Stories By Geri Jeter
Performing Arts
San Francisco Ballet Offers Raymonda Act III, RAkU and Guide to Strange Places
July 9, 2024In 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
June 29, 2024Today, because of her experience in such an extensive repertory, Berman is in demand as a...
Dance
San Francisco Ballet: It’s in the Programming
June 28, 2024The 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
June 21, 2024From the luscious Santo Loquasto sets and costumes, to the Tchaikovsky musical pastiche, and the brilliant...
Dance
Smuin Ballet Swims in the Blue Ocean of Holiday Fun
June 9, 2024The ballet consists of two parts. The first half, “The Classical Christmas,” is devoted to traditional...
Dance
San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker Continues the Tradition
June 7, 2024OK. 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
June 2, 2024A 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)
June 1, 2024Val 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
May 16, 2024The spotlight for this season opener is the world premiere of Dear Miss Cline by Choreographer-in-Residence...
Blog-Dance
New Kid on the Smuin Ballet Block: Jared Hunt
May 13, 2024It is wonderful to be dancing in an ensemble again. The company is tremendously talented, and...