Works by the great French Impressionist and the post-war American painter he inspired.
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
“Matisse always surprises me…. It’s the restraint coupled with the sensuousness that’s so utterly exceptional.” Richard Diebenkorn
The distinguished artistic career of the prominent postwar California painter Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) began with his unique style of abstract expressionism (ca.1946–1956), ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
Stagers Bart Cook and Maria Calegari return as Balanchine Trust emissaries to transmit the particularities signaling George Balanchine’s momentous break with traditional classical ballet to another generation of dancers. In three works, “Stravinsky Violin Concerto,” “Prodigal Son,” and “Diamonds” ...
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
“Monet: The Early Years” is visually gorgeous and academically significant. Presenting Monet’s work from the early phase of his career (1858-1872) starting when Monet was 18 years old and ending when he turned 32, the show traces the development ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
Sparks flew at Friday evening’s San Francisco Ballet performance of Liam Scarlett’s “Frankentstein.” Unfortunately, they produced more light than heat. By the end of the co-commission with London’s Royal Ballet, quantity turned to quality, and Vitor Luiz’s jolie-laid rendering of ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
Last Work (2015)
Batsheva Dance Company
By Ohad Naharin
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
February 15-17
Produced by S.F. Performances
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dTiq6uwYUo
A girl in a blue silk dress is running. Her long red ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
Whiz-bang choreographer and dancer James Graham just curated his 6th season of “Dance Lovers… duets by couples, crushes, and comrades.” It is his annual Valentine offering that allows husbands and wives, husbands and husbands, wives and wives, and just plane ...
Joanna G. HarrisDanceSan Francisco,
“…reestablish identity and place”
Nancy Karp and her company of six dancers have attempted a complex work, evoking “memory/place” as the title suggests. The three-part piece, accompanied by live music throughout, is complex, moving and often mystifying. Dealing with ...
Emily S. MendelTheaterSan Francisco,
Against the current rage of Islamophobia infecting our nation, the world premiere of "The Thousand Splendid Suns" at ACT's Geary Theater explores the plight of Afghani women.
Based on Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling 2007 novel, this theatrical adaptation by ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
Diablo Ballet presented a program of four works. Two were pas deux excerpts, short in duration. The first of these was from Christopher Wheeldon’s “Mercurial Manoeuvres,” itself a bit of a maneuver within a maneuver, given the eleventh-hour ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
At intermission after Alexei Ratmansky’s “Seven Sonatas,” I overheard a sleekly coiffed and outfitted Gen-Xer turn to her companion and say, “That reminded me of when I was a little girl and had a jewelry box with a ballerina on ...
