http://rachelhoward.com/ en-us Copyright 2008 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:55:22 -0800 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:58:25 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Site Sponsor Vividseats.com is your one-stop source for all Concert Tickets, Theater Tickets, and Ballet and Dance Tickets. Use Redemption Code RACHEL and get 5% off all tickets, including Dirty Dancing Tickets, Romeo And Juliet Tickets, Lord Of The Dance... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/balanchine_in_s.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/balanchine_in_s.php Dance Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:55:22 -0800 I'm a bit late adding this one, but I reviewed Diablo Ballet's latest for Monday's Chronicle: "Until a year ago, Walnut Creek's Diablo Ballet relied on heavy donations from a single sponsor. Now, as the chamber troupe moves bravely and... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/opera_capers_at.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/opera_capers_at.php Dance Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:11:32 -0800 I scoped out the emotional San Francisco Ballet alumni reunion Saturday for the Chronicle: "Louise Lawler Pynchon had just finished gawking at a 1956 photo of herself with the San Francisco Ballet corps in "Concerto Barocco." "I quit dancing to... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/golden_remembra.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/golden_remembra.php Dance Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:06:50 -0800 Site Sponsor Vividseats.com is your one-stop source for all Concert Tickets, Theater Tickets, and Ballet and Dance Tickets. Use Redemption Code RACHEL and get 5% off all tickets, including Dirty Dancing Tickets, Romeo And Juliet Tickets, Lord Of The Dance... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/world_premieres.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/world_premieres.php Dance Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:32:42 -0800 If you're curious about the non-dance-writing side of my life and live on the Bay Area's peninsula, I'm reading with my esteemed friend and fellow memoirist and fiction writer Lindsey Crittenden next Thursday, March 20, at the Notre Dame de... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/my_other_life.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/my_other_life.php Books Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:08:17 -0800 Apparently, though I presumed starkly otherwise, I am the only person in San Francisco not crazy about Wayne McGregor's "Eden/Eden." "Eden/Eden" fans at the opera house Friday: My apologies for projecting my own indifference upon you. Otherwise, I think my... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/tomasson_world.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/tomasson_world.php Dance Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:29:49 -0800 San Francisco Ballet in "West Side Story Suite" is a can't-miss. My review in the Chronicle: "San Francisco Ballet's 75th anniversary season is only half begun, but its defining moment arrived Thursday in the troupe's fourth repertory program. Whatever thrills... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/san_francisco_b_4.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/san_francisco_b_4.php Dance Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:44:48 -0800 My review in the Chronicle: "Alvin Ailey's "Revelations" is a dance everyone should see at least once; the real miracle is that it's stirring no matter how many times you see it. Here in the Bay Area, we've had the... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/the_ailey_dance.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/03/the_ailey_dance.php Dance Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:41:48 -0800 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 must have been... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/catching_up_on_2.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/catching_up_on_2.php Dance Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:13:46 -0800 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 in her Albrecht,... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/maria_kochetkov.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/maria_kochetkov.php Dance Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:21:26 -0800 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 liquid limbs and cool glamour, she is... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/my_review_of_sa_5.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/my_review_of_sa_5.php Dance Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:34:29 -0800 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 Chronicle... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/catching_up_aft_1.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/catching_up_aft_1.php Dance Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:30:59 -0800 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 festival's performances are... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/my_review_of_th_2.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/my_review_of_th_2.php Dance Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:10:09 -0800 "Dance is like Israel: You don't just live there, you have to support it." --Joan Acocella on writing about a low-status art form during her Stanford University critic-in-residence lecture Wednesday... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/dance_is_like_i.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/dance_is_like_i.php Dance Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:17:20 -0800 Site Sponsor Vividseats.com is your one-stop source for all Concert Tickets, Theater Tickets, and Ballet and Dance Tickets. Use Redemption Code RACHEL and get 5% off all tickets, including Dirty Dancing Tickets, Romeo And Juliet Tickets, Lord Of The Dance... http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/balletomanes_ar.php http://rachelhoward.com/archives/2008/02/balletomanes_ar.php Dance Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:54:00 -0800