David E. MorenoDanceBerkeley,
Company Wang Ramirez leaped across Berkeley Saturday evening with their in-the-buzz style of dance and livewire troupe. Its choreographers, Honji Wang and Sébastien Ramirez have risen to prominence for their unique approach to dance theater and because of their personal and creative relationship that embraces and transcends ...
Lewis WhittingtonTheaterPhiladelphia,
Yes, what better time to brush up on your Shakespeare than these perilous days, as well as all things musical theater with "Something Rotten," now on tour and a strong cast bringing down the house at the Academy of Music in Philly last week. The book by Karey ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
Netta Yerushalmy made a stunning San Francisco debut with an abridged version of her "Paramodernities." This sophisticated six-part series will have its world premiere at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival this August. Three of these parts were presented for the ODC performance, each deconstructing landmark modern dance choreographies: Vaslav ...
Lewis WhittingtonDancePhiladelphia,
Ballets Jazz de Montréal was a huge hit at NextMove at the Prince two years ago, and they were back in February run with an even more impressive concert program. The Feb. 15 opening night was a near full house, on a somber day. Artistic director Louis Robitaille ...
Paula FarmerFilm
As the title would suggest, this is a cold, somewhat hard-to-watch film in which the two main characters are bitter and selfish people. Zhenya and Boris are at the tail end of a vicious divorce, with both determined to hurt each other as much as possible, and leaving their ...
David E. MorenoMusicSan Francisco,
Philip Glass @ 80ish
When “Music With Changing Parts” premiered in New York in1970 it was at once revolutionary, persistent, repetitive, annoying, hypnotic, challenging, and otherworldly. People walked out while others were completely mesmerized. The future had arrived and Philip Glass (then 48) was our cultural time traveler. Tonight’s ...
Toba SingerTheaterSan Francisco,
"Until, Until, Until . . . is a play accompanied by a multi-media video installation. It's an interrogation of the facts and misinformation surrounding the controversy about the famous 1981 televised performance by Broadway actor and dancer Ben Vereen, that was part of the Ronald Reagan inauguration celebration. Playwright and ...
Lewis WhittingtonDance
Mark Morris's ambitious 'Dances' in Philly
Choreographer Mark Morris is the Annenberg's inaugural residence artist and along with a slate of ambitious dance related projects he has initiated this winter, his company The Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble, returned to Philadelphia after a 14-year ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
All three works on this evening's program are locally sourced archived ballets. Those who have seen them in other seasons can reflect on how they stand the test of time and a new call-up of dancers takes on the tasks levied by each, while first timers can gain a feel ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
It is hard to name a work that creates otherworldliness all of one piece as does George Balanchine's sky blue "Serenade." To do justice to the Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky score, dancers must arrive floaty, swift, and punctual, contradictory though those qualities may seem. Assurances that this will happen just keep ...
