Four Acts of Light & Wonder

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater

Four Acts of Light & Wonder

Four Acts of Light & Wonder

Garrett + Moulton’s 2019 production Four Acts of Light & Wonder featured four vibrant dance works that celebrated the irrepressible nature of the human spirit and our capacity to bring joy, compassion and hope to the world. Longtime collaborator and composer Jonathan Russell created three original scores that were played live by an ensemble of 10 stellar Bay Area musicians. The four works presented on the program included the world premieres of Hunting Gathering and Ball Passing Plus, the US premiere of Gojubi and repertory favorite, The Mozart.

“Garrett + Moulton Productions wowed us last Friday night. Their show packed the theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; the audience left exhilarated. Forty performers, musicians and dancers poured energy forth at an aerobic level, as an antidote to the misery generated by the current state of affairs, and gave us, for two hours, surcease from the distractions, alarms, outrages of the state of the world."
                Paul Parish, Bay Area Reporter
                                         

PRESS
Previews and Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle: Steven Winn
"Garrett + Moulton's 'Light & Wonder' Makes You Believe in Perpetual Motion"

Bay Area Reporter: Paul Parish
"Playful Movement with Garrett + Moulton"

Dance Tabs: Heather Desaulniers
"Garrett + Moulton Productions 'Four Acts of Light & Wonder'"

Cast & Creators

ARTISTIC DIRECTION & CHOREOGRAPHY
Janice Garrett & Charles Moulton

COMPOSER/MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Jonathan Russell

LIGHTING DESIGN
Allen Willner

COSTUME DESIGN
Julienne Weston

COMPANY DANCERS
Carolina Czechowska
Gretchen LaWall
Nol Simonse
Haiou Wang
Miche Wong

GUEST DANCERS
Sonja Dale
Kaitlyn Ebert
Amy Foley
Caitlin Hicks
Anna Krumpos
Jeremy Smith
Calvin Thomas

MUSICIANS
Matt Carr
Allegra Chapman
Lucas Chen
Ian Cochran
Victoria Hauk
Ari Micich
Natalie Raney
Jonathan Russell
Andy Strain
Jon Szin

BALL PASSING TEAM
Pauli N. Amornku
Luis Arriaga-Lucero
Anthéa Colot
Jessica DeFranco
Scott Duane
Susanne Johnson
Anna Krumpos
Diane Misumi
Kathleen Moore
Raja Ndaki
Elsa Oppenhiem
Lolo Plouvier
Debra Ruben
Tova Ruben
Camille Hope Stone
Ross S. Uchimura
Daphne Wong
Kwan Wong