So everyone in the dance world has had a chance to chime in about Alastair Macaulay’s appointment to the top dance critic spot at the New York Times. I haven’t said much because I prefer writing about dancers and dances to playing...
Alastair Macaulay is the new chief dance critic of the New York Times! Balletomanes rejoice. Apollinaire Scherr goes off the deep end. And I, having no dance shows to review this week after a busy two weeks, rush off for tango class.
I reviewed the Stephen Petronio Company for today’s Chronicle: “For fans of music star Rufus Wainwright, Stephen Petronio’s latest dances sounded like a dream match: One of America’s hippest choreographers takes on...
I reviewed Robert Moses’ Kin for today’s Chronicle: “It’s not easy to break out of the middling modern-dance pack here in San Francisco, but Robert Moses has done it. The reasons are many: an edgy but eloquent style that...
This is what happens when a critic doesn’t feel quite ready to pronounce judgment and writes a largely descriptive, diplomatic review: the opinions get supplied for you. Thus the headlines for my Chronicle review of Yuri Possokhov’s...
I reviewed Manuelito Biag’s “The Shape of Poison” for today’s Chronicle: “There was nothing gimmicky or trendy about “The Shape of Poison,” the new full-evening work by young Manuelito Biag that premiered...
My review of San Francisco Ballet’s program one is in today’s Chronicle: “William Forsythe’s “Artifact Suite” is designed to slap you in the face, but the startling thing last year was how the San Francisco...
The Chronicle commissioned me to write a series of articles on African Americans in dance in advance of the third Black Choreographers Festival, which I preview here. I also talked to a sampling of black choreographers from both the Bay Area and...
My review of the San Francisco Ballet gala in today’s Chronicle: “Galas take the temperature of their times, and the tone was subtly sober Wednesday as the San Francisco Ballet started its 74th season. A subdued audience claimed its...
In the midst of all the ballet bustle, my review of Shinichi Iova-Koga’s new solo show is also in today’s Chronicle: “It’s always heartening, as an observer of the local dance ecology, to find a young maverick artist so...
The San Francisco Ballet’s 74th season launches Wednesday with the opening gala. Allan Ulrich profiles departing ballerina Muriel Maffre in today’s Chronicle. Meanwhile, the paper asked me to highlight some up-and-coming young...
This was a fun little ditty to write for the SF Chronicle–and Penni Gladstone snagged some colorful photos: “The rest of San Francisco may have been frigid Sunday afternoon, but it was positively tropical in the Palace of Fine...