It’s no use trying to guess what Charles Slender-White will come up with next. Since its founding in 2008, his agile contemporary dance troupe, FACT/SF, has defied pigeon-holing. “Maddening” and “thought-provoking” are words that crop up often, both in reference to his dance theatre pieces and his more abstract work.…
San Francisco Ballet revives Tomasson’s Romeo and Juliet
Helgi Tomasson’s Romeo and Juliet made a comeback at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House last night, buoyed by a vivid and sensitive performance of the Prokofiev score by the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, under the electrifying baton of Martin West.…
Sleepless in Hong Kong
Something had to give if you found yourself in Hong Kong in March – and that something was sleep. With the Hong Kong Arts Festival in full swing, and Art Basel and Art Central just the tip of the contemporary art iceberg, locals and visitors alike embarked on an arts …
London Beckons
The twin allure of the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden and Pina Bausch at Sadler’s Wells was irresistible. So Ballet to the People ordered some fine spring weather and hopped across the pond.…
Misty Copeland and Brooklyn Mack in Washington Ballet’s Swan Lake
Just four days after Misty Copeland’s final guest turn in Washington Ballet’s Swan Lake, she was named one of TIME magazine’s “100 most influential people of 2014.” (We particularly love the fact that, of the five magazine covers that introduced the hoopla, only Copeland’s featured a full-body shot.)…