Monday, October 23, 2006  The Live Billboard Project-San
Francisco  Dancers are brave people. It takes trust, guts, and
courage to jump towards someone and believe that they are going
to catch you. It takes an inner confidence and strength to know
that you can balance seven feet in the air while sitting on the
palm of someone else’s hand. Dance is about so many things-
talent, ability, technique, and creativity. But, it is also
about expectation, reliance, and dependence. As a dancer, you
expect that your body will cooperate and do the things that you
need it to do. You rely and depend on your peers, your advisors,
and your partners to support you both physically, emotionally
and artistically. This is the nature of dance and choreography-
you become used to putting your safety, your body, and your soul
in someone else’s hands. And, the reward for doing so is usually
worth the sacrifice.  Jo Kreiter’s Flyaway Productions takes
this idea of daring nerve and gallantry to an entirely different
level. Their recent o