Today I got an (auto-generated) email from Pilobolus regarding a review in the New York Times of their “Hapless Hooligan in ‘Still Moving‘” piece, which spurred my desire to share my affection for this troupe. I first became aware of the dance company’s existence when my husband stumbled across their TED performance “Symbiosis“. With that moving performance I was an instant fan. Since then I’ve watched many other performance snippets that can be found on YouTube, but sadly I’ve never been able to see a performance live. Still, from what I’ve seen they embody the type of artists I would wholeheartedly support should I ever have the fortune of become a “patron of the arts.”
On a somber note, the company is experiencing the passing of one of the it’s founding members and artistic directors, Jonathan Wolken. In his obituary in the New York Times, Margalit Fox quotes Wolken, “None of us wanted to go into the corporate world,” Mr. Wolken told The Monterey County Herald in 2009. “We created a circus and then ran off and joined it.” What a wonderful way to live life.
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