2013 · Dance – stage work
Irresistibly Drawn: The Songs of Joe Goode Performance Group (program named after the song 'Irresistibly Drawn')
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Joe Goode · Joe Goode Performance Group
A song-based dance-theater program ('Song Show') by Joe Goode Performance Group, presenting songs 'selected from the company's most memorable performances of the last 28 years' as a series of performance excerpts, and named after the original song 'Irresistibly Drawn'.
- Premiere
- 2014-08-03
- Venue
- ODC Theater, Music Moves Festival
- Where
- San Francisco, CA
- Performances
- ODC Theater, Aug 3 and 4, 2014, at 7pm and 9pm (with cabaret-table seating). JGPG's July 2014 newsletter refers to an earlier sold-out performance of Irresistibly Drawn, probably the cabaret at the Joe Goode Annex where Marit Brook-Kothlow sang the title song (Vimeo 88814297, password-protected). The song was recorded in March 2019 for the JGPG album Still Standing and used in April 2026 for the JGPG 40th-anniversary slideshow.
- Credits
- Joe Goode (director; lyrics). Music: Ben Juodvalkis, with backing tracks shared with drummer Ryan Huber. Performers in 2014 included Felipe Barrueto-Cabello, Melecio Estrella, Patricia West, Andrew Ward, Damara Vita Ganley, Alexander Zendzian and Nichie C.; the 2019 recording featured Joe Goode, Marc (marc@yogamukunda.com), Marit Brook-Kothlow, Liz (lizbcinnamon) and Melecio Estrella.
Press
“Next up in Music Moves, Sunday and Monday: 'Irresistibly Drawn: The Songs of the Joe Goode Performance Group.'”
Elsewhere
- ODC/Dance review: 'Breathing Underwater' — SF Chronicle / SFGate, 2014-08
- WALKING DISTANCE DANCE FESTIVAL-SF, MUSIC MOVES FESTIVAL and More Set for ODC Theater's 2014 Season — BroadwayWorld, 2014-02-28