When making your December plans, you might want to make the time to check the upcoming performance “Catherine Galasso: Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice” presented with the support of the Zellerbach Family Foundation, and the San Francisco Film Society at the SOMArts Cultural Center.

Taking place December 12-13, Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice is a multimedia dance, theater and projected video program comprised of two performances created by choreographer, dancer and video artist Catherine Galasso. She combines the ephemeral qualities of performance with the illusive permanence of film and video in order to create cutting-edge and provocative narratives.

Her first piece, Simmer, a solo dance performance by Galasso, is a homage to Galasso’s father, composer Michael Galasso. Michael Galasso composed scores for several high profile plays and films, garnered a César for Best Original Score for the highly celebrated film Seraphine, and have appeared in many venues including the Guggenheim museums of New York and Bilbao. Michael Galasso passed away in 2009. The second piece, Lightning Never Strikes the Same Place Twice is a critical, virtual journey through the psyche of Roy Sullivan—the real-life person who purportedly holds the world record for being struck by lightning: seven times. The work, featuring choreography by Galasso for four dancers, covers Sullivan’s many tribulations through elliptical narrative, humor and movement.

Enjoy!

For tickets and more program information, visit sffs.org <http://www.sffs.org/content.aspx?catid=8,38,271&pageid=1408>