“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…
Author: Joanna G. Harris
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…
SF Ballet: Nutcracker – December 2022
NUTCRACKER: San Francisco Ballet Choreography by Helgi Tomasson, December 8, 2022 It’s Holiday season and although Helgi Tomasson is no longer Artistic Director of the SF Ballet (he has been succeeded by Tamara Rojo), his production of “Nutcracker” is on…
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Shotgun Players: Ashby Stage. Berkeley, CA From November 12, 2022-January, 2023 Amazing Event! Have you tried reading “War and Peace” and can’t remember when? Did you read the first 100 pages and…
The Farallonites
The Farallonites Dana Lawton Dancers September 16-28, 2022 Cowell Theater,Fort Mason Center, SF A Dance/Drama for California Dana Lawton and her company have brought a valuable and exciting dimension of dance/theater to Bay Area audiences. “The Farallonites” is not only…
Miami City Ballet – JEWELS
Miami City Ballet September 23, 2022 Zellerbach Auditorium Cal Performances UC Berkeley JEWELS “Jewels” is a ballet by George Balanchine, the famous choreographer and director of the New York City Ballet. The tradition is that he was inspired by a…