I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one, so when a friend sent over this video (click on the link below) I was delighted. It shows the band playing at a wrap party with their friends from Zirk Ubu dancing it up. Better get your dancing shoes on.

Orkestra and Zirk Ubu

leslie seiters little known dance photo by Tim Richards

Then starting Thursday we have leslie seiters little known dance theater with Lux Boreal. Due to a busy life (yeah, you got one of those too?) and travel to SF for the Fancy Food Show (anyone else going?) I will miss the performance. But, I was lucky enough to attend a rehearsal yesterday afternoon so that I could get a feel for the show and share my impressions. Now, there were a lot of pieces missing – costume, lighting and full set design, but it was still really cool to watch the dancers run through the entire show.

The performance is a mash up of the Lux Boreal dance company with several of the dancers that Leslie likes to work with, plus the sounds of Margaret Noble. I had forgotten the name of the piece, which was kind of interesting when I looked at my notes as they seemed to reflect, at least a bit, what I think Leslie had in mind.

Six women and five men perform for a little over an hour and my big impressions were the sense of measuring the space around and between us; trying to get comfortable when there are objects or obstacles in our way; counting and the limitations or freedoms that can bring and groups versus individuality. I really have no idea if those were some of the ideas that Leslie was trying to convey with the piece but that’s what I got. I brought my 8-year old son with me and his comment was “they like doing antics with tables.” Very true.

I suppose the other takeaway was that I enjoyed the show, and unlike La Pocha Nostra which left me with mixed feelings about the performance, I walked away happy to have seen the dancing.

I hope that you will share your impressions. Do you agree with me? Not at all? Did you find other things that

little known dance theater with Lux Boreal photo by Tim Richards

I missed entirely. Perhaps our choreographer will weigh in at some point and give her perspective. I’d love to read that!

Oh and the name of the show? Incidental Fear of Numbers….

Thanks to Tim Richards for sharing the photos – they’re way better than mine.