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…
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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.…
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…
CounterPulse
CounterPulse 80 Turk St. San Francisco, CA New works by Jim Cave, Nol Simonse and Christy Funsch September 8-10, 2022 What (and how) does an audience see, learn, accept, know, question … enjoy? Two performance events marked the events at…
Amy Seiwert: “Sketch 12”
Cowell Theater, Fort Mason: San Francisco July 16, 2022 7:30 PM Three works were presented in the “Imagery” evening, First was Seiwert’s “Tides” with music by Ezio Boss. Seiwert’s notes tell us “..after 12 years of experimenting, the unexpected can…