SF Ballet’s ‘Don Quixote’ is bright, playful time for all audiences
Aishwarya Jayadeep/Senior Staff
SF Ballet’s latest is particularly charming and inviting, sure to offer riveting entertainment for everyone.
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Jeraldine Mendoza, Dylan Gutierrez talk Nicolas Blanc’s ‘Under the Trees’ Voices,’ performing with The Joffrey Ballet
In an interview with The Daily Californian, Jeraldine Mendoza and Dylan Gutierrez, two company artists in The Joffrey Ballet and romantic partners outside of it, exalt the pathos of dance.
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UC Berkeley professors discuss crises, pandemics within artistic contexts
UC Berkeley professors discussed crises and compared famous works of art, literature and music to the COVID-19 pandemic at a livestreamed event Wednesday.
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SF Ballet opens 2019 season with stunning ‘Don Quixote’
Inspired by author Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th-century book, this ballet originally premiered in 1869 in Moscow, Russia. In honor of the ballet’s 150th anniversary, SF Ballet’s current production is modeled closely after the original 1869 version choreographed by Marius Petipa.
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Thanks, Pennywise
All Growns Up
I had never been friends with people so different from me. Anything that could go wrong with your roommates had crossed my mind.
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The madman’s tempting picture of the world: ‘Man of La Mancha’ offers laughs and tears
The laughing and crying masks, while the quintessential symbol of the theatre, perfectly encapsulate the duality of tones in “Man of La Mancha.”
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The Trocks still defy stereotypes, bust guts in 40th anniversary Zellerbach performance
Ballet tends to take itself seriously. However, Saturday afternoon, with the support of Cal Performances, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo turned any preconceptions of ballet as stuffy, boring or restrained entirely upside down.
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Living a little outside the box
Two steps forward
As long as breaking a rule won’t endanger anything, including and especially my freedom to break rules, and as long as the result of breaking it will be more productive than following it, I say go for it.
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The Magic of Ballet: SF Ballet kicks off 2012 season
Nothing beats the magic of ballet. The thrill of classical music, the allure of romantic tales and eye-catching costumes, all intertwined with the most skillful, graceful and dramatic dance form. Going to the ballet is like experiencing aesthetic poetry set to music. And that is not to mention the exorbitant
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