Ballet to the People gatecrashed a lecture-demonstration by dancers from the Oakland Ballet Company at Burckhalter Elementary School on Thursday morning, surrounded by an enthusiastic, engaging and well-mannered crowd of third graders. As Sharon Kung, Megan Terry, Greg DeSantis, and Vincent Chavez gave a capsule history of ballet, and …
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Conversing with Craig Salstein can be exhausting. He is a fiery presence on stage at American Ballet Theatre – as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, the Bronze Idol and the Head Fakir in Bayadère, Puck in The Dream, the traitor Birbanto in Corsaire, the Champion …
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Leigh Donlan muses on the 2013 Nutcracker season:
Ah, it’s that time of year again, when children’s eyes glisten with visions of Sugar Plum fairies and sticky sweets. As a former dancer and, later, Children’s Ballet Mistress on many a Nutcracker production, this season often brings feelings of …
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Date a girl who doesn’t read. Find her in the weary squalor of a Midwestern bar. Find her in the smoke, drunken sweat, and varicolored light of an upscale nightclub. Wherever you find her, find her smiling. Make sure that it …
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Leigh Donlan reports from ODC Theater in San Francisco:
Bravo, Father On: an honest performance filled with grace and humility, fine craftsmanship and emotional intelligence, a well-rounded vision of 21st-century fatherhood.
Comprised of thirteen segments, the cast of five men, all world-class performers – Stephen Buescher, Rajendra Serber, …
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