All posts tagged "ballet"
Dance
San Francisco Ballet: The Little Mermaid
August 6, 2025Although described as being more closely aligned with the Andersen tale, this is an exposition more...
Dance
San Francisco Ballet Announces 2012 Season
August 3, 2025As each ballet season draws to an end, the speculation about the next year's offerings begins....
Performing Arts
San Francisco Ballet: Six for Two
August 1, 2025Chic, black Sandra Woodall costumes and the predominately white lighting plan by David Finn serve to...
Blog-Dance
5 Questions with San Francisco Ballet Dancer Nicole Ciapponi
July 23, 2025My favorite ballet to work this season (so far) was the William Forsythe The Vertiginous Thrill...
Dance
Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Swan Lake
July 17, 2025The dual-role of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake is well-known -- probably more now than ever, thanks...
Blog-Dance
A Gala Celebration with San Francisco Ballet
July 13, 2025As usual for these events, Wednesday night’s audience came in their finest duds — men in...
Dance
Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker
July 3, 2025For sheer production values, though, the San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker remains at the top of the...
Dance
Dance Review: Alvin Ailey Offers Anointed, The Hunt, Cry and Revelations
July 1, 2025Luckily, Robert Battle needs no anointing. His choreography speaks for itself. In the company premiere of...
Movies
Movie Review: Black Swan
July 1, 2025Darren Aronofsky’s films (which include Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler) roil with striking, horrific...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet by Jennifer Homans
June 29, 2025Homans' concluding remarks, cogent and powerfully expressed like the rest of Apollo's Angels, are going to...
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