Creative expression illuminates Grace Cathedral at SF Movement Arts Festival
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The festival was set up with rotating performances circulating the pews and altars of the cathedral, creating perpetual movement.
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San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Sasha De Sola talks updating ‘Cinderella’ for modern audiences
In an interview with The Daily Californian, De Sola discussed what it was like making the move from a key supporting role to the titular character of the Bay Area production.
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San Francisco Ballet’s ‘Cinderella’ brings vivid magic to classic fairy tale
Wheeldon’s choreography allows the dancers to create a sense of depth in each of their characters.
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‘Nutcracker’ ballet stuns after 75 years in San Francisco
For “Nutcracker,” the dazzling spectacle and expert dancing are what have been keeping lovers of the arts coming back year after year.
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Bay Area performer, former UC Berkeley adviser talks self-expression through hardship
As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Chahal said his voice mattered in the professional world, but he had to “find nourishment from somewhere else.” And that was through his art.
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Mariinsky Ballet, orchestra’s immaculate interpretation of ‘La Bayadère’ comes to Zellerbach Hall
The Mariinsky Ballet and orchestra combined multiple mediums of art to constantly challenge the level of perfection that companies can achieve.
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Classical music comes to life in ‘Mozart Dances’
Through inventive choreography and the sheer skill and versatility of the performers onstage, “Mozart Dances” was a rose-colored, audiovisual sensation, creating an immersive experience for audiences of all levels of classical music enthusiasm.
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Arturo Magaña, director of LGBTQ+-supportive Mexican folklore dance group, talks nontraditional representation in traditional dance
“In folclórico, you can choreograph a melodrama, for example, like a wedding, like a fight between families or some sort of grand event in someone’s life,” Magaña said. “What I decided to do is put something of (the) LGBTQ community’s story into our shows.”
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‘The Little Mermaid’ makes waves in closing weekend of San Francisco Ballet performance
Not showing your average Disney tale, San Francisco Ballet just wrapped up its seventh program of the 2019 season with a dark rendition of “The Little Mermaid” at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco on April 28. Full of elaborate light shows and a more contemporary mood than
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Dancer Wei Wang of SF Ballet talks ‘The Little Mermaid,’ performing as Sea Witch
The life of a dancer is never slow (unless, of course, the music calls for it). Wei Wang has known this since studying at the Beijing Dance Academy as a teenager. Today, at 26 years old with 16 years of ballet under his belt, Wang is ready for his role
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