Jo Kreiter's paean to women

By Carla Escoda, 18 November 2013

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Reviewed at Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco on 13 November 2013

Give a Woman a Lift (Jo Kreiter)

Flyaway Productions

Lisa Fagan, Dancer

Jennifer Chien, Dancer

MaryStarr Hope, Dancer

Becca Dean, Dancer

Christine Cali, Dancer

Patricia P. Jiron, Dancer

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.

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