Last weekend at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, I had the unique opportunity to view a showcase by two of the major figures of contemporary performance art: the husband and wife team Eiko Otake and Takashi Koma Otake, more popularly known simply as Eiko and Koma. Eiko & Koma, Fragile ‐ Photo by Anna [...]
Monday, January 23, 2012
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 [...]
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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 [...]
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Award-winning choreographer Alonzo King is famous for his ability to express global traditions through contemporary ballet. For the 2011 Fall Season, which runs at the Novellus Theatre in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts through Sunday, October 23, LINES Ballet kicks off the show with the premiere of Resin, a piece that’s set to Sephardic [...]
Friday, September 30, 2011
For Americans in the 21st Century, the concept of “punk” is unbelievably stale, but in some other parts of the world, not perverted by the whole “suburban mall punk” culture, that word still signifies promise and vitality. Late 1970s punk is what inspired Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula to create his new piece More, more, more… [...]
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Offering a diverse range of touching pieces, Smuin Ballet’s 2011 Fall Program has an engaging program that upholds the company’s reputation for innovation. The fall season runs from Friday, September 23 to Saturday, October 1 in the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. The 2011 Fall Program contains four pieces, three of which are Smuin classics [...]
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