I’ve got a short talk with Oakland Ballet founder Ronn Guidi in San Francisco Magazine this month, getting his from-the-gut take on the company’s demise. It’s not available online, but it’s accompanied (or rather...
Sylvia, Take Two
I haven’t been posting my dance reviews, but I am (briefly) coming out of the dance blogging netherworld to link to this review of Mark Morris’ “Sylvia,” and to whisper a secret: Critics have second thoughts. Even two days...
Bourne’s “Swan Lake” in SF
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SF Ballet’s “Faun”
My review of San Francisco Ballet’s all-Robbins program hit the stands in the Chronicle today; the paper’s website gives it the unfortunate headline “Mediocre Faun.” That sounds harsher than what I wrote, which was simply...
Speaking of Deborah Jowitt–and with San Francisco Ballet’s All-Robbins program opening tomorrow night–it’s well worth noting that Jowitt will be lecturing on Jerome Robbins Wednesday at 6 at the Main Library’s Koret...
Entrances and Exits at ODC
My review of ODC’s opening gala hit the Chronicle today: “ODC/Dance Artistic Director Brenda Way may run her company with a socialist, counterculture spirit, but she knows a marketing coup when she sees one. For the troupe’s...
Critics and Choreographers
I’m giving a guest lecture on dance criticism tomorrow afternoon at San Francisco State University, and while I’ll be taking a mostly nuts-and-bolts approach, it’s rather nice timing that Deborah Jowitt’s interview with...
Recommended this Week
I know, I know–I’ve been remiss about posting here. I’ve been out of town, I’ve been working on last revisions on a short story, and on my novel. But I’ve got lots of dance-going recommendations up my sleeve...
Joanna Berman’s Mistaken Identity
I’m in Santa Barbara taking a much-needed mini-vacation with my husband, walking along the cliffs above the beaches, and checking out from email and this website and professional life in general until Monday. But I am in the Chronicle today...
SF Ballet’s Joyous “Rodeo”
San Francisco Ballet’s “Rodeo” is a must-see. From my review in the Chronicle: “Mirth and whimsy reigned in all of the offerings on San Francisco Ballet’s third program Thursday night, but rarely has the War Memorial...
Allan Ulrich reviewed San Francisco Ballet’s program 2 for Voice of Dance: “The scent of revolution, ancient and modern, hovered in the air Tuesday (Feb. 14) at the War Memorial Opera House, where the San Francisco Ballet opened its...
Yannis Adoniou’s up-and-coming experimental dance company Kunst-Stoff made its debut at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater over the weekend. As I write in my necessarily succinct review for the Chronicle: ” “As we close...