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Levi Gonzalez’s The Craft of the Father: A stomach ache, or just what a performance is like?

By Rachel Rizzuto, 28 April 2014
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Reviewed at Chocolate Factory Theater, New York City on 25 April 2014
Programme
The Craft of the Father
Performers
Levi Gonzalez, Dancer
Kayvon Pourazar, Dancer
Eleanor Smith, Dancer
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Rachel Rizzuto
Rachel Rizzuto
Rachel Rizzuto received her BFA in dance performance and choreography from the University of Southern Mississippi. She is currently an editor for Dance Teacher magazine, and she is a founding member of modern dance company Mari Meade Dance Collective.