David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
You will have to make a choice. There should be no dilly-dallying, told the audience Kyle Abraham at the beginning of his premiere, “Dearest Home.” You should either watch his new work with the headsets and ...
Prize-winning dancer and San Francisco's only Gaga instructor.
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
James Graham is a dancer/performer/choreographer/teacher and a consistently rising star in the Bay Area’s dance community. He received an Izzie (Isadora Duncan Award) for Outstanding Achievement in Performance as an Individual for an "Entire Season" (2013-2014) This was the same ...
David E. MorenoBerkeley,
“Bach Dances” was a package neatly tied together by several factors. First, by the predictability and vibrancy of J.S. Bach, second, by the classic modern dance style of its choreographer and artistic director, Pascal Rioult. This style of modern dance ...
Lewis WhittingtonPhiladelphia,
BalletX’s Spring Series currently in an extended run at the Wilma Theater, comprised of three distinctly different ballets that are exemplar of the company’s versatility - from the broad dance comedy of choreographer Cayetano Soto to Tommie-Waheed Evans’ meditative dance ...
Toba SingerSan Francisco,
Christopher Wheeldon’s co-production with Dutch National Ballet of “Cinderella” is dance theater, conceived of in that genre’s finest tradition, but by no means limited by it. A marvelous scenic design team headed by costume and set designer Julian Crouch, ...
Joanna G. HarrisSan Francisco,
Dancers often collaborate with musicians as composers, accompanists and performers. We have seen many dances accompanied by pianists onstage, and sometimes small chamber groups. But Jaroslow/Mezzacappa’s “Touch Bass” brings three bass instruments together with three ...
Joanna G. HarrisSan Francisco,
“Everything is new and used..”
The above is a phrase Gordon uses to describe his fifty year adventure to remember, refresh, recall and present his efforts, ‘to mystify the relationship between an artist’s life and work.” “Live Archiveography” ...
Helgi Tomasson “Trio”
Myles Thatcher “Ghost in the Machine”
Christopher Wheeldon “In the Golden Hour”
Toba SingerSan Francisco,
Helgi Tomasson created “Trio” in 2011. It proceeds from a sixth sense of what Tchaikovsky’s piece “Souvenir” proposed about the shape of a dance work. Tomasson abandoned the notion of a continuous motif in favor of three different ones. ...
San Francisco Ballet's full cargo of earth, wind and fire.
Toba SingerSan Francisco,
“It’s complicated,” Prince Siegfried (Joseph Walsh) might be inclined to confess, if asked to sum up his erotic inclinations. He celebrates his birthday while sharing a carousing bromance with his tutor, Wolfgang (Val Caniparoli), and appeasing his meddling Queen Mother ...
David E. MorenoSan Francisco,
Choreographer Kate Weare’s “Giant” kicked off program one of a two-week run at YBCA called “Dance Downtown.” Her smart staging and choreography was handsomely matched by the lighting and scenic design of Matthew Antaky and by ...
