Production Details

Radio Vision
Radio Vision is a solo by choreographer and performer Helen Wicks. The piece is an ode to the lineage of music composition teacher Nadia Boulanger and the origins of broadcast television 100 years ago. Radio Vision, accompanied by live cello and piano, weaves together notes by the influential Boulanger and her students including the legendary composer Quincy Jones.

Radio Vision uses circus-informed dance to synthesize Wicks’ 2018 conversation with Quincy Jones and ongoing research on her great-grandfather, Joe Gershenson who was Universal’s former Music Supervisor. Gershenson advocated for and hired Jones in his first Hollywood film score in 1964.

Helen Wicks Works
Helen Wicks Works (HWW) combines decades of training in acrobatics, circus, physical theater, contemporary and aerial dance to produce research-driven spellbinding performance for diverse multi-generational audiences. Artistic Director Helen Wicks has been presenting choreography in the Bay Area and abroad since 2014. HWW has been a fiscally sponsored project of Dancers’ Group since 2020. Wicks Works has been commissioned by Bay Area Discovery Museum, Salesforce Tower Top Art, Z Space and has performed original works at Herbst Theater, SF Aerial Arts Festival, Cowell Theater, Fort Mason’s Gateway Pavillion, Project Artaud’s SPACE 124 and more.

Artist Biographies

Helen Wicks
Helen is a San Francisco based choreographer, performing artist, aerialist, and educator. Her training began as a competitive gymnast where she was a member of the US TOPs National Team 2001-2004. She has performed with Zaccho Dance Theatre, Flyaway Productions, and others. Her choreography has been presented at Triskelion Arts, SAFEhouse Arts, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Fort Mason’s Gateway Pavillion, Herbst Theater, ODC and Salesforce Tower. Helen has performed works by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, and Merce Cunningham during her time earning a BA in Dance and a BA in Psychology from Bard College. She is influenced by her time with Deborah Hay and Quincy Jones. Currently, she is the Arts Specialist at The Nueva School where she runs an integrated visual art, dance, and theater program for students Pre-K through 4th grade.