David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
The much-anticipated premiere of Jessica Lang Dance in San Francisco arrived bittersweetly. For the Bay Area’s first real glimpse of Lang’s 8-year company it is also our last as the company is set to disband next month. It’s a ...
Piano four hands Shostakovich transcriptions of Stravinsky " Symphony of Psalms " and Shostakovich "Symphony No. 4 "
Michael McDonaghMusicSan Francisco,
Piano reductions of symphonies were a hard sell in the twentieth century and still are in our twenty-first century but that wasn't the case in the nineteenth century when reductions of symphonies ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
“Les Colombes: The Doves” is an inspired 45-foot long aerial sculpture made up of two thousand paper doves by German artist Michael Pendry. The installation that went up ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
A fair test of a company’s salience is how well it dances Harald Lander’s seminal work, “Etudes.” Some of the best companies don’t even make ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
Who captures Mozart in motion better than neoclassical grise eminence choreographer George Balanchine? The lines of dancers from every rank who opened Tuesday night’s Kaleidoscope program with a frothy “Divertimento,” gave their definitive ...
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
“Monet: The Late Years,” an exquisite and enlightening exhibition, presents the evolution of the fabulous French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840-1926) from 1913 to his death. After a lapse in painting brought on by the deaths ...
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureSan Francisco,
An exquisite experience awaits all who see the San Francisco Asian Art Museum’s new exhibit, “Kimono Refashioned,” which examines the influence of the kimono on global fashion from the Victorian era to the 21st ...
Toba SingerDanceSan Francisco,
Diablo Ballet’s pocket-sized troupe of seasoned dancers performed to a full house at what has become its home-base suburban venue, the Del Valle Theater in Walnut Creek. It is cause for ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
“Impact” is Kristin Damrow’s third evening-length work and a world premiere. It uses Brutalist architecture and design as its inspiration and reactive counterpoint. This design influence is instantly recognizable in the clear-cut set by Alice Malia, whose concrete-like structure ...
