The Crucible's Benefit Fire Ballet 2008
FIREBIRD: “L'oiseau de feu”
April 9-12 and 16-19, 2008

A theatrical spectacle that fuses ballet, classical music, and aerial performance with fire and industrial arts to create a compelling 1970's retro-modern interpretation of Russian folklore.

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The Crucible's Benefit Fire Ballet 2007
ROMEO & JULIET
January 10-13 and 17-20, 2007

The Crucible celebrated its 8th Anniversary with a sizzling synthesis of dance and fire: The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet—A Fire Ballet. In the dazzling tradition of The Crucible's Fire Operas, this first-ever Fire Ballet was a theatrical spectacle that blended ballet, classical music, aerial performance, hip hop, the fire art, and the industrial arts into a compelling modernized rendition of Shakespeare's tragic tale.

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The Crucible's Benefit Fire Opera 2006
SEVEN DEALY SINS
January 11-14, 2006

Upon setting fire to the stage, Michael Sturtz, founder and Executive Director of The Crucible, welcomed the audience to its 7th anniversary fundraising event -- The Seven Deadly Sins, by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht in a unique fusion of Opera and Fire Arts,. Designed and produced by Sturtz, the unique production was directed by Roy Rallo and featured artists from San Francisco Opera and The Oakland East Bay Symphony, conducted by Sara Jobin.

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The Crucible's Benefit Fire Opera 2004
DIDO & AENEAS by Henry Purcell
January 16 & 17, 2004

The Crucible's production fuses the elemental power of the fire arts with the intimacy of Purcell's score in a revolutionary new staging, as opera soloists, chorus singers, and orchestra are accompanied by a backdrop of molten metal casting, glowing hot glass working, welding, torch cutting, and fire dancing.

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