All posts tagged "ballet"
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Dance
San Francisco Ballet: The Little Mermaid
April 13, 2024Although described as being more closely aligned with the Andersen tale, this is an exposition more...
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Dance
San Francisco Ballet Announces 2012 Season
April 12, 2024As each ballet season draws to an end, the speculation about the next year's offerings begins....
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Dance
San Francisco Ballet: Six for Two
April 9, 2024Chic, black Sandra Woodall costumes and the predominately white lighting plan by David Finn serve to...
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Dance
5 Questions with San Francisco Ballet Dancer Nicole Ciapponi
April 3, 2024My favorite ballet to work this season (so far) was the William Forsythe The Vertiginous Thrill...
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Dance
Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Swan Lake
March 28, 2024The dual-role of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake is well-known -- probably more now than ever, thanks...
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Dance
A Gala Celebration with San Francisco Ballet
March 24, 2024As usual for these events, Wednesday night’s audience came in their finest duds — men in...
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Dance
Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker
March 16, 2024For sheer production values, though, the San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker remains at the top of the...
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Dance
Dance Review: Alvin Ailey Offers Anointed, The Hunt, Cry and Revelations
March 14, 2024Luckily, Robert Battle needs no anointing. His choreography speaks for itself. In the company premiere of...
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Movies
Movie Review: Black Swan
March 13, 2024Darren Aronofsky’s films (which include Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler) roil with striking, horrific...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet by Jennifer Homans
March 13, 2024Homans' concluding remarks, cogent and powerfully expressed like the rest of Apollo's Angels, are going to...