Event

A Poet's Love

Join Zaccho Dance Theatre for the world premiere of A Poet's Love, a new work by choreographer Joanna Haigood and Brooklyn-based tenor/actor José Joaquin Garcia.
A Poet's Love is a new creation based on the Dichterliebe song cycle by classical German composer Robert Schumann. A Poet's Love takes the form of sixteen discrete vignettes, each one responsive to and deeply immersed in the musical and poetic context of a song in Dichterliebe.

The work, combining song, aerial dance and theatre, will be performed at Zaccho Studio in San Francisco and will feature members of Zaccho Dance Theatre's performance ensemble as well as José Joaquin Garcia, who will perform the songs accompanied by well-known Bay Area pianist Frederick Harris. The performers will inhabit our 5,000 sq. ft. space in various levels of aerial suspension and flight, creating an intensive theatrical environment.

This performance is made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts, the San Francisco Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation and the W A Gerbode Foundation.

Choreographer/Director: Joanna Haigood
Tenor/Actor: José Joaquin Garcia
Pianist: Frederick Harris
Lighting Designer: Allen Willner
Scenic Designer: Wayne Campbell

Performing Artists: Delvis Savigne Frinon, Joanna Haigood, Alexander Jones, Zoë Klein, Adonis Damian Martin Quiñones, Danielle Sandia Sexton, Helen Wicks