Leigh Donlan reports from Gray Area in the Mission:
Jess Curtis’ Gravity celebrated their 15th anniversary at Gray Area in the Mission this weekend. …
15 DECEMBER 2015
10 DECEMBER 2015
Sleeping Beauty: Matthew Bourne brings back love
Matthew Bourne’s gothic sizzler of a Sleeping Beauty is, at heart, a cautionary tale. A childless king and queen seek the help of a Dark Fairy, who procures a baby for them. …
29 NOVEMBER 2015
The quantum physics of Libertango
Physicist-ballerina Merritt Moore danced her PhD to Astor Piazzolla’s Libertango – a brilliant cascade of metaphors that kicks off with the choice of tango, Moore’s razor-sharp pointework tracing the contours of the Bloch sphere of a two-level quantum mechanical system.…
28 NOVEMBER 2015
Vital signs: Is contemporary dance alive and kicking in San Francisco?
Leigh Donlan reports from ground zero of contemporary dance in San Francisco:
The arts are the best insurance policy a city can take on itself.
– Woody Dumas, former Mayor of Baton Rouge
San Francisco was once a magnet for artists, an ideal place for them to settle and thrive. …
27 NOVEMBER 2015
Ready, aim, misfire: It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
The warning signs appeared in the first five minutes of this film about two young expats who meet cute in Hong Kong’s trendy Soho arrondissement. …