This is a bit of a flashback, but one I’m very fond of. I’ve been thinking a lot about my solo show lately, and other shows I have performed in and held dear. I guess it’s a way of remembering that I once did do things in the real world while the pandemic continues to rage through lives and our already fragile performing arts industry. This is an article by Adrian Ryan of Seattle’s City Arts Magazine about my very favorite variety show to perform in there, La Petite Mort’s Anthology of Erotic Esoterica.
“But the highlight this time around was doubtlessly Seattle’s own exquisitely beautiful Gale Force (Alison Gale), who enchanted the room with a mysterious and sexy stilt-dance, and even an original spoken-word piece—an excerpt from her original work, Burning it All to Light My Darkest Hour, an intense one-woman theatre piece featuring spoken word, aerials and dance.”
I’m so grateful for these memories. But also, Le sigh…
Gale Force 