Joe Goode Performance Group presents Small Experiments in Song & Dance January 2, 2009

Perennial dance theater innovator Joe Goode presents new work for the New Year exploring music and movement in three performances of small experiments in song and dance, December 31st and January 2 & 3 at the Brava Theater Center in San Francisco. Joe Goode Performance Group (JGPG) will be joined by guest singer/songwriter Holcombe Waller in premieres of works that collide music and movement in unusual ways, testing tried forms and re-framing perceptions about sound and theater. Opening night will be a special New Year's Eve Celebration Wednesday, December 31, with a pre-performance champagne reception at 9:30 p.m., performance at 10:30 p.m. and Midnight New Year's toast followed by a post performance party. Additional performances will be given Friday and Saturday, January 2 and 3 at 8 p.m. The Brava Theater Center is located at 2789 24th Street, San Francisco.

Joe Goode's uncanny and insightful style creates highly personal and emotional works that reveal multiple layers of meaning, cultural reference and interpretation while deftly examining the forms and functions of performance and art. Small experiments in song and dance restores an intimacy of space and context Goode's audiences have enjoyed in past seasons with his acclaimed "Side Effects" series. "We will be taking performance out of the box, off the stage and into the theater space," he says. "I always strive for a level of intimacy and the feeling that the audience is a real part of the experiment, which is ideal in a smaller space like Brava." The performance features JGPG's six versatile dancers, many of whom are accomplished musicians in their own right, and two musicians, who will also dance, blurring the boundaries between genres and disciplines. "This will be more than an evening of three-minute singing, dancing 'cupcakes'," says Goode, "but a substantial experiment in performance."

$20-$25

Official Website: http://joegoode.org