Stories By Toba Singer
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Blog-Dance
Smuin Ballet and Diablo Ballet: Two Praiseworthy Bay Area Dance Companies
May 11, 2022There are a few privileges that come with the role of dance critic. One that is...
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Blog-Dance
Dance to the Music: National Youth Orchestras of Chile
April 29, 2022My father, Hugo Domínguez, had been Hen’s assistant, and one day they were walking in a...
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Blog-Dance
Claiming Cranko’s Shrewd Choreography: An Interview with Andreza Randisek and Rodrigo Guzmán
April 29, 2022This ballet is so hard! It will never go perfectly no matter how much you rehearse....
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Blog-Theater
Ben Vereen Opens Up About Fame, Addiction and Love
April 25, 2022I love my public, and if I’m walking down the street and someone wants to take...
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Blog-Dance
Bay Area Dancers Perform in a Benefit for Cancer Prevention
April 24, 2022On Wednesday, June 6, thirty-three dancers from or associated with twelve San Francisco Bay Area dance...
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Blog-Dance
Wepa! It’s Aqua Zumba!
April 22, 2022“The way I see it,” says Solano, “is that the endorphins kick in and make you...
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Blog-Dance
Dance USA’s 30th Anniversary Conference
April 15, 2022After having been dragged into an undertow where only conference-ese is spoken, two performance programs featuring...
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Blog-Dance
Body In-Sight: Action Drawings from the Dance Studio at the Museum of Performance and Design, San Francisco
April 9, 2022Aided by mirrors installed in their jewel box set, the gallery audience watched as they performed...
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Blog-Dance
Post:Ballet — Dreams, Seams, and Salience
April 7, 2022What does Post:Ballet mean in terms of classical ballet? Is it a rejection of the classical...
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Dance
Spines, Wines and Dragonflies: Groovin’ in Stern Grove with the San Francisco Ballet
April 5, 2022For me, Frances Chung and Daniel Deivison, as the couple in orange, delivered the most virtuosic...