Toba SingerSan Francisco,
The 2015 San Francisco Ballet Gala marks the 30th anniversary of Helgi Tomasson’s tenure as Artistic Director. All three events of the evening, the pre-performance dinner, performance and after-party, were sold-out weeks in advance, and the event, which rallied members ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
Kyle Abraham ("The Serpent and the Smoke") 2013
Joshua Beamish ("Conditional Sentences") 2015 World Premiere
Brian Brooks ("First Fall") 2012
Alejandro Cerrudo ("Ego et Tu") 2013
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David E. MorenoCA,
Alonzo King’s "Lines Ballet" could easily be called the "Limbs Ballet" as many of the gangly dancers sport excessively sinewy arms and legs, including hands that seem to extend beyond their fingertips. To this natural fluidity, grace, strength, and at ...
Susan YungNew York,
Mikhailovsky Ballet in Flames of Paris. Photo: Costas
Ronald Brown's Evidence: A Dance Company, from Brooklyn, and the Mikhailovsky Ballet, from St. Petersburg, Russia, couldn't be more different. Or ...
Michael Wade SimpsonNew York,
French choreographer/artist Xavier LeRoy has staged his “Retrospective” in Singapore, Paris, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro and Hamburg before arriving at PS1 MoMA in Long Island City for a two-month run ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
Mago
In Three Parts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb6K9ZUMQAA
Mago: as work in progress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl7X932-o2k
“I had a dream.
There was a woman who ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
The pre-curtain audience at the Yerba Buena Center For The Arts was especially boisterous Thursday evening. This was in part because the legendary Israeli dance company, Batsheva, had returned to San Francisco for its fourth season, and because this performance ...
Continuing its West Coast tour, the Australian Ballet brings this retooled classic to Berkeley, with choreography that is pleasing if not spectacular.
Suzanne WeissSan Francisco,
Who says you can’t teach an old bird new tricks? Certainly not choreographer Graeme Murphy, who has taken the venerable “Swan Lake” and stood it on its head. The result is a gorgeous, sophisticated dance-fable that will satisfy all but ...
Modernists should find much to enjoy in this updated variation of the oft-performed classic.
Karen WeinsteinLos Angeles,
Maybe you are one of those folks who looked at the advertisements for the Australian Ballet's "Swan Lake" and said, "I don't need to see another 'Swan Lake' by a company I've never even heard of ... why I've even ...
An exciting new partnership with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Michael Wade SimpsonSanta Fe,
Juan Siddi Flamenco won a kind of unofficial genius grant this year. After six years dancing six nights a week at a Santa Fe tablao during high season, he and his company were acquired, basically, by Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. ...
