Mixed repertory: “Prism” by Helgi Tomasson, “Diving Into the Lilacs” (world premiere) by Yuri Possokhov, and “The Four Temperaments” by George Balanchine. Orchestra conducted by Martin West War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco January 27, 2009 (program continues through February ...
Thanks to Kendra Kimbrough Barnes and Laura E. Ellis, festival diretors, the Bay Area continues to celebrate the annual Black Choreographers Festival. These women, and the talented artists and performers they have gathered, have produced an amazing series of events, ...
Planet Brooks Brain Brooks Moving Company again again Dance Theater Workshop October 7, 2006 If you are still in the doldrums about Pluto being voted out of the galaxy, have I got a new planet for ...
The Lyon Opera Ballet made it convenient for West Coast audiences to sample the works of three of the most prominent choreographers in Europe today, all of them women. Appearing on a Cal Performances engagement at Zellerbach Hall, in Berkeley, ...
The Paul Taylor Dance Company makes a welcome return to the San Francisco Bay Area. Taylor is a showman at heart. The notable characteristics of his dances (high energy, a love of big movements and gestures, a sense of ...
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 ...
