My review for San Francisco Classical Voice: “This is for her,” another critic said to me Saturday during the rapturous standing ovation that greeted the U.S. premiere of John Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid at the San Francisco Ballet. My...
It’s official! I’ve notified my editor at the Chronicle, and I will not be writing about dance for the paper this fall. This was a difficult decision, but with each day that passes I feel more strongly this is the right decision...
Hello friends, this week I’m off to Asheville, NC, where I’ll be attending my final residency as a student at Warren Wilson College’s wonderful writing program, and graduating with my MFA in fiction on July 12. The graduation...
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By all accounts and appearances, Christopher Stowell is doing an excellent job as artistic director of Oregon Ballet Theatre. Now the economic downturn is threatening the company with closure. Wish I could be at this all-star benefit June 12 to...
Big news this morning from San Francisco Ballet. My report in the Chronicle: “San Francisco Ballet will announce plans today for its first trip to China, including appearances in Shanghai, Suzhou and Beijing. The three-week, three-city tour...
My review in the Chronicle: “You’re fortunate to see a contemporary classic on the scale of Mark Morris’ “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato” once, blessed to see it twice. As of Friday, I have seen...
My review today in the Chronicle: “The mob at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts was so thick Thursday night that a beleaguered security staffer had to fend off visitors hell-bent on overpopulating the main downstairs gallery. In the...
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The next generation. My report in the Chronicle: “George Balanchine’s “Allegro Brillante” can make even veteran ballerinas quake in their pointe shoes. Everyone must move fast and cleanly – especially the principal...
My review in the Chronicle: “The seminal landscape architect Lawrence Halprin is 92; his wife of 68 years, the pioneering postmodern choreographer Anna Halprin, is 88. Sunday morning they sat side by side on the stage of Stern Grove, the...
My review in the Chronicle: “You don’t take on a role created for Mikhail Baryshnikov and expect to instantly leave your own stamp. So it has to be counted a small triumph that Company C Contemporary Ballet’s Kevin Delaney...
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