On April 18, Program 2 of Alonzo King LINES Ballet at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts‘ Novellus Theater featured two pieces: Migration and Scheherazade. Though Scheherazade was undoubtedly the main event of the night, Migration proved to be no less dramatic, displaying the full force of the troupe in an impactful performance. The [...]
Friday, April 13, 2012 By Lucia Chung
Triangle of the Squinches, which premiered in April 2011, is a dazzling work that blurs the lines between human and object, the artificial and the organic. A collaboration by legendary choreographer Alonzo King, architect Christopher Haas and the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart, the atmospheric space that Triangle of the Squinches creates is one that enthralls. [...]
Friday, March 23, 2012 By Julia Glosemeyer
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In one of her famous feminist collages Barbara Kruger fulminated against the hypocrisy of male-dominated culture: “You construct intricate rituals which allow you to touch the skin of other men.” That phrase came to mind when I was watching Cut-Out Guy, a new work by the ODC Dance collective, which premiered at the Yerba Buena [...]
There’s no question that combining music and comedy is a difficult road, usually resulting in a not-funny-please-turn-around-dead-end. In the past, when I’ve heard comedy songs, I’ve thought, “How limiting.” I’ve been of the belief that a song will always be better as a song and a joke will always be better as a joke–to mix [...]
Like Coachella for music fans, or Sundance for filmgoers, Bay Area comedy enthusiasts have the SF Sketchfest to look forward to every year. In addition to the eclectic lineup of stand-up acts, tribute shows, live podcast tapings and inspired one-off collaborations, the festival is usually good for a reunion or two, which came this year [...]
Monday, January 23, 2012 By Lucia Chung
When I walked into The Forum at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts for Dean Moss’s latest piece, Nameless forest, the dancers were already mingling with the audience, looking for people who would be willing to join them on stage for the duration of the performance. Sari Nordman, one of the dancers, approached my [...]
Friday, January 6, 2012 By Landon M
Though it was probably a touch too loose and scattershot to win over the uninitiated, last Friday night’s Portlandia: The Tour at Mezzanine offered established fans an entertaining live look at the popular show and its two endearing leads. The brainchild of Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live) and musician Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag), the [...]
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 By Alexa D
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It turns out that the best antidote to holiday craziness is a solid dose of humor and snark. This past Saturday, I checked out KMLZ: HOLIDAZE, a creative collaboration between Killing My Lobster (KML), San Francisco’s leading sketch comedy group, and Z Space, a venue dedicated to new works. The outcome of this collaboration was [...]
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 By Lucia Chung
Smuin Ballet‘s Christmas program truly has a little something for everyone. The performance is divided into two acts: “The Classical Christmas” and “The Cool Christmas,” both of which incorporate holiday themes from around the world. As the names of the acts imply, the show alternates from traditional ballet to cool contemporary dance, keeping the audience [...]
Thursday, December 8, 2011 By Julia Glosemeyer
The Left Coast Leaning performing arts festival, organized by the YBCA in conjunction with Youth Speaks’ Living Word Project, kind of oscillated between the two poles of pure visual enjoyment and entertainment, and perplexing uncomfortableness. On the one hand there was the dazzling spectacle of virtuosic tap dancing by Jason Samuels Smith, on the other [...]
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