Review of San Francisco Ballet (Guest Artist Daniel Camargo, company members Nikisha Fogo, Isaac Hernandez, Jasmine Jimison) in “Swan Lake” season encore. May 2024. Fjord Review.
Review of Pacific Northwest Ballet in Twyla Tharp’s “Sweet Fields,” Crystal Pite’s “The Seasons’ Canon.” April 2024. Fjord Review.
Review of Alonzo King Lines Ballet premiere of “Spring,” company premiere of “The Collective Agreement.” April 2024. SF Chronicle.
Review of ODC/Dance in premiere of Brenda Way’s “A Brief History of Up and Down,” revival of KT Nelson’s “Dead Reckoning.” April 2024. SF Chronicle.
Review of ODC/Dance in premiere of Sonya Delwaide’s “Goutte Par Goutte,” revival of KT Nelson’s “Dead Reckoning.” April 2024. SF Chronicle.
Review of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre in works by Hans Van Manen, Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish, and Ronald K. Brown. April 2024. SF Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” March 2024. Fjord Review.
Review of Oakland Ballet’s Dancing Moons Festival. March 2024. SF Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” March 2024. SF Chronicle.
Review of Nikisha Fogo’s debut in San Francisco Ballet’s “Swan Lake.” February 2024. SF Chronicle.
Review of Leta Biasucci and Lucien Postlewaite in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s “Swan Lake.” February 2024. Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet in MacMillan’s “Song of the Earth” and Ashton’s “Marguerite and Armand,” including Yuan Yuan Tan’s farewell. February 204. Fjord Review.
Review/report on Yuan Yuan Tan’s final performance with San Francisco Ballet. February 2024. SF Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s “British Icons” program opening. February 2024. SF Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s “Mere Mortals” after two viewings. January 2024. Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s “Mere Mortals” after one viewing. January 2024. SF Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s 91st season opening gala. January 2024. SF Chronicle.
Review of Jess Curtis/Gravity’s “Into the Dark.” November 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of Alonzo King LINES Ballet Fall Season. October 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of Joe Goode Performance Group in “As It Goes.” August 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of Hope Mohr Dance’s “Horizon Stanzas.” April 2023. Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet in “Romeo and Juliet” (Jasmine Jimison/Angelo Greco, Dores Andre/Isaac Hernadez). April 2023. Fjord Review.
Review of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Twyla Tharp’s “Roy’s Joys.” April 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of Alonzo King LINES Ballet in “Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled,” a collaboration with photographer Richard Misrach. April 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of ODC/Dance’s home season Program B, featuring a world premiere by Brenda Way. April 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of ODC/Dance’s home season Program A, featuring a world premiere by Amy Seiwert. March 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of Maurya Kerr’s “black calls to dark calls to deep underneath,” (digital stream from 92NY, New York). March 2023. Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s “Giselle,” with De Sola/Robison, Jimison/Hernandez, Kuranaga/Greco. February 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s “Giselle,” with Rausch/Rogers. February 2023. Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s next@90 festival program C, featuring world premieres by Claudia Schreier, Nicolas Blanc, and Yuri Possokhov. January 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s next@90 festival program B, featuring premieres by Bridget Breiner, Yuka Oishi, and Val Caniparoli. January 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s next@90 festival program A, featuring premieres by Danielle Rowe, Jamar Roberts, and Robert Garland. January 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet 90th season opening gala, including Yuka Oishi’s “Bolero.” January 2023. SF Chronicle.
Review of Pacific Northwest Ballet dancing Crystal Pite, a Dwight Rhoden world premiere, and Balanchine. November 2022. Fjord Review.
Review of Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre at Cal Performances, Berkeley. October 2022. Fjord Review.
Review of Gbedu Town Radio in Nkeiruka Oruche’s “Mixtape of the Dead and Gone #1” at CounterPulse. June 2022. Fjord Review.
Review of ODC Theater’s State of Play Festival, featuring Portland, Maine’s little house dance, San Francisco’s Detour and Megan Lowe Dances and OYSTERKNIFE, Oakland’s Kendra Kimbrough Dance Ensemble, and more. June 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review/report on Alonzo King Lines Ballet 40th anniversary spring season; premiere of “Deep River.” May 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Sasha De Sola and Max Cauthorn in San Francisco Ballet’s “Swan Lake.” May 2022. Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s 2022 season, including Dwight Rhoden’s “The Promised Land,” “Helgi Tomasson: A Celebration,” Sarah Van Patten’s retirement performance, and more. May 2022. Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet in “Swan Lake” with Frances Chung and Joseph Walsh. (Special credit to Katita Waldo and Tina LeBlanc for rehearsing the outstanding corps.) May 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Oakland Ballet in “Legacy,” a tribute to founder Ronn Guidi. April 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review/report on San Francisco Ballet in a tribute to Helgi Tomasson. April 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Pacific Northwest Ballet giving the world premiere of Robyn Mineko Williams’ “Before I Was” and dancing Crystal Pite’s “Plot Point.” April 2022. Fjord Review.
