It’s not often that this hard-bitten critic is reduced to deciphering tear-stained notes, but such was the case after the February 1st performance by Diablo Ballet at the intimate and congenial Shadelands Arts Center in Walnut Creek. The waterworks were prompted by two of the five short dances on offer, …
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Portland will be the hot spot for ballet this coming week, with Oregon Ballet Theatre reprising three much-loved works, and premiering a new work by former Artistic Director Christopher Stowell.
Three of the pieces were created on the dancers of OBT. Stowell recently returned to choreograph his first …
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Graham disciples from all over the Bay Area flocked to Zellerbach Hall on Friday night to celebrate the return of the Martha Graham Dance Company to Cal Performances, after a twenty-five year absence. In her introductory speech, Artistic Director Janet …
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I’m a hip-hop dancer at a studio where ballet is also taught and I’m thinking of joining the beginning ballet class. I have no aspirations in ballet, I just want to be a stronger hip-hop dancer and I think the technique will help me. I noticed …
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If a ballerina makes it far enough into her career to dance the title role of Giselle, she is considered a ‘complete’ dancer. This is a triple role, three different women in one- a fragile hearted girl, …
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