Meditation from Thais, Massenet. Piano See more info… Arthur Mitchell’s Dance Theatre of Harlem used to fight a racist battle…
Larry Campbell
For the final program of the 2003 season, SFB Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson took a gamble in presenting three new…
The way a choreographer responds to music often helps an audience visualize aspects of the music heard only by trained…
The San Francisco Ballet opened its 2003 season with a program that demonstrated its eclectic repertoire and the technical mastery…
The Illustrated Dance Technique of Jose Limon (1999), Daniel D. Lewis What makes a work of art endure? In the…
Swedens Cullberg Ballet was founded in 1967 by Birgit Cullberg, a modern dancer who had studied with, among others, Kurt…
A twentieth anniversary is no mean feat in the contemporary ballet world. Alonzo Kings Lines Ballet is celebrating that significant…
The music from the program is included in these CDs: As the opening attraction of the Cal Performances 2002 season,…
The perishability of humor is on display in The Sid Caesar Collection, a PBS presentation that features seven skits by…
Nearly twenty years ago Michael Smuin, when he was associate artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet, choreographed a ballet…
It seemed like a bad idea: making a ballet out of Dostoyevskys The Brothers Karamazov. The complicated and complex story…
The 1927 musical Strike Up the Band was the first collaboration between the Gershwin brothers, George (music) and Ira (lyrics),…
Bowl (Large) Khokhloma painting on wood is a traditional type of Russian decorative work. When the ornately painted fire curtain…