Tag: Reviews

Smuin Dance Series 1 Lesher Center for the Arts Walnut Creek, CA February 19, 2022 2 pm All the beautiful girls and boys… The program for the Smuin Dance Series 1 was delightful. It consisted of three works, two by…

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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Cal Performances February 5, 2022 Zellerbach Auditorium UC Berkeley Superb Entertainment What a wonderful gift the “Trocs” brought to Berkeley this weekend. The company was able to dispel the “pandemic” gloom, brighten our evening,…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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