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

Lou Fancher - February 16, 2016

The musical is running at the Berkeley Playhouse through March 6.

Lou Fancher - February 15, 2016

For Lara Downes the personal is musical, and she’s building her career on connecting audiences to artistic process. And she’s thinking carefully about how music connects to human events.

Lou Fancher - February 10, 2016

The newly reopened Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive revives it’s new-music series.

Lou Fancher - February 10, 2016

The Next Wave Choreographers Showcase, Feb. 20-21, is bursting with new talent and well-regarded mid-career artists doing challenging and ambitious work in a variety of styles.

Lou Fancher - February 1, 2016

The composer/performer is taking the Bay Area by storm with a series of premieres and performances this month.

Lou Fancher - January 20, 2016

The San Francisco Girls Chorus will join Kronos for Iranian-American composer Sahba Aminikia’s piece, which blends recordings from the 30s with sound clips from modern-day Iran.

Lou Fancher - January 14, 2016

For the pianist, age is nothing but a number. It’s playing with soul that counts.

Lou Fancher - December 14, 2015

In their effort to get closer to the original music, VOM uses an original Vivaldi score in their upcoming concerts, and the latest digital tech to film it for audiences online.

Lou Fancher - December 10, 2015

The early music ensemble is asking the audience to sing the chorale of its upcoming performance of J.S. Bach’s Mass in G Minor.

Lou Fancher - December 8, 2015

Urioste, performing Dec. 9-10 with the San Francisco Symphony, talks about the pieces that inspire her and Bikram yoga.