Sean Dorsey Dance

My interview with Sean Dorsey in the Chronicle: “You might expect Sean Dorsey’s dances to be aesthetically transgressive or politically provocative. Dorsey – born female but now preferring the pronoun “he” – is...

Company C Review

I reviewed Company C’s latest in Tuesday’s paper: “Many a burgeoning ballet troupe could benefit from having a ballet by Alonzo King in its repertoire. On Friday at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts, the East...

Alonzo King Talks Design

A few months back, I was asked to propose a choreographer to interview for design mind, the new magazine produced by the global design and innovation firm frog design. Quickly, I settled on Alonzo King, a choreographer who thinks beyond the often...

SF Ballet Gala

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Company C’s Charles Anderson

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SF Ballet 2009

The new San Francisco Ballet season, kicking off with a gala January 21st, is nearly upon us. I profiled retiring ballerina Tina LeBlanc for this Sunday’s Chronicle: “Tina LeBlanc is getting teary, but not because of her impending...

What to Watch in 2009

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Year in Dance 2008

My list in Sunday’s Chronicle: “HIGH: San Francisco Ballet’s Maria Kochetkova in “Giselle” (Feb. 19): Tiny, delicate and irrepressibly sweet, the Russian-trained Kochetkova broke our hearts. Cutting through all the...

SF Ballet Nutcracker

Belatedly, my “Nutcracker” review in last week’s Chronicle: “In a winter of belt-tightening economic gloom – and as a silver lining, one hopes, a Christmastime not reduced to mere shopping – let’s get the...

SF Ballet Nutcracker on PBS

My little ditty of a story in the Sunday Chronicle: “San Francisco Ballet was the first company to dance the full “Nutcracker” in North America, in 1944. But it was George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet that turned the...