Rachel Howard, Dance Writer Extraordinaire

My dear friend and most talented writer, Rachel Howard has shared her insights about Doug Elkins work, before curtain on Friday, March 18, 2011.

Here’s Rachel’s description of her talk :

How did Doug Elkins grow from a freakishly smart club kid and breakdancer into a modern dance choreographer pinned as possibly “the most significant talent since Mark Morris” (New York Times)?  What wild mix of influences might you see in his new twist on Othello, “Mo(or)town Redux”?  Get the scoop Friday from 7-7:30 pm at a pre-performance discussion with dance critic Rachel Howard, a writer for the San Francisco Chronicle and Dance Magazine.  She’ll talk about Elkins’ heady mash-up of movement styles and cultural references, and his deep history with Santa Barbara and the Lobero Theatre.  You’ll leave ready to experience Elkins’ mind-bending brand-new work.

and a brief bio:

Rachel Howard’s dance writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Village Voice, and many other publications.  A graduate of UCSB, she began writing about dance more than a decade ago when she covered the first Summerdance Santa Barbara for the Santa Barbara Independent.