The opening gambit at the Hong Kong Arts Festival’s Contemporary Dance Series this year is a piece titled Battle Zone in which four young men – two trained primarily in Chinese dance and contemporary dance, and two in street dance – engage each other in various twists on a traditional …
Where in the world is Ballet to the People?
In an airport. Waiting for her luggage – which appears to have taken the Slow Boat to China while she was on a Boeing 777. To fend off boredom, she inventoried the highs and lows of her theatre-going escapades since you last encountered her at the 2017 San Francisco Ballet …
The Reawakening of San Francisco Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty
Leigh Donlan reports:
Hope sprung eternal at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House last Saturday in the revival of Helgi Tomasson’s staging of the classic Sleeping Beauty for San Francisco Ballet. …
Mountain Highs at Lake Tahoe Dance Festival
Leigh Donlan reports from Lake Tahoe:
With waves gently lapping just feet from the stage, the Lake Tahoe Dance Collective kicked off the 5th annual outdoor Lake Tahoe Dance Festival on the grounds of Gatekeeper’s Museum in Tahoe City. …
Debut ballet novel: Girl Through Glass Burns Bright
Leigh Donlan reviews:
It has been said that we are only as sick as our secrets. The wounded must relive the trauma on the path to healing. Sari Wilson’s debut novel, Girl Through Glass, is this kind of psychological journey against the backdrop of the rarefied world of ballet.…