common ground(s)* The Rite of Spring Zellerbach Hall UC Berkeley Friday, February 16, 2024 8 PM Sunday, February 18, 2024 3 PM École des Sables: dancing the work of Pina Bausch This event was danced by “a specially recruited ensemble”,…
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Sand Francisco Ballet: British Icons
San Francisco Ballet February, 9 & 10, 2024 Opera House San Francisco “British Icons” Artistic Director Tamara Rojo, who was formerly with the English Ballet (and is listed in the program as responsible for “Principal Coaching,” has brought two “British…
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo – Jan 27, 2024
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Cal Performances UCB January 27, 2024. 8 PM Wonderful! Oh wonderful to behold! What a pleasure it is to welcome the “Trocs” back to UC Zellerbach Hall. They (the company) have often appeared at…
SF Ballet – “Mere Mortals”
SF Ballet – “Mere Mortals” Friday, January 26, 2024 SF Opera House Brave New Ballet Tamara Rojo, the new director of San Francisco Ballet, in her new 2023 program booklet remarks, “Greetings” says commenting on “Mere Mortals” …”I truly hope…
Nutcracker 2023
San Francisco Ballet “Nutcracker” December 13, 2023 7 pm War Memorial Opera House San Francisco, CA Happy Holiday! It was delightful to see all the children – dressed up in festive wear- enjoying the opera house and the 2023 production…
Urban Bush Women
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…
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!”…
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: 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…