Catching up on shows that continue this weekend. My review of Ballet San Jose’s “Swan Lake”: “Turns out that during recent seasons of dancing mostly silly spectacles, a crop of credible classical dancers at Ballet San Jose...

Kochetkova’s Giselle

Maria Kochetkova did not disappoint in San Francisco Ballet’s “Giselle” last night. Yes, she is tiny, porcelain-skinned, and feather light, but the key to her interpretation was this: You could see how much trust she was putting...

My review of San Francisco Ballet’s opening night “Giselle” in today’s Chronicle: “Yuan Yuan Tan has dominated the start of San Francisco Ballet’s 75th anniversary season, which should be no surprise. With her...

Catching up after a run of four review assignments in four days (reviews of Ballet San Jose’s “Swan Lake” and Robert Moses’ Kin should appear tomorrow and the next day). I checked out the Georgia State Ballet for the...

My review of the Black Choreographers Festival opening in today’s SF Chronicle: “For the past three years, it’s been good to have the Black Choreographers Festival on the scene, but it hasn’t been clear whom the...

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My SF Chronicle review of San Francisco Ballet’s program two is now online. I have no idea why the headline says it’s the season’s first program, when “program 2” is right there in the lede. I’m also not sure...

My review of SF Ballet’s program one for the Chronicle is now online: “Ah, maturity. San Francisco Ballet opened its 75th anniversary season Tuesday with the dance equivalent of a gloriously grown-up dinner party. There’s...

Today, a little behind-the-scenes peek into the world of arts journalism. First, critics don’t write their own headlines. Copy editors do. And fortunately for me, at the Chronicle they usually do a pithy and succinct job, far better than I...