This decade-old production, made fresh by its cast, still shows off its elegant costumes and glittering scenic design.
Suzanne WeissSan Francisco,
It’s the holidays. It’s “The Nutcracker.” So what else is new?
Actually, quite a lot, depending on whose eyes you are looking through. In a long career of reviewing, this critic has seen more “Nutcrackers” than you can shake ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
For 20 years public radio maverick Ira Glass has been the snug talking nasal pitched storyteller of “This American Life.” Of the hundreds of stories he has broadcast and produced each one features someone telling their personal and very human ...
Toba SingerSan Francisco,
Erasing Time
Sara Shelton Mann
Yerba Buena Center For the Arts Forum
Fri. Dec. 4, 2015
Ticket info. $30 at door, $25 in advance YBCA members $20, Senior, ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
When Akram Khan first presented “Kassh” in 2002 it was his first go at a full-length work and one that helped canonize his choreographic style that fuses contemporary dance with classical Indian Kathak dance. To help hit his mark, he ...
Toba SingerCA,
The steady hand of Lauren Jonas continues to reseed Diablo Ballet with novel works, interpreted by dancers new to its ranks. As its 23rdnd season approaches, the company continues to grow in every direction, apparent in its “Swingin’ Holiday and ...
Toba SingerSan Francisco,
According to Lines Ballet’s current program at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the propelled heart locates a voice for the body in motion. Artistic Director Alonzo King is famous ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
“Simply put Preludes and Fugues is the world as it ought to be, Yowzie as it is. The Fanfares celebrate both.”--Twyla Tharp, 2015
Twyla Tharp's much anticipated 50th Anniversary Tour opened at Zellerbach Hall this ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
“Golden in time, cities under the sand. Power, ideas, and beauty fading in everyone’s hand…” Joni Mitchell
A stream of sand falls from heaven like smoke descending to earth. It continuously cascades in ...
St. Petersburg's renowned company stars in Alexei Ratmansky's updated production, played by an orchestra worthy of Prokofiev's score.
Suzanne WeissSan Francisco,
You know the drill. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, girl loses slipper, boy finds girl and she gets, not only a husband, but a complete pair of shoes.
Everybody’s favorite fairy tale came to graceful and exuberant life ...
Joanna G. HarrisSan Francisco,
Ernest Delight
Under the direction of Laura Elaine Ellis and Kendra Kimbrough Barnes, the Black Choreographers Festival has been mentoring, training and presenting black choreographers since 2005. This most ...
