There are many words whose finer nuances escape exact translation into English, and yet there remains the sense that you can grasp the essence through the lens of experience, stories or analogies. Saudade is translated from the Portuguese variously as nostalgia or bittersweet longing, and David Rouss�ve's thoughtfully constructed dance-theater work 'Saudade' - a co-commission from the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts that opened at the Novellus Theater on Thursday night - attempts to get to the heart of the word with tales that reflect intermingling sadness and joy.
Read more at the SF Chronicle website.
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