Christopher Wheeldon’s new “Cinderella” is simply spectacular. With adept storytelling and beautiful visuals, this new spin on an old tale ventures straight into the modernly…
Max Chen created custom bicycle-art-slash-sets-slash-props for ODC/Dance’s KT Nelson and her series of transit-focused dances. As Nelson’s second piece in the series, “Transit II: Next…
San Francisco Ballet‘s third program of the 2013 season focuses on contemporary choreographers and accessible-yet-unexpected movement styles. Last night’s opening highlighted ten don’t-miss moments of…
Over the past two ballet seasons, Wayne McGregor’s earthy “Chroma” took San Francisco’s balletgoers by storm. And Tuesday night, San Francisco Ballet debuted his first…
Brazil’s contribution added some much needed zest to the to the London Olympics Closing Ceremonies (those Spice Girls were just bleh, right? I expected so…
Walking through the Rudolf Nureyev exhibit–A Life in Dance–at the de Young Museum is like scampering through your mom’s closet. Well, if your mom solely…
Next Monday, the WestWave Dance Festival presents a special night of choreography by Maurya Kerr, former principal dancer with Alonzo Kings LINES Ballet. Kerr’s petite…
Daily struggles to achieve greatness, battering your body to bits, lying about your age, tumultuous relationships with your family and mentor, and vying against some…
This is part three in a series (here are parts one and two) for the Appeal on a first-time home buying experience in San Francisco….
This coming weekend isn’t just for jazz festivals and leftover fireworks. Daria Kaufman, Bianca Brzezinski, and musician/composer Richard Warp pool their talents into “Channels”, an…
Robert Moses connects intelligent movement effortlessly with sheer, liquid ribbons and a tad bit of sticky tape. Watching his dances as they move across the…
Or: How I Spent My Sunday Afternoons (for three months straight) This is part two in a series (here’s part one) for the Appeal on…
A man trudges forward, slowly making his way through a snow storm. The landscape hangs in the distance, bleak with jagged white-capped hills rising in…
San Francisco Ballet‘s last program of the season is “Don Quixote,” aka “Don Q.” The ballet features choreography by Alexander Gorsky and Marius Petipa with…
This is the first of a four-part series for the Appeal on a first-time home buying experience in San Francisco. Up until college, my family…
Bay Area Dance Week is back. If you’ve had an itch to try something new, there’s no time like the present, as local artists and…
San Francisco Ballet‘s top program this season just might be the all-George-Balanchine program. Balanchine’s style, characterized as neo-classical, shifted traditional ballet away from pretty movements…
Frances Chung and Pascal Molat in Page’s “Guide To Strange Places.” Photo © Erik Tomasson San Francisco Ballet has its hands full, alternating two mixed-bill…
San Francisco Ballet in Edwaard Liang’s “Symphonic Dances.” Photo © Erik Tomasson. “Oh my. I could have worn my Levi’s tonight,” one well-dressed woman exclaimed…
Over the next two weekends, Gretchen Garnett & Dancers, Aura Fischbeck Dance, and The Riley Project present new contemporary dance works in their collaborative evening,…
San Francisco Ballet has packed its second program of the season with a wallop of athletic dance. Opening Wednesday’s program, Wayne McGregor‘s “Chroma” still causes…
Flirt with your best friend’s girl, and today you might get an angry text message or the cold shoulder. But in John Cranko‘s ballet “Onegin,”…
Samantha Giron‘s latest creation, “Aperture,” premieres this weekend at KUNST-STOFF Arts. Giron touts this new work as “contemporary-meets-street dance” and “electronics-meets-strings.” It also brings about…
Normally, I don’t look back on the year’s momentous occasions or make New Year’s resolutions. In the past, I’ve thought of New Year’s strictly as…
As December rolls around, I develop mixed emotions. The entire month is just one big jumble, filled with intensifying fear of holiday-related candy cane sweaters,…
ROMP Sneak peek 1 from Benjamin Levy on Vimeo. The hot trend in contemporary dance may be more than just a hashtag. Choreographers keep looking…
Wayne McGregor travels all the way from England with his dance company, Random Dance, and what do we greet him with? Blisteringly wet, chilly weather….
If you’re interested in San Francisco history or undecided on the term “microhood,” Amy Lewis‘ dance tour of the TenderNob might be right up your…
For you urban fantasy, vampire romance, alternate history, and/or supernatural lesbians buffs, have you tried “The Gilda Stories”? “The Gilda Stories,” written by Jewelle Gomez…
We Don’t Belong Here – First Rehearsal On Site from katie faulkner on Vimeo. On the west side of Union Square Park last Friday evening,…
Friday: it’s been sung about around the block by the likes of Rebecca Black and Katy Perry. Ice Cube starred in not one, but three…
Fall bursts forth with dance and movement around every corner. These are some of the more unique offerings that I’m looking forward to the most…
Project Bandaloop may just be contemporary dance’s super hero equivalent. Bodies fly high in the sky, leaping off tall buildings with sure confidence and powerful…
Push aside any thoughts of wasting your money on that Khal Drogo-lite “Conan the Barbarian” remake. Instead, get thee to CounterPULSE this weekend and delve…
Pizza and beer. It’s a match made in heaven, just like chips and salsa, Muni and odoriferous travels, and Chris Daly and discord. I visited…
Tuesday I returned to yoga after an 18th month absence, and while my mind felt serene afterward, two days later, man, are my pecs, abs,…
Founded just two years ago by boyishly handsome Robert Dekkers, the locally based dance company Post:Ballet aims to “collaborate with artists from various disciplines to…
Sonsherée Giles and Rodney Bell, two dancers with local AXIS Dance Company, will be featured on this week’s “So You Think You Can Dance” results…
Summer in the city: it’s hot, cold, foggy, and clear. You layer a tank under a cardigan under a jacket, peeling off each piece as…
