Swan Lake Samba Girl (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
If you’re having a lazy Sunday afternoon, here’s some reading. Some of these links are a bit old; you may have read them already: Joan Acocella on San Francisco Ballet (she likes at least two of the same dancers as I, and gives a good overview on the company and reasoning behind its repertoire); Robert Gottlieb reviews [...]
Art's Place (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
( San Francisco Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour. ) I saw San Franciso Ballet several Saturdays ago (Oct 18), at the end of the company's tour to New York City, and the performance had me positively giddy afterwards. The work on the program was all work that I had seen the company dance before, but seeing the works with fresh eyes and getting absolutely wonderful performances...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
The storm has come full circle for Evelyn Cisneros-Legate. She danced the role of Miranda in the original 1980 version of Michael Smuin's "The Tempest" with Tom Ruud, who danced Ferdinand, in the San Francisco Ballet production.
PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
San Francisco Ballet returns to the Kennedy Center in November with a full-length Giselle and a mixed repertory program.
Civic Center (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Large, portable metal and glass signage goes up every day in front of the San Francisco Opera House, advertising the operas currently playing in repertory. This is followed by the San Francisco Ballet's signage for "The Nutcracker" in December and its repertory season in the winter and spring. This month a new pair of posters has gone up flanking those for the opera's productions of "Idomeneo" and...
Swan Lake Samba Girl (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
(photo from ABT) Blah! I had a very strange dream last night in which this one basically told me in his own sweet way that I need to calm down and not stress over blogging like a mad fiend. I have no idea why Angel Corella was on my mind since, although my favorite ballet company [...]
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Within the Golden Hour ." title="The San Francisco Ballet performing Christopher Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour ." /> San Francisco Ballet is not only the oldest American ballet company (it was founded in 1933), but one of the strongest, as its recent 10-day season at City Center demonstrated yet again. Its artistic director is Helgi Tomasson, the Icelandic dancer trained in Denmark who became...
Swan Lake Samba Girl (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
I’m going to write more, but just wanted to tell people in New York, if you haven’t already, you should really try to see San Francisco Ballet before they leave town tomorrow. They’re at City Center, with three performances left: tonight (Friday), and tomorrow (Saturday) matinee and evening. Go here for tix, and here to [...]
PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
This week's edition of SundayArts - the weekly cultural series on New York's public television station Thirteen (WNET) - covers a wide array of the city's offerings and leads into the Great Performances presentation of Prokofiev's Peter & the Wolf in stop-motion animation.
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Harris Theater for Music and Dance celebrated the opening night of their fifth anniversary season to great fanfare last week, hosting a gala on Thursday night in Millennium Park to kick off their week-long engagement with the San Francisco Ballet while raising nearly $1.4 million to benefit the theater . We absolutely love the Harris Theater. It’s a beautiful venue in a great location, and the 2008/2009...
PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
The Jerome Robbins Foundation will present New York City Center with the very first Floria V. Lasky Award. The Sept. 26 ceremony will also feature the presentation of the Jerome Robbins Award to San Francisco Ballet and Twyla Tharp.
Civic Center (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
My favorite box-office person in the Civic Center, Meredith Clark (above), has set up shop in the lobby of Davies Symphony Hall and it was a joy as usual to see her on Sunday afternoon. It's too bad the San Francisco Ballet, where she worked for 17 years, has decided that the internet should be the only way people get tickets rather than providing a fully staffed box office. (Note to Ballet: It doesn't...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Google VP Marissa Mayer attended the San Francisco Ballet's New Work's Festival on Friday and she brought along all her favorite friends. These included Mayer's manfriend, real-estate fund manager... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Asiaing.com (Free subscription) | 28/04/2008
No matter your level of mastery, there is always something new to know about one's own body. Former San Francisco Ballet dancer, Augusta Moore, became interested in the Feldenkrais Method® as part of a larger investigation of anatomy and kinesiology. In Finding Your Spine (page 18), she talks about using Feldenkrais principles to help dancers achieve greater artistry.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008
As part of its anniversary celebrations, artistic director Helgi Tomasson invited three sister companies to collaborate on a joint program titled "An International Salute to San Francisco Ballet."
