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Stage Review

After a shattering loss, Alvin Ailey danced to revelatory heights at Zellerbach

Lou Fancher -
The company's 57th annual Berkeley run was dedicated to legendary dancer-director Judith Jamison, and polished off some true gems.
Dance

It’s a maze, it’s a Minotaur, it’s a metaphor, it’s… ‘boycow’

Marke B. -
At Counterpulse, two dancers charge a labyrinthian trope—each in their own way, simultaneously (milk buckets included).
Dance

Sean Dorsey Dance’s divine work turns 20

Joshua Rotter -
Retrospective program celebrates trans choreography at a time when its "beautiful and juicy" healing is more needed than ever.
Art

Queer American Songbook to Ukrainian trans theater, SF International Arts Festival won’t play it straight

Caitlin Donohue -
Venerable fest doubles down at unlikely, if urgent moment for convening global LGBTQ+ creatives.
Dance

‘A Bridge to Now’ evokes generational complexities of Peruvian Chinese communities

Aimée Ts'ao -
Choreography unfurls against tapestry of modern-day oral testimonies, visual projections—and 400 pounds of rice.
Dance

Resurrecting ‘Frankenstein,’ after its creator’s tragic death

Aimée Ts'ao -
Liam Scarlett's intricate gothic epic returns to SF Ballet, with principals determined to preserve its 'warmth and heart.'
Dance

Pas de deux: Two Black choreography giants talk decades of Bay Area dance

Mary Carbonara -
Robert Moses and Ramón Ramos Alayo's companies approach major anniversaries in an era of artistic urgency.
Dance

60 years in, Twyla Tharp’s legendary company still shone like a diamond

Lou Fancher -
'I can still push': 84-year-old choreographer's Cal Performances jubilee program glittered with Glass and Beethoven.
Dance

Miguel Gutierrez choreographs for the end of the world

Aimée Ts'ao -
'What will happen to us?' asks unfiltered artist with deep San Francisco roots in latest work, 'Super Nothing.'
Stage Review

Drama Masks: Time can work against us all

Charles Lewis III -
This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask. I...

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