Lou Fancher

Lou Fancher is a San Francisco Bay Area writer. Her work has been published by WIRED.com, Diablo Magazine, Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, InDance, East Bay Express, Oakland Magazine, SF Weekly, and others. She is a children's book author, designer and illustrator, with over 50 books in print. Also a choreographer, ballet master and teacher, she coaches professional ballet and contemporary dance companies in the U. S. and Canada. Visit her website online at www.johnsonandfancher.com.

Articles By This Author

Ragamala Dance Company performs “Written in Water” at Cal Performances

In a Quest for Unity, Ragamala Dance Company Embraces Paradox and Difference

Lou Fancher - November 15, 2017

The dance company is blurring boundaries for Cal Performances, but also acknowledging the complexity of that act.

Artist Spotlight

Julia Bullock Gets to the Heart of Things

Lou Fancher - November 15, 2017

The rising soprano reflects on her evolution as a singer and on preparing for her upcoming role in Girls of the Golden West.

Annea Lockwood’s Danube Doesn’t Waltz, But It’s Hypnotic

Lou Fancher - November 13, 2017

Environmental sounds animate the New Zealander’s vital compositions.

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Artist Spotlight

J’Nai Bridges Is Ready

Lou Fancher - November 10, 2017

The mezzo-soprano, soon to appear in Girls of the Golden West, is poised to take on big challenges in art and life.

Nadhi Thekkek and Nave Dance Theatre presents "Broken Seeds (Still Grow)"

An Artistic Collaboration Uncovers the Violent Roots of Modern India and Pakistan in Broken Seeds (Still Grow)

Lou Fancher - November 3, 2017

The Partition of British India unfolds in the multimedia melding of Classical Indian and Western music, dance, and art.

Osmo Vänskä conducts the S.F. Symphony in a program featuring Sibelius

Osmo Vänskä Looks Beyond the Expected

Lou Fancher - October 20, 2017

The Finnish conductor joins the S.F. Symphony for a program of Sibelius and Shostakovich

Opera on Tap's "Parksville Murders" is a virtual-reality opera experience

Opera on Tap Enters Virtual Reality

Lou Fancher - October 14, 2017

The Parksville Murders is a new opera designed and performed for the virtual-reality environment.

Artist Spotlight

Sarah Cahill Turns Her Musical Spotlight on Lou Harrison

Lou Fancher - October 7, 2017

A concert with San José State University Symphony Orchestra will feature Cahill playing a Harrison piano concerto.

Kronos Quartet collaborates with Youth Speaks at S.F. Performances

Youth Speaks Through Poetry and the Kronos Quartet

Lou Fancher - October 3, 2017

The collaboration between the poetry of Youth Speaks and Kronos Quartet, under the direction of Sean San José, is opening ears and eyes.

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Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Asks Vital Questions Through Dance

Lou Fancher - September 16, 2017

Smuin’s season opener features the lauded choreographer’s Requiem for a Rose.