17 NOVEMBER 2015
16 NOVEMBER 2015
Swan Lake and a Balanchine Pairing At New York City Ballet
Before New York City Ballet sprang five world premières on its discriminating public this season – four of them by young male choreographers – it lured us into lush, familiar spaces with Peter Martins’ full-length Swan Lake and a double bill pairing Balanchine’s Liebeslieder Walzer and Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3…
10 NOVEMBER 2015
DTSF explores the (mostly bleak) human condition
Leigh Donlan reports from the Cowell Theater at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center:
An alluring and provocative program from Dance Theatre of San Francisco graced the Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center last weekend, featuring three world premières from Amy Seiwert and DTSF’s newly appointed (and first ever) Artistic Director, …
28 OCTOBER 2015
A sophisticated, sumptuous Pinocchio from Hong Kong Ballet
Wit and splendor abound in this retelling of Pinocchio by Swedish choreographer Pär Isberg and his collaborators – Jérôme Kaplan (costumes), Bo-Ruben Hedwall (set), Aya Mok (props), and Billy Chan (lighting).…
24 OCTOBER 2015
So you think you know how The Nutcracker came to America
Many ballet-lovers subscribe to the myth that George Balanchine’s 1954 reinvention of the Russian classic for New York City Ballet “sparked an American holiday tradition” – in the words of Laura Jacobs, who penned a fascinating exploration of Balanchine’s Nutcracker for Vanity Fair, even as she played fast and …