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4 FEBRUARY 2014

San Francisco Ballet’s immortal Giselle

Leigh Donlan reports from the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco:

 

 

If a ballerina makes it far enough into her career to dance the title role of Giselle, she is considered a ‘complete’ dancer. This is a triple role, three different women in one- a fragile hearted girl, …

22 JANUARY 2014

Shock and awe from Wayne McGregor | Random Dance: FAR

 
Wayne McGregor’s FAR, which came to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco this past weekend, was reportedly conceived in collaboration with cognitive scientists at the University of California in San Diego.

We’ll take their word for it.

A more obvious collaboration would have been …

14 JANUARY 2014

Can dance teachers demand loyalty?

Addie K. writes:

I teach ballet in a community where there are two other dance studios, both of which have been in business longer than I have. I own my studio and employ two other teachers. I’ve never had a problem with another studio until recently when a teenage student …

13 JANUARY 2014

Liss Fain Rides The Waves of Virginia Woolf

Leigh Donlan reports from Z Space in San Francisco:

 

A dance performance based on a Virginia Woolf novel? Now there’s something you don’t see everyday in dance. As the audience arrived at Z Space for Liss Fain’s After the Light, we were greeted by a video installation by …

1 JANUARY 2014

Looking back, in gratitude

 

It’s been two years since Ballet to the People won the Top Dance Blog award, thanks to your support. Many of you are not dancers nor regular dance-goers but you seem to enjoy reading about it, for which I am grateful.
 

State of the Union

 

Ballet to …