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 ...
Toba SingerSan Francisco,
An argument favoring bilingual education: When a child whose first language is not yet well-established is placed in a classroom where only English is spoken, the child develops “subtractive bilingualism,” making mastery of both languages difficult. Something along these ...
Joanna G. HarrisBerkeley,
The Ailey Company has visited UC Berkeley every year for over 20 years. This 2017 series has three programs with works by several choreographers relatively new to Ailey’s original group. Among these are Robert Battle (current artistic director of the ...
