Mixed repertory: “Naked” by Stanton Welch, “Ibsen’s House” by Val Caniparoli, and “In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated” by William Forsythe Orchestra conducted by Gary Sheldon War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Opening night, January 29, 2009 (program continues, with alternating ...
Cosmic Form of Dancing Shiva Water Color on Tussar Silk from Exotic India Before there was Swan Lake or Sleeping Beauty there was Giselle. The durable old dame ...
Smuin Ballets/SF opened its seventh season with two hits and a near miss. Revivals of two of Michael Smuin’s finest ballets, the stunning “Medea” and “Carmina Burana,” framed a somewhat disappointing centerpiece, the world premiere of “Sapphire Rain.” ...
The Undead Can Dance Houston Ballet September 23, 2006 Wortham Center, Houston, TX Blood, ballet, fangs, and fun. Who knew they would make a suck-u-lent combo? The folks at Houston Ballet did, who launched into ...
It’s been pretty warm so far this fall, thankfully. But Inbal Pinto Dance Company’s Shaker, at the Joyce, might put you in the mood for a cold snap with a winter wonderland of a set, based on the concept of ...
Over just a few decades, Mark Morris has choreographed over 100 works both for his own company, the Mark Morris Dance Group, and for other major companies such as the San Francisco Ballet and American Ballet Theater. In doing so, ...
Compagnie Tchétché is a contemporary dance company from Abidjan, Ivory Coast founded by Béatrice Kombé in 1997 to “show that woman is not the weaker gender.” Appearing in San Francisco in 2006 with a four-woman company and the piece Dimi ...
The first program of the new San Francisco Ballet season really takes the cake. Not chocolate or vanilla but Hans van Manen’s Black Cake, a richly layered confection that premiered in 1989 with the choreographer’s home company, the Nederlands ...
Lin Hwai-min has created a dance company in Taiwan that is almost shockingly esoteric. Much more stripped-down and anti-narrative than many cultural imports from Asia, his Cloud Gate Dance Theatre doesn’t so much turn its back on Chinese Opera, for ...
"It’s like a truffle," I enthused to The Beautiful Companion at intermission of the Mark Morris Dance Group performance in Zellerbach Hall, "You bite into the truffle and you get the flavor and texture of the rich chocolate ...
