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HEAT: A Fire CabaretSeduction’s Flash PointJuly 15-17, 2010 7PM Slip into a forgotten era when fire prohibition was in full effect and the frigid masses were forced underground to seek HEAT. Explore our speakeasy, where bootleg fire boils the blood and inflames the desires of all who enter. Join us for an evening of drinking, dancing and illicit fire with seductive performances both on the stage and throughout the studio from the denizens of HEAT. Join us for The Crucible’s first ever Fire Cabaret. This fantastically fiery evening will be filled with walk-through performance installations, fire sculptures, industrial art demonstrations, photo opportunities and a theatrical stage show divided into four 15-minute chapters presented over the course of the night. Guests are encouraged to dress up and walk around this sizzling interactive experience. Hear the sultry voice of Kim Nalley, one of the world’s best jazz and blues vocalists. Behold the mesmerizing aerial artistry of Scarlett & Axelrod, witness the death defying feats of Gravity Plays Favorites and Jennings & Xiaohong, be captivated byFou Fou Ha!and feel the HEAT from a variety of other hot performers. SMOKING HOT THEATRICAL DEMONSTRATIONS: NOTORIOUS FIRE INSTALLATIONS: STRIKE A POSE: Designed and Directed by Michael Sturtz |
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Thursday, July 15, 6pm
Join us for The Crucible’s annual Soirée! Guests will enjoy a delicious, fire-inspired, three-course dinner and spectacular live art auction featuring exquisite works by top Bay Area artists working in
Main Stage Performers
Kim Nalley Band – vocals and live music
Scarlett & Axelrod – aerial, dance and acrobatics
Gravity Plays Favorites – pole dancing
Jennings & Xaiohong – hand to hand balancing
Tracy Piper – acrobats
Fleeky Flanco – hand balancing and contortion
Breonna Noack – contortion
Fou Fou Ha! – performance troupe extraordinaire
Theatrical Demo Performers
Alysia Hook – torch cutting burlesque
Luna Del Fuego – torch cutting burlesque
Shareese Wheeler – MIG welding strip-tease
Lauren Guajardo – fire hooping burlesque
Avi Khalsa – TIG welding contortion
Eve Adelfi – belly dancing glass flameworking with violin
Jenny Atomik – bridge crane aerial
Laura Lynn Balcerzak – mezzanine pole dance
Rose Nisker – flamenco tissue aerial
Carlos Oxford – aerial tissue
Shaina Dyani Johnson – ARC welding flash dance
Katy Pomelov – ARC welding flash dance
Delina Brooks – afro-cuban blacksmithing dance
Larry Hunt – blacksmithing bucket beats
The Band
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Recently named one of the “Ten Most Influential African Americans in the Bay Area,” Kim Nalley has an international reputation as one of world’s best jazz & blues vocalists. Known for her ability to turn a chattering cocktail-sipping crowd into a rapt audience of lifelong fans in minutes with a beguiling combination of sass, soul and smarts, no trip to San Francisco is complete without hearing Kim Nalley perform.
Kim Nalley, in looks and presence is often compared to Billie Holiday, but vocally she packs a 3 1/2 octave range that can go from operatic to gritty blues on a dime, projection that can whisper a ballad yet is capable of filling a room with no microphone, and the ability to scat blistering solos without ever losing the crowd’s interest or the intense swing. Her singing is most reminiscent of the former Basie Singers Helen Humes & Joe Williams with a dash of Dinah Washington and occasional nods to Ella, Sarah and Nina Simone. |
| Kate Scarlett and Chloe Axelrod combine imagination, creativity, and skill, to perform a mesmerizing duet on the aerial hoop. Spinning and raised high aloft, their movements take them through a graceful choreography of sculptural beauty. Their performance is a dance of precision and seemingly effortless strength which captivates and delights those who observe. |
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St. Louis socialites Katrina Dohl (aka Katrina the Red or Kate the Great) and Michelle Mynx (aka Michelle Gravity) have been flying high across the nation as |
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2010 Spring Open House
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Interested in Youth Summer Camp?
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Something amazing is in the
works at The Crucible. For the second time in our history, we’re
launching an event bringing the creativity, skill and glamour of high
fashion together with the strength, power and volatility of the
industrial arts. Introducing HOT COUTURE: A Fusion of Fashion and Fire.
As
our 14th year anniversary event, Hot Couture seeks teams of designers
to collaborate and design industrial haute couture. Our event concept is
to blend the intensity and craft surrounding true French haute couture
with the raw energy and materials found in the industrial arts. We’re
calling for fashion designers to pair with industrial artists to use
talents from both fields to create bold design, visionary fashion, and
accessories that can only exist in this rare coupling of worlds.
Leather,
metal, paper, stone, silk, fire, electricity… All materials and methods
of beautifully integrating them with the human form are up for grabs.
The supporting event will be produced in proper Crucible style, with a
focus on industrial elements set to a backdrop of metal and fire.
Once
the show run has completed, all pieces will be included in a moving art
installation as part of a set of exhibits in museums throughout the San
Francisco Bay Area.
We are currently seeking submissions and team proposals from fashion
designers and industrial artists. Interested participants should click here to fill out our proposal form.
HOT
COUTURE: A Fusion of Fashion and Fire fashion is a spectacle that you
won’t want to miss. We’re looking forward to supporting you and your
team, and we’d like to get started as soon as possible.
For information on haute couture and it’s place in France’s fashion DNA, Vanity Fair has this: http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/09/couture200909
Interested in participating? Click here to fill out our proposal form!
Hot for the Holidays!Saturday & Sunday, December 12 & 13, 2009
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Hot for the Holidays!Friday, December 10, 2010 (Preview Night)
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