Sammy Gerraty

February 20, 2015

Wilde’s Play Boasts Superb Characters

By Sammy Gerraty

“When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me,” senior BFA Theater student Adrian Carter said during Friday’s opening night performance of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Perhaps...

February 18, 2015

Nrityagram Dance Company Brings Odissi Tradition to Campus

By Sammy Gerraty

The devastation in Surupa Sen’s face as she danced Khandita was so genuine that Lord Krishna became a palpable onstage presence. Beautifully garbed in white and gold, Sen danced as Rädhä, the lover and direct counter...

January 22, 2015

Dances of India Festival Hits Campus: Four Day Event Showcases Classical Dance Styles

By Sammy Gerraty

In the midst of telling a classical Indian folktale, dancers Shivani Thakkar, Leah Vincent and Joanna Marie Collins called for their favorite groove. Their prayers were answered by the almighty sound board operator, and ...

January 16, 2015

The Nutcracker Principle

By Sammy Gerraty

As Christmastime draws to a close, so does the annual “Nutcracker” season. For many ballerinas, it is the four-month long period of never-ending Tchaikovsky and footwear malfunctions. For everyone else, it’s the on...

November 20, 2014

Slip ‘n Slides, Rubber Ducks and Near-Nakedness: Pilobolus Dance Theater Captivates the Granada

By Sammy Gerraty

As dismayed as I was by the absurd amount of stairs my lazy self had to climb to get to my seat, sitting in the highest section of the Granada Theatre to watch Pilobolus Dance Theatre on Monday, Nov. 17, was well worth t...

November 19, 2014

Alafia Dance Ensemble Brought Rhythms to Share at the MCC

By Sammy Gerraty

The first thing I noticed upon entering the MCC Theatre on Friday night, Nov. 14, was the set of percussionist instruments arrayed onstage. The drums themselves were to be expected, for the performers of the night were t...

November 16, 2014

UCSB Alum Talks About Upcoming Show with Pilobolus Dance Theater

By Sammy Gerraty

Dartmouth College students founded Pilobolus Dance Theatre in 1971. Artistic directors Michael Tracy and Robby Barnett were both part of the original PDT group, along with Jonathen Wolken, who passed away in 2010 and gav...

November 11, 2014

Arlington Theatre Shocked by Batsheva Dance Company’s “Sadeh21”

By Sammy Gerraty

There was no warning that the show had started. I was sitting in the audience waiting to see the Batsheva Dance Company perform at the Arlington theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 4, admiring the vast sense of space the architects...

November 2, 2014

Keep the Party Going: Halloween Dance Moves

By Sammy Gerraty

Ah, Halloween. The one day a year when cosplayers are the top dogs of the night. What else, apart from a comic-con worthy costume, could you possibly need for Halloween to be the best that it can be? Dance moves. No amou...

October 27, 2014

A Mid-Autumn Midsummer

By Sammy Gerraty

The course of true love never did run smooth, but the course of Naked Shakes’ fall production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” certainly did. Naked Shakes, in the words of Director Irwin Appel, is “about the acto...