Liss Fain Dance just might be the most bookish dance troupe ever.Novels, poetry and short stories have influenced Fain’s work for years. Last year, she used literary superstar Lydia Davis’ short stories. She continues on the short story trajectory, using Jamaica Kincaid’s unnerving tales in “The Water Is Clear and Still,” a performance installation debuting Thursday at Z Space.
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Dance audiences pay to watch dancers move. But Liss Fain Dance, not a typical troupe, asks its patrons to move, too. With installations such as “The False and True Are One” which opens Friday at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Liss Fain Dance encourages the audience to move around, as if in an art gallery, eliminating the traditional abyss between spectator and performer.
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Put 10 people in a room and ask them to describe something they’ve just seen. Chances are you’ll get 10 different answers. This was the concept that piqued the interest of choreographer Liss Fain for her new experimental piece, “The False and the True Are One,” with Liss Fain Dance, playing at Theater Artaud this weekend.
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