San Francisco Ballet Weds. January 29, 2025 7:30 PM War Memorial Opera House SF “Magnificent, memorable…but “too much” The San Francisco Ballet, opened its 2025 season with British choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s “Manon.” First produced in 1974 at the Royal…
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SF Ballet Nutcracker 2024
San Francisco Ballet NUTCRACKER Saturday, December 7, 2024/7 PM An old favorite/a new delight! I first saw Nutcracker at the old NY Metropolitan Opera House. Like so many children attending this annual ballet ‘celebration’, I hardly saw nor could remember…
Step Afrika!
Step Afrika! Saturday, November 2, 2024 8 PM UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall Step Africa! “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence” The performance of “Step Africa!” was preceded by a dynamic, important discussion held at the upstairs lobby of Zellerbach Hall.…
Mummenschanz
Mummenschanz Saturday, October 26, 2024 8 PM Cal Performances: UC Berkeley Without Words! Delightful! Mummenschanz celebrated it’s 50th anniversary of performances with three events at the Zellerbach Auditorium on the UC Campus. In this day and age of endless talk…
SLAM!
SLAM! Zellerbach Hall: UC Berkeley: October 5, 2024 8 pm FLIPFABRIQUE AND EXMACHINA: Robert Lepage This extraordinary Canadian group brings us acrobatic and physical skills I have never seen elsewhere, except perhaps, in the old circus days when clowns and…
Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi
Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi Cal Performances Friday September 27, 2024 8pm Zellerbach Hall UC Berkeley Simply Beautiful! The opera Harawi has many unusual aspects; many were discussed in a varied and complex discussion by scholars before the performance. Yet, no matter…
ODC Summer Dance Festival
ODC Summer Dance Festival Sunday, August 18, 2024 Matinee Two Dance Events: Different Perspectives In my long history of attending dance events, I have pleasant memories of receiving a paper program, learning something about the event and waiting, well-informed, for…
Alonzo King Lines Ballet & Peter Sellars
Alonzo King Lines Ballet & Peter Sellars – THE CONCERT June 7, 2024 7;30 PM San Francisco Symphony Hall Yes…but: Staging and Music Lack Correspondence The directors listed above, King and Sellars are both noted for their talents and many…
Smuin Contemporary Ballet
Smuin Contemporary Ballet Dance Series 2 Friday, May 10, 2024 Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco Amy Seiwert has now become the Artistic Director of the Smuin Ballet, succeeding Cecelia Fushille. Both welcomed the audience to the 24/25 season of the…
Mark Morris – Via Dolorosa, Socrates
Mark Morris Dance Group Cal Performances Zellerbach Hall April 19, 2024 “Via Dolorosa”(2024 World Premiere) Mark Morris has, for many years now, brought his dance company to Cal Performances every year. Audiences have delighted in the complexity of the technical…