Performance Dates: May 31 – June 2nd, 2019 | The Historic Firehouse at Fort Mason, for the SF International Arts Festival 2019
DSDT presents an evening of solos that celebrate 30 years of dance making in San Francisco. DSDT star Kerry Mehling comes out of retirement to reprise Grace Floats, Slater’s collaboration with Pulitzer finalist Rinde Eckert. Rinde’s voice, words and music plus Slater’s choreography tell the story of strong women, love, and loss off the coast of Maine. In Beneath the Thin Skin, a monologue by playwright Julie Hebért, the dancer is surrounded by the remnants of a traumatic experience and a new love. And finally, a slant table and chair gymnastics will jog the memory of DSDT’s fans and excite the eyes of new viewers.
Audience Reviews:
“The movement is spectacular but the stories are even more compelling. DSDT makes you think and feel… Always provocative. You think about it for weeks and months afterward.”
– Kim Teevan
“I cannot pinpoint which part I liked the best because every dancer did their very best artistically and I became engaged in what they were sharing with their movements and voice.”
– Evangelina Saldana
“It was a gift to revel in the formative solo works of Deborah Slater Dance Theater. Each soloist gave themselves wholly, filling the air with their story and filling our hearts with their art. They all clearly relished in the supreme artistry and sobering humanity that is Deborah’s work. I laughed, I cried, I remembered.”
– Anna Greenberg
“I see a lot of dance, but I’m now a solid Slater fan. This is one of the most overlooked technically superb and interesting dance companies in town!”
– Gail Goldman
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Photos of Kerry Mehling, Hien Huynh, Areyla Moss-Maguire & Nol Simonse by Tim Isom