Review of ODC/Dance in a premiere of Amy Seiwert’s “No Alibi” (to Leonard Cohen) and a revival of Brenda Way’s “Investigating Grace” (to Bach). April 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of ODC/Dance in a premiere of “Vamanos” by Dexandro Montalvo and a revival of Brenda Way’s “Speaking Volumes.” April 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dancing a tribute to Robert Battle (and, of course, “Revelations”) in the company’s live return to Cal Performances. April 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet giving the world premiere of Dwight Rhoden’s “The Promised Land” and Christopher Wheeldon’s “FINALE FINALE FINALE.” April 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet dancing Alexei Ratmansky’s “The Seasons” and Bournonville’s “La Sylphide.” March 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Smuin Contemporary Ballet dancing “Dear Miss Cline,” by Amy Seiwert. February 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet dancing “Don Quixote,” with Angelo Greco and Misa Kuranaga. February 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet dancing Cathy Marston’s “Mrs. Robinson,” William Forsythe’s “Blake Works I,” and Balanchine’s “Symphony in C.” February 2022. Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet dancing William Forsythe’s “Blake Works I,” Jerome Robbins’ “In the Night,” and Helgi Tomasson’s “Caprice.” February 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet dancing Cathy Marston’s “Mrs. Robinson,” George Balanchine’s “Symphony in C,” and Helgi Tomasson’s “Trio.” February 2022. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s first live performance since COVID. August 2021. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of ODC/Dance’s film “Decameron/Up for Air.” August 2021 San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Tahoe Dance Camp, a new venture led by SF Ballet principal Sarah Van Patten. July 2021. The Fjord Review.
Review of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s online offering via Cal Performances, including the world premiere of Jamar Roberts’ “Holding Space.” June 2021. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s online spring gala. April 2021. The San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Ballet22, a new Bay Area company of men en pointe, in their spring online gala. April 2021. The Fjord Review.
Review of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s online Repertory Four program, including a world premiere by Donald Byrd. April 2021. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s online Repertory Program Five. April 2021. The San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet in “Jewels,” online. March 2021. The San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s digital streaming of “Romeo et Juliette” by Jean-Christophe Maillot, featuring Noelani Pantastico and James Yoichi Moore. February 2021. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s online season opening gala. January 2021. The San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Pacific Northwest Ballet in an online repertory program featuring a world premiere by Jessica Lang. November 2020. The Fjord Review.
Review of Amy Seiwert/Imagery’s Sketch: Red Thread film series. October 2020. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (run cancelled after opening night due to coronavirus precautions), featuring Joseph Walsh, Yuan Yuan Tan, and Esteban Hernandez. March 2020. The San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s Programs Two and Three, featuring rising talents Cavan Conley, Lucas Erni, Benjamin Freemantle, and others. February 2020. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s world premiere of “The Big Hunger,” by Trey McIntyre, and encores of Edwaard Liang’s “The Infinite Ocean” and Harald Lander’s “Etudes.” February 2020. The San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s “Cinderella,” by Christopher Wheeldon. February 2020. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s 87th season opening gala. January 2020. The Fjord Review.
Review of Cunningham, a documentary by Alla Kovgan. January 2020. The San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of the Mariinsky Ballet in “La Bayadere,” featuring Ekaterina Kondaurova. November 2019. The San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Sacramento Ballet dancing works by Amy Seiwert, Darrell Grand Moultrie, and Jodie Gates. October 2019. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s “Don Quixote,” featuring Mathilde Froustey and Angelo Greco. February 2019. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s 2019 season opening gala. January 2019. The San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s “Unbound” festival Programs B, C, D, works by Dwight Rhoden, Stanton Welch, Trey McIntrye, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Cathy Marston, Myles Thatcher, and Edward Liaang, Arthur Pita. May 2018. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s “Unbound” festival Program A, works by Justin Peck, Alonzo King, and Christopher Wheeldon. April 2018. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s “Robbins: Broadway and Ballet” program, focusing on Carlo Di Lanno in Jerome Robbins’s “Opus 19/The Dreamer,” March 2018. The Fjord Review.
Review of Julia Rowe, Sasha De Sola, Esteban Hernandez, and Carlo di Lanno in Myles Thatchers’s “Ghost in the Machine,” San Francisco Ballet Program 7, April 2017. Winter 2017-18 Ballet Review.
Review of Brian Brooks, Wendy Whelan, and Brooklyn Rider in “Some of a Thousand Words.” November 2017. San Francisco Chronicle.
Review of Kate Weare Company in “Marksman.” October 2017. The Fjord Review.
Review of Smuin in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s “Requiem for a Rose.” October 2017. The Fjord Review.
Review of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’s Transform Festival, featuring Nicole Klaymoon’s Embodiment Project. September 2017. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s Swan Lake with Joseph Walsh/Maria Kochetkova, Carlo di Lanno/Sofiane Sylve. April 2017. The Fjord Review.
Review of Batsheva Dance Company in Ohad Naharin’s Last Work. February 2017. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s Frankenstein with Joseph Walsh and Frances Chung. February 2017. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s season opening gala. January 2017. The Fjord Review.
Review of Angelo Greco, Julia Rowe, Sasha De Sola, and Jennifer Stahl in San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker. December 2016. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet’s 2016 Season. February-May 2016. Review originally appeared in the Fall 2016 Ballet Review.
Review of LINES Ballet Fall Home Season. November 4th 2016 in San Francisco. The Fjord Review.
Review of Smuin Contemporary American Ballet dancing a world premiere by Garrett Ammons and works by Stanton Welch and Michael Smuin September 28th 2016 in San Francisco. The Fjord Review.
Review of San Francisco Ballet dancing William Forsythe’s Pas/Parts 2016. Ballet Review.