Ballet To The People
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No suffering for your art No despotic teachers No evil, manipulative stage mothers No tutus oozing blood No battered feet No Coke-and-cigarettes diets No one sitting on your shoulders to force your split No descents into madness as you struggle to wring out one more fouetté turn Just a safe and well-lit place to unravel the mysteries of ballet and play with the building blocks of technique A place where dancers come in all shapes and sizes A place where it is okay to fail repeatedly in the process of mastery A slightly dangerous place where around the next corner may lie unfamiliar and entertaining challenges, both physical and mental A place that you walk out of feeling a little taller, a little lighter on your feet, very centered, and a little closer to possessing that mysterious power that turns maidens into swans and nutcrackers into princes
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Silicon Valley Ballet bows out, abruptly
March 9, 2016
blog
Beyond Fat and Thin, Short and Tall
March 5, 2016
feature
Septime at Large
March 1, 2016
review
The Spiritual Highs of the Black Choreographers Festival
February 26, 2016
review
Minus 16
is a Plus in Silicon Valley Ballet’s mixed bill
February 20, 2016
review
Embodying the Sacred: Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century
February 16, 2016
blog
How Not to Behave at the Ballet
February 1, 2016
review
The utmost beauty of Wayne McGregor’s
Atomos
January 16, 2016
review
Indian Summer in Manhattan
January 12, 2016
blog
Can We Kiss those
Fouettés
Goodbye?
December 21, 2015
review
Luck Be A Lady:
Guys and Dolls
at the Savoy
December 16, 2015
review
Jess Curtis’ Gravity Elevates at Gray Area
December 15, 2015
review
Sleeping Beauty
: Matthew Bourne brings back love
December 10, 2015
feature
The quantum physics of
Libertango
November 29, 2015
feature
Vital signs: Is contemporary dance alive and kicking in San Francisco?
November 28, 2015
review
Ready, aim, misfire:
It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
November 27, 2015
feature
The Gift of Grace: Bay Area Holiday Dance (2015 edition)
November 17, 2015
review
Swan Lake
and a Balanchine Pairing At New York City Ballet
November 16, 2015
review
DTSF explores the (mostly bleak) human condition
November 10, 2015
review
A sophisticated, sumptuous
Pinocchio
from Hong Kong Ballet
October 28, 2015
review
So you think you know how
The Nutcracker
came to America
October 24, 2015
review
28 Chinese
face off against
The Trojans
October 20, 2015
review
Tharp, Sharp and Dull
October 19, 2015
review
Mariinsky Dancers Redeem Patchy
Cinderella
October 6, 2015
feature
Beyond the Lashes: The Trockaderos’ Matthew Poppe
July 6, 2015
review
It’s a Helluva Town
June 30, 2015
review
Othello
Slaughtered by Composer
June 13, 2015
review
A Classy 50th Birthday Bash for Oakland Ballet
June 13, 2015
review
History or Eccentric Meditation? PBS film celebrates 75 years of American Ballet Theatre
May 14, 2015
review
A steamy
Streetcar Named Desire
from Scottish Ballet splashed down in Chicago
May 10, 2015
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