Urban Bush Women Cal Performances Dec. 1, 2023 8 pm Zellerbach Playhouse “Hair & Other Stories” Performance as Protest/Participation The Urban Bush Women are an outstanding group who can lecture, sing, act and dance. They are collaborators, with Mame Diaarra…
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NYC Ballet – Balanchine – Oct 12,13, 2023
New York City Ballet Lincoln Center, Koch Auditorium October 12, 13, 2023 7:30 PM Celebration! History, Nostalgia, Performance Memories The three works on this Thursday program date from early times in the development of the NYC Ballet. For the 75th…
Wolf Play
Wolf Play Shotgun Theater Berkeley, CA Opening Night September 9, 2023 In a theater seminar at UC Berkeley a professor asked, after the class had read a play, “What is the play about?” Students began to cite the plot. “No!”…
The Triumph of Love
Shotgun Players Berkeley, CA “The Triumph of Love” March 25, 2023. Preview “Love” withstands the test of time… …in the theater with Shotgun’s delightful cast and Patrick Dooley’s direction. Shotgun has remade a 300 year old “commedia” play into a…
Oakland Ballet March 17, 2023
“Dancing Moons Festival” Oakland Ballet Oakland Asian Cultural Center March 17, 2023 7:30 pm Many Events of Diverse Design The Oakland Ballet, under the direction of Graham Lustig, has reached into the Oakland community in many ways, staging dances from…
SF Ballet – Colorforms
San Francisco Ballet: “The Colors of Dance” Opera House: San Francisco Tuesday, March 14, 2023 The ongoing season of the San Francisco Ballet under the direction of Tamara Rojo continues to delight audiences with dearly reconstructed works and new ballets.…
SF Ballet – Next 90 Festival – Program A
San Francisco Ballet 90th Anniversary Season Program A January 20, 2023 Strange and Wonderful Opening night for SF Ballet’s season brought new works to the Opera House stage. As promised, there were new choreographers and intriguing dimensions to Program One.…
Water in the Kettle
“Water in the Kettle” February 3, 2023 Rhythmic Cultural Works, Alameda, CA Evie Ladin, Artistic Director of “Water in the Kettle”, tells us in a program note that the production was 5 years in the making. The MoToR group started…
SF Ballet – Next 90 Festival – Program B
San Francisco Ballet Program B Sunday, January 29, 2023 2 pm Opera House, San Francisco “New Ballets:” some dimensions not yet presented! Program B, for which, alas, this reviewer had to miss opening night, was repeated on Sunday, January 29…
SF Ballet – Next 90 Festival – Program C
San Francisco Ballet: Next 90 Festival Program C Wednesday, January 25, 2023 San Francisco Opera House 7:30 PM Technique vs. Drama: Which is the dominant force? The Next 90 Festival at this season’s opening events brings never seen choreographers as…