Lewis WhittingtonPhiladelphia,
The L.A. Dance Project is on tour and swung into Philadelphia for two performances at the Annenberg Center January 12-13 and even though they didn’t fill the theater, it was obvious from the reception they got they have many new ...
European-style dance theater in San Francisco's MIssion District
Toba SingerSan Francisco,
The CITGO sign that once stood as an iconic place-name in Boston’s Kenmore Square has a soulmate: the imposing ODC sign that lights the intersection at Shotwell and 17th Streets in the otherwise humble neighborhood in San Francisco’s rapidly-gentrifying Mission ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
“Capitalism excels at innovation but fails at maintenance.”
There is something queer about “Sink”, a political purge in heels, a ritualized communal healing, a street-smart shamanic journey. Something remarkable about how its vague threads, three distinct segments, loosely ...
“Was that good for you?” (Premiere)
“Ballistic2” (2010)
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
The year 2017 has been a record one for San Franciscan choreographers and dancers celebrating landmark anniversaries. While some of these anniversary performances can be over- indulgent, others remain true to the creative talent driving their sustained careers. However, few ...
Toba SingerLos Angeles,
In its December 2, two-performance appearance at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Music Center in Los Angeles, the Cuban dance company Malpaso featured “Indomitable Waltz,” a 2016 work set on the company in Cuba by noted choreographer Aszure Barton. It was ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
“In ballet they call it a mistake. In modern we call it improvised.” Brian Brooks
“Some of a Thousand Words” ends where it began. This creative hour-long performance concludes with a segment started five years ago when ...
David E. MorenoBerkeley,
Choreographer Justin Peck’s minimalistic “In Creases” started off this weekend’s Joffrey Ballet performance at Zellerbach Hall with a piano work by Philip Glass, “Four Movements For Two Pianos.” With two pianos facing each other mirror-like, the black pianos dressed ...
Skies Calling Skies Falling (World Premiere)
Site Series (Inside Outside) (Reimagined)
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
“The swirling winds, the fire, and the saved…” Michael Palmer
A Mars-red sun stares at San Franciscans from a sky full of soot. Just miles away from the city another culture is going up in flames. The apocalyptic grey ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
“Alpha Mouse” begins with a funeral formation of sorts with 13 dancers dressed in variations of black attire--men in black sport coats and ties, white shirts, women in black skirts and dresses—uniforms of the sexes. The procession walks in a ...
Karen WeinsteinLos Angeles,
I have never felt that ballet was a very successful medium for telling a story. To convey emotion? It works. For the set up of a situation? Sure. But details that push the story forward become exaggerated pantomime. Therefore, I ...
