Sasha Waltz Impromptus at Cal Performance Berkeley California
Sasha Waltz and the producer in an interview after the performance The stage is slant, looking like art canvasses, which change from white to red and include a pool for dipping nude at one stage in the performance. The singer stands off ramp with the piano which is played live, allowing for silences. A Dance Performance set to the lieder of Schubert at Cal Performances, Zellerbach Theater, Berkeley, California Saturday night. . Sasha Waltz (Valtz), in her interview, after the performance , says that she does not want the dance to seem as illustration of, or following the music, but is "music" in itself. She says the dancers are like a good wine; they have matured and dig deeper into the expression of their dancing. She says psychology shows that as people watch the dance, they enact the moves in their minds and she hopes they will develop compassion. She chose to have a singer sin...