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9 Questions with Choreographer Adam Hougland
November 6, 2024Smuin Ballet, as part of its opening program for the 2012–2013 season, is presenting the West...
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Mariinsky Ballet: Swan Lake
November 2, 2024Asked why there were no secondes, the general director gave the curious response that “not everyone...
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Shaping Flamenco: An Afternoon with Cristina Hall
October 30, 2024“The head follows the hand.” Now smiling broadly, she demonstrates slamming the back foot onto the...
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9 Questions with Artistic Director and Choreographer Bruce Steivel
October 29, 2024Being an Artistic Director of two companies an ocean apart is certainly an interesting assignment. I...
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Russell Maliphant’s Afterlight Folds Time Into Space at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
October 26, 2024After a piano intro, a spot opens up a space on the dark stage and in...
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Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet’s Constellation: Ballet in Bright Lights
October 25, 2024Strings of LED lights take the form of square panels, and dancers wear or carry them...
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LEVYDance 10th Anniversary: Who’s in Charge of the Smoke and Mirrors and Where’s the Occasional Music?
October 20, 2024Substantial funds were raised and spent several years ago to improve the performance space at ODC...
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Diablo Ballet’s Swingin’ Holiday
October 18, 2024This small company has bagged a big quotient of ballet artistry thanks to intelligent and sensitive...
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Diablo Ballet’s Newest Member and Comeback Kid, Aaron Orza
October 17, 2024I would say that compared to the what the women face, competition is not so ruthless...
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Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker
October 12, 2024Instead of whipping out a small nutcracker that Drosselmeyer later makes big, the nutcracker should be...