California Literary Review

Geri Jeter

Former dancer, Geri Jeter, has been editing and writing for over fifteen years, writing on dance, food, music, NASCAR, technical theater, and Italian-American culture. For the past five years, she was the dance critic for the Las Vegas Weekly; in 2007 Nevada Ballet Theatre presented her with the Above and Beyond award. Now living in San Francisco, Geri is excited about covering the entire scope of West Coast dance. You can read more of her dance writing at her blog Dance Blitz (www.dance-blitz.com) and follow her Las Vegas and San Francisco restaurant reviews at DishKebab (www.dishkebab.com).

Stories By Geri Jeter

Blog-Dance

5 Questions with Choreographer Val Caniparoli (Part 2)

By Geri JeterSeptember 30, 2021

It's always good to try and schedule time when the company is performing, as you get...
Dance

San Francisco Ballet Offers Raymonda Act III, RAkU and Guide to Strange Places

By Geri JeterSeptember 19, 2021

In a season peppered with contemporary world premieres and dramatic works, it is easy to forget...
Blog-Dance

7 Questions with San Francisco Favorite Joanna Berman

By Geri JeterSeptember 9, 2021

Today, because of her experience in such an extensive repertory, Berman is in demand as a...
Dance

San Francisco Ballet: It’s in the Programming

By Geri JeterSeptember 7, 2021

The world premiere of Mark Morris’s Beaux, set to Martinu's Concerto for Harpsichord (1935), is a...
Dance

San Francisco Ballet’s Dazzling Onegin Opens the 2012 Season

By Geri JeterAugust 30, 2021

From the luscious Santo Loquasto sets and costumes, to the Tchaikovsky musical pastiche, and the brilliant...
Blog-Dance

Smuin Ballet Swims in the Blue Ocean of Holiday Fun

By Geri JeterAugust 18, 2021

The ballet consists of two parts. The first half, “The Classical Christmas,” is devoted to traditional...
Dance

San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker Continues the Tradition

By Geri JeterAugust 16, 2021

OK. I’ll admit it. I’m a total sap for Nutcracker. You’d think after all the years...
Blog-Dance

Diablo Ballet & the White Cat Syndrome

By Geri JeterAugust 11, 2021

A great thing about living in the Bay Area is that the local dance world is...
Blog-Dance

5 Questions with Choreographer, Val Caniparoli (Part 1)

By Geri JeterAugust 9, 2021

Val Caniparoli is a busy guy these days. In San Francisco alone, he is rehearsing Smuin...
Blog-Dance

Smuin Ballet Kicks Off Its 2011-2012 Season

By Geri JeterJuly 21, 2021

The spotlight for this season opener is the world premiere of Dear Miss Cline by Choreographer-in-Residence...