Event

Fire Arts Festival

The Crucible’s 9th Fire Arts Festival, a spectacular open-air exhibition of astounding performances, fire sculpture and interactive art, will light up the sky each evening from 8 PM to midnight at The Crucible's NEW Fire Arts Arena in the freeway canyon lands of West Oakland. Tickets for this must-see event are now on sale.

The Fire Arts Festival is a blazing nexus of science, engineering and art, with amazing installations and gigantic sculptures by prominent artists such as:
• Michael Christian’s Elevation • Rebecca Anders’ Fishbug • Matisse Enzer’s Flamethrower Shooting Gallery
• Mark Perez with Mousetrap • Alan Rorie’s Neuron Chamber • Christian Ristow’s Hand of Man • And many more.

This year’s featured musical performance will be the world premiere of Dan Cantrell’s The Rootabaga Opera, performed nightly at 9:00 as the Arena comes alive with fire. Based on Carl Sandburg’s Rootabaga Stories, the work incorporates dance, theater, puppetry, and (of course) fire.


In addition, appearing on the stage each evening will be a variety of performances to awe and amaze; from circus arts and fire performers to hip-hop dance and eclectic music




Company/Organization: The Crucible
The NEW Fire Arts Arena, 2020 Engineer Road, Oakland, CA, CA
United States

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 thru Saturday, July 18, 2009
8:00pm - 12:00pm
http://www.thecrucible.org/community