“Sometimes art for art’s sake is not enough,” proclaimed the program notes for D.I.R.T., Dance in Revolt(ing) Times, the political dance festival that took San Francisco’s Dance Mission Theater by storm in February.…
20 MARCH 2016
18 MARCH 2016
Exuberant Apollo opened Diablo Ballet triple bill
It was Super Bowl week in San Francisco. Amid the hoopla preceding Sunday’s faceoff between godlike quarterbacks Cam Newton and Peyton Manning, George Balanchine’s Apollo appeared on the stage of Walnut Creek’s Del Valle Theatre to trace the making of a supreme athlete.…
14 MARCH 2016
L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: A Dance of Life
Leigh Donlan reported from CalPerformances in Berkeley:
To any world-weary wanderer who is questioning the meaning of life, I’d prescribe Mark Morris’ L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. I’d lead them gently to the lip of the stage where we’d sit and gaze upon the magnificence of this masterpiece. …
13 MARCH 2016
Por La Luz de la Luna Premières in Sonoma
Leigh Donlan reports from Sonoma:
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12 MARCH 2016
Three Dancemakers Powwow: “Take this dance and shove it!”
Rumors of a détente between contact improv, ballet, and Japanese-inspired dance theatre have been vastly exaggerated.…