Gravity & Other Myths at Memorial Auditorium, October 11, 2019

Stanford University Live presents Backbone featuring Gravity & Other Myths
Memorial Auditorium
551 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-5007 USA
7:30 PM, Friday, October 11, 2019

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• [7:38 PM lights down, curtain up, performers lying flat on the stage, as if asleep…]
• The performers “wake” and begin getting dressed/undressed, juggling outfits and dancing about.
• the performance segments included:
• (lots of rolling & tumbling … no dialog!)
• (human may pole)
• (pouring ?sawdust all over the thick padding on the floor)
• (human jump rope)
• (balance/acrobatics with gaze fixated on an audience member)
• (tall pole balancing)
• (tummy-snap counting game)
• (acrobatics underneath a suspended web of stones)
• [show ends 8:56 PM]

Gravity & Other Myths

• Jascha Boyce: acrobat, founder;
• Lachlan Binns: acrobat, founder;
• Jacob Randell: acrobat, founder;
• Martin Schreiber: acrobat, founder;
  
  
• Joanne Curry: acrobat;
• Lachlan Harper: acrobat;
• Mieke Lizotte: acrobat;
• Jack Manson: acrobat;
• Lewis Rankin: acrobat;
• Lewie West: acrobat;
  
  
• Elliot Zoerner AKA Sirins: musician, founder, drums;
• Shenton 'Shredzo' Gregory AKA Shenzo Gregorio: violin.

• Geoff Cobham: lighting & set design;
• Darcy Grant: director, creative lead.

It was nice to “take a night off” with the circus … to simply watch and wonder rather than taking my usual analytic approach to an evening out. It was a good show. Maybe a bit too samey-samey for some folks, but there was plenty of interesting activity to watch, and not too many “what are they thinking?” or “when will they get on to the next segment” moments for me. Solid!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2019 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2019 event list! ☸ On to the next event!