Tag: Review

Smuin 30

Smuin 30 Feb. 29, 2024 7:30. pm Yerba Buena Center San Francisco,CA Ballet as ‘show-biz’ Michael Smuin was founder of his company and director for thirteen years. Now the company is still going strong after 30 years, says Celia Fuschille,…

The Rite of Spring

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”,…

San 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…

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…

What were they thinking????

The alcoholic beverage of choice here is gin. Our local Costco consistently carries only a few brands, the Kirkland brand, Tanqueray, Bombay Sapphire, Hendricks. At random intervals some other brands will make a brief, cameo appearance, and then disappear forever.…

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…