Identity. Escapism. The toxicity of romance. These are the big themes that eight young choreographers – four from Hong Kong, four from mainland China – tackled in a March 3-4 showcase of collaborative works under the umbrella of the Hong Kong Arts Festival’s Dance Exchange.…
Read more →
The opening gambit at the Hong Kong Arts Festival’s Contemporary Dance Series this year is a piece titled Battle Zone in which four young men – two trained primarily in Chinese dance and contemporary dance, and two in street dance – engage each other in various twists on a traditional …
Read more →
In an airport. Waiting for her luggage – which appears to have taken the Slow Boat to China while she was on a Boeing 777. To fend off boredom, she inventoried the highs and lows of her theatre-going escapades since you last encountered her at the 2017 San Francisco Ballet …
Read more →
Hope sprung eternal at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House last Saturday in the revival of Helgi Tomasson’s staging of the classic Sleeping Beauty for San Francisco Ballet. …
Read more →
With waves gently lapping just feet from the stage, the Lake Tahoe Dance Collective kicked off the 5th annual outdoor Lake Tahoe Dance Festival on the grounds of Gatekeeper’s Museum in Tahoe City. …
Read more →