality of dreamscapes.”
“The boreal world of Aurora Sad Magic is brought to life with original music by Ben Juodvalkis and ethereal lighting design by Del Medoff.”
Elsewhere
- Review: Bellwether Dance Project "Aurora Sad Magic" Sept. 14-16, 2023 ODC Theater, San Francisco — Jen Norris Dance Reviews, 2023-09-16
- Bellwether Dance Project Returns to ODC Theater With Two World Premieres and The Revival of LET SLIP THE WITCHES — BroadwayWorld San Francisco, 2023-07-21
- 'Witches' to cast a spell alongside Bellwether's premieres — San Francisco Chronicle Datebook, 2023-09-14
- Aurora Sad Magic — Bellwether Dance Project — Bellwether Dance Project, 2023
- ODC Theater: Bellwether Dance Project's 2nd Home Season: Aurora Sad Magic — Mission Local, 2023-09-14
More with Bellwether Dance Project
- Let Slip the Witches 2019