San Francisco Ballet 90th Anniversary Season Program A January 20, 2023 Strange and Wonderful Opening night for SF Ballet’s season brought new works to the Opera House stage. As promised, there were new choreographers and intriguing dimensions to Program One.…
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SF Ballet – Next 90 Festival – Program B
San Francisco Ballet Program B Sunday, January 29, 2023 2 pm Opera House, San Francisco “New Ballets:” some dimensions not yet presented! Program B, for which, alas, this reviewer had to miss opening night, was repeated on Sunday, January 29…
SF Ballet: Nutcracker – December 2022
NUTCRACKER: San Francisco Ballet Choreography by Helgi Tomasson, December 8, 2022 It’s Holiday season and although Helgi Tomasson is no longer Artistic Director of the SF Ballet (he has been succeeded by Tamara Rojo), his production of “Nutcracker” is on…
Miami City Ballet – JEWELS
Miami City Ballet September 23, 2022 Zellerbach Auditorium Cal Performances UC Berkeley JEWELS “Jewels” is a ballet by George Balanchine, the famous choreographer and director of the New York City Ballet. The tradition is that he was inspired by a…
Amy Seiwert: “Sketch 12”
Cowell Theater, Fort Mason: San Francisco July 16, 2022 7:30 PM Three works were presented in the “Imagery” evening, First was Seiwert’s “Tides” with music by Ezio Boss. Seiwert’s notes tell us “..after 12 years of experimenting, the unexpected can…
San Francisco Ballet Program 6
SF Ballet Program 6 April 6, 2022 7:30 PM San Francisco Opera House Tributes to Tomasson Program 6, the next to last for the 2022 season and the final for director Helgi Tomasson, was primarily dedicated to him, presenting a…
San Francisco Ballet Program 5
Program 5: “The Fifth Season” “Harmony” “Magrittomania” Saturday, April 2, 2022 San Francisco Opera House A DELIGHTFUL EVENT! Program 5 of this season, celebrating the departure of director Helgi Tomasson, brought delightful levels of performance and choreography to the Opera…
Ailey Dance
Ailey Dance UC Cal Performances March 30-April 2, 2022 50 Years of Ailey: Now Battle Program A: Robert Battle 10th Anniversary Program Since 1968 Cal Performances has proudly presented the Ailey Dance Company. Now under the direction of Robert Battle,…
Dancing Moons Festival, Oakland Ballet
Dancing Moons Festival Oakland Ballet Oakland Asian Cultural Center March 24-26, 2002 A Graceful Event Graham Lustig, Artistic Director of the Oakland Ballet, has made the company an integral part of the community by reaching out and bringing its components…
Joffrey Ballet 3/4/22
Joffrey Ballet Friday, March 4, 2022 8 PM Cal Performances: Zellerbach Auditorium Celebration! to Excess Jeremy Geffen, Director of Cal Performances welcomed the “masked” audience with the joyful news that the Joffrey Ballet had returned to the campus after two…