San Francisco Ballet’s current season contains a good helping of world premières and 21st century creations, but perhaps no work that addresses contemporary issues as urgently as the 174-year-old Giselle.…
20 FEBRUARY 2015
16 FEBRUARY 2015
In the wake of #CharlieHebdo, Ai Weiwei @Large on Alcatraz
…Fine art works should be like sunshine from the blue sky and the breeze in spring that will inspire minds, warm hearts, cultivate taste and clean up undesirable work styles.
– Chinese president Xi Jinping, speaking at the October 2014 Beijing Forum on Literature and Art
16 FEBRUARY 2015
Wendy and the Boys: Restless Creature
Would you care to dance with me, Wendy Whelan asked Alejandro Cerrudo, Joshua Beamish, Kyle Abraham, and Brian Brooks.
Hell, yes, they said.
With her racehorse physique, technical facility – barely diminished after 30 seasons with New York City Ballet, despite injury – and her “bring it on” attitude, …
15 FEBRUARY 2015
Changing of the guard: five prima ballerinas contemplate retirement
This is an extraordinary time in the dance world, when five of the greatest ballerinas of our time have all announced their retirement within months of each other. Ballet to the People caught up with Wendy Whelan, Carla Körbes, Paloma Herrera, Xiomara Reyes, and Julie Kent…
15 FEBRUARY 2015
The jaded sing Hallelujah for Oakland Ballet’s Nutcracker
With only three performances in two days, Oakland Ballet’s Nutcracker barely had time to get over jet lag, but the crowds that jammed the Art Deco jewel box of the Paramount Theatre the weekend before Christmas clearly hoped it would hang out for longer next year.
“I am experiencing …