Author: Joanna G. Harris

San Francisco Ballet – Program 1

San Francisco Ballet: Program 1 Tuesday, February 1, 2022 TRIO (Tomasson: Tchaikovsky) MRS ROBINSON (World Premiere) (Marston: Davies) SYMPHONY IN C (Balanchine: Bizet) An Elegant Sufficiency. SF Ballet’s opening program on February 1, 2022 (the last season under the directorship…

San Francisco Ballet – Program 2

San Francisco Ballet: Program 2 January 3, 2022 War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco “Caprice” (Tomasson): “In the Night” (Robbins): “Blake Works” (Forsythe) Moving Right Along… The history of ballet, as we know it, goes back at least five centuries.…

Oakland Ballet’s NUTCRACKER

NUTCRACKER Oakland Ballet: Graham Lustig, Director Saturday, December 18, 2021 Paramount Theater, Oakland Oakland Ballet’s NUTCRACKER: Charming/Delightful Oakland’s Paramount Theater was allmost full with the enthusiastic audience that supports the Ballet’s performances. The event is dedicated and cast with all…

Mark Morris. Cal Performances, 12/17/21

Mark Morris Dance Group Cal Performances. Friday, December 17, 2021 8 PM Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley Holiday Hurrah! The Mark Morris Dance Group returned to UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall during the weekend of December 17-19, 2021. In other years Morris…

SFBallet: Nutcracker, 2021

San Francisco Ballet: NUTCRACKER Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director December 10, 2021 San Francisco Opera House A Joyous Christmas Present Helgi Tomasson has been artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet for thirty-seven years. The coming 2022 season celebrates his retirement…

InkBoat

“Ink Boat” “These Are the Ones We Fell Among” Nov. 7, 2021 4 pm ODC Theater. San Francisco Existential Event “Existentialism: concerned with existence, especially human existence as viewed in the theories of existentialism.” Program notes tell us: “These Are…

Ballet Hispanico 11/6/2021

Cal Performances, “Ballet Hispanico” Saturday, November 6, 2021 8 PM Zellerbach Auditorium Berkeley, CA Style and Performances “Ballet Hispanico” made its first performance at Zellerbach Auditorium on Saturday eve, November 6, 2021. Although the company is fifty years old (so…

ARTS MEDALLION: Helgi Tomasson, Honoree

2021 San Francisco ARTS MEDALLION: Helgi Tomasson, Honoree Bravo! Helgi! Bravo! Jim and Cecilia Herbert, Honorary Co-Chairs! Bravo! Pattie Lawton and Ken Fulk, Event Co-Chairs and the Honorary Committee and Event Committee. Bravo! to the Museum of Performance & Design…

Pilobolus

Pilobolus Cal Performances. October 22, 2021 Zellerbach Auditorium “Big Five-Off” (West Coast Premiere) Jeffry Geffen, Director of Cal Performances, welcomed the large audience on the evening of Pilobulus’ second show at Zellerbach Auditorium. The ‘house’ had been closed, he remarked,…

The Healer

Review:”The Healer” Co-presented by RAWdance and ODC Theater Choreography: Katrina Wong with the performers Performance. Michaela Cruze, Juliann Witt, Katerina Wong, Stacy Yuen Cinematography: Jenny Chu: Editing: Loren R. Robertson: Original Score: Daniel Berkman: Scenic Design:Chad Owens: Lighting: Del Medoff…