Arts Review
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Robert Moses' Kin poised for 'Helen' S.F. premiere

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Underneath choreographer Robert Moses' urbane, composed exterior, you can almost feel the frothing intellectual energy of a mind alway...

Dance: 26th Annual Izzie Awards presented

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An atmosphere of casual collegiality pervaded the crowded ODC Theater on Monday night as the Bay Area dance world gathered for the 26th An...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

S.F. Ballet Program 6 review: New territory

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I could have used a road map to view Ashley Page's "Guide to Strange Places," which San Francisco Ballet premiered Friday ni...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

S.F. Ballet review: 'Dances' lacks cohesion

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It would be too easy to call Edwaard Liang's "Symphonic Dances" - which had its world premiere on Wednesday night when San F...
Friday, March 16, 2012

ODC/Dance Downtown review: 'Transit' really moves

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Bold lives in motion energized the stage at the opening gala for ODC/Dance's repertory season, which kicked off on Thursday night at t...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

ODC preps for Dance Downtown series at Yerba Buena

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Things are getting a little talky during a rehearsal in the largest of ODC's broad, airy studios on Shotwell Street. Four of the compa...

iFLY SF Bay: Indoor skydiving's safe thrills

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If the kid in you has always dreamed of flying through the air in free fall, but the adult in you hesitates at the idea of jumping from a ...

Ballet Flamenco: Troupe's fresh take on tradition

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"I prefer to say we are blending rather than creating a fusion," declares Carolina Lugo, the vivacious dancer and leader of Ball...

Alvin Ailey review: Cool formality, hot hip-hop

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There may have been changes at the top for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, now under the direction of the affable Robert Battle, b...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Menlowe Ballet's leap of faith with Michael Lowe

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In the airy main studio at the Menlo Park Academy of Dance, costumes and props are stacked neatly in a corner of the studio, and dancers s...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

S.F. Ballet review: 'Romeo & Juliet'

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Whether it's high-flying, sweet romance or gritty sword fights, there is more than a little something for everyone in San Francisco Ba...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Joanna Berman: A balancing act in world of the ballet

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Whether onstage or off, Joanna Berman has always exuded a generous warmth. It was at the San Francisco Ballet where she drew in audiences ...

SoccerTots, HoopsterTots offer free demo classes

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"The soccer ball is smaller, of course," says Laura Adams, director of San Francisco's SoccerTots program, which will host a...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

Batsheva: Subtle start, then full steam ahead

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The Batsheva Dance Company takes a while to get started with "Max" at Yerba Buena Center, but when the piece finally picks up st...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Batsheva dancers bring 'Max,' Gaga skills to YBCA

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Forceful and enormously persuasive - an evening with the Batsheva Dance Company might portend dazzling, explosive zaniness or a visceral p...
Saturday, February 18, 2012

S.F. Ballet review: Love is hell in 'Francesca'

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You have to appreciate a ballet that plonks you down at the mouth of hell right at the outset. San Francisco Ballet choreographer-in-res...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Black History Month Celebration at Habitot

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Even though they might be too young to fully comprehend the significance of Black History Month, it's never too early to introduce lit...

Ballet's candy-colored 'Beaux' plays with imagery

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One might think that "Beaux" is the kind of piece that should not be taken too seriously. And yet, underlying the frolicsome cas...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

'Was It a Dream I Loved': Dancers reimagine 'Faun'

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Faun or fawn, man or woman, human or other - ambiguity is at the heart of Sonsheree Giles' "Was It a Dream I Loved," which t...
Saturday, February 4, 2012

SFB's Onegin--another look

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I have a great time writing dance reviews, but one of my biggest frustrations is having only a few hundred words in which to compress so man...
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Bright Knights Chess Club: free event for SF kids

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When Vincent Ng and his teammates from Balboa High School went to chess competitions back in the late '90s, they noticed there were ve...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Dance Magazine: Madison Keesler On the Rise

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Onstage or off, Madison Keesler has riveting eyes. A bewitching intensity shines from their depths, which are set in a pretty, delicate fa...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

'Onegin' comes to S.F. Ballet

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The words that comes up the most often when talking about John Cranko's sweeping ballet "Onegin" is "life changing."...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Company C Contemporary Ballet review: 10th season

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The emphasis was on the contemporary as the intrepid Company C Contemporary Ballet embarked on its 10th anniversary season Friday night at t...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

Oakland Ballet to delay spring program

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In a cost-cutting move described by its director as "risk avoidance," the Oakland Ballet Company is postponing its spring performa...
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