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 ...
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
Yes, there was an actual person named Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) from whence the epithet originated. The Venetian libertine and adventurer, author of his "Histoire de ma vie," a gaudy and glamorous 12-volume account of his sexual adventures in the ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
“Closer” (2009)
“Hearts & Arrows” Film (2014)
“Sarabande” (2009)
Benjamin Milliepied's, L.A. Dance Project not only made its San Francisco debut this week, but also launched the Bay Area's new Pivot performance series that promises "innovative, creativity and ...
Michael McDonaghMusicSan Francisco,
The Austro-Hungarian empire may have died long ago but its musical products are still alive and kicking. Vide the San Francisco Symphony and its outgoing music director Michael Tilson Thomas pairing Mozart -- born Salzburg; Beethoven -- born Bonn; Richard ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
The boisterous opening to the Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty overture can invite slices of a dancer's life to flash before one's eyes. For at least three generations, elements of this score have been the mainstay accompaniment to many a dance student's ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
Having followed Australian-born Danielle Rowe's ballet career since she was a principal dancer with Houston Ballet, and then having seen her perform with Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague, then again in British choreographer Christopher Bruce's "Intimate Pages," in a ...
Renata PoltFilmSan Francisco,
By now, Bay Area folks might be feeling the urge for a film festival: the San Francisco International fest doesn't come till April, and for the Silent Film Festival and Jewish Film Festival--to name just a few of our area's ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
“San Francisco Ballet will be the epicenter of world ballet!” Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson predicted in announcing “Unbound,” a festival of new works from Apr. 20-May 5, to celebrate the 85th anniversary of this, the oldest ballet company in the ...
European-style dance theater in San Francisco's MIssion District
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
The CITGO sign that once stood as an iconic place-name in Boston’s Kenmore Square has a soulmate: the imposing ODC sign that lights the intersection at Shotwell and 17th Streets in the otherwise humble neighborhood in San Francisco’s rapidly-gentrifying Mission ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
“Capitalism excels at innovation but fails at maintenance.”
There is something queer about “Sink”, a political purge in heels, a ritualized communal healing, a street-smart shamanic journey. Something remarkable about how its vague threads, three distinct segments, loosely ...
