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Stage Review

‘Swan Lake,’ again? SF Ballet’s latest dip into classic justifies return

Charles Lewis III -
The company has performed the piece three times in four years, but stunning leads and ensemble work keep it fresh
Dance

Desperate times call for ‘Anna Karenina’

Lou Fancher -
Joffrey Ballet's triumphant return to Cal Performances revives a literary tale that centers love after loss.
Stage Review

Pina Bausch’s ‘Rite of Spring’ matched tempestuous weather with fierce intensity

Lou Fancher -
Dancers from 14 African countries—and a piece by legends Acogny and Airaudo—filled Zellerbach with light and heat.
Stage Review

At SF Ballet, two very different sides of ‘British Icons’

Charles Lewis III -
Notoriously difficult, dissimilar pieces by Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton showed the company's versatility
Stage Review

Don’t mind the AI, ‘Mere Mortals’ is a human triumph

Marke B. -
SF Ballet's techno take on the Pandora's box of Artificial Intelligence feels like something completely new
Dance

For 15 years, Lenora Lee Dance has tackled immigration and carceral trauma

Mary Carbonara -
Two new works highlight Chinese and Latin migrant experience in El Paso and California's prison-to-ICE detention pipeline.
Stage Review

In ‘Match Girrl,’ Dance Brigade lights up a world of inequality

Charles Lewis III -
Taking off from Hans Christian Anderson's tale of poverty and abuse, while banging on the McMansion gates
Stage Review

No genocidal conflicts resolved, but electrifying dancing and much backstory in ‘Tell’

Charles Lewis III -
At Dance Mission Theater, Sarah Crowell and Keith Hennessy led a troupe intent on reaching deep inside themselves
Dance

Historical photos of queer relationships inspire tender moves of RAWdance’s ‘LOVING STILL’

Joshua Rotter -
"Romance has been as much a part of our history as struggle," reminds company co-founder Wendy Rein.
Stage Review

Do you feel what I feel? ‘Into the Dark’ plunges audience into the sensorial

Nicole Gluckstern -
Jess Curtis/Gravity's latest for Blind, Low Vision, and Sighted physical performers immerses viewers in limitations and possibilities

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