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Some Press Clippings

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Goldie Award

FoolsFURY received the 2007 Goldie award for outstand local discovery from the SF Bay Guardian (RIP).

Rob Avila's text made clear he had been watching us carefully for a long time! 

"One of the first things to strike you about a foolsFURY production is its sheer kinetic energy and rigorous physical vocabulary. Hovering somewhere between modern dance and mime, or maybe the fashion runway and the circus, the movement of the actors onstage suggests tightly coiled regimentation and an unpredictable, acrobatic freedom. Bodies rewrite the most seemingly inconsequential gestures as larger than life or in an altogether different register, so that you might suddenly see and wonder at them..."

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Best of the Bay

FoolsFURY received the 2008 SF Weekly "Best Theater Company" award. 

Again the writer clearly understood the heart of our work.

"The performances take physical theater and all its myriad aspects — from clowning to dance — to a whole new level, because these aren't works that are merely visceral and spectacular; they also require that audience members have more than half a brain....You always feel supersmart and invigorated coming out of a foolsFURY production."

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Skill Three

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