SF Ballet spreads its wings in exquisite ‘Swan Lake’
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Oozing with an intangible, irresistible glamor, the San Francisco Ballet’s “Swan Lake” took opulence as an opportunity.
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The leaps we leave behind
Most of the people in my life currently don’t know that I was a dancer — or at best, they know that I love ballet, but don’t really know what that means.
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Some of the most iconic dance movies
If you haven’t seen any of these films about dance, you’ve got to drop everything (including your moves) and watch some of these hit dance films.
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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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‘Swan Lake’ enchants at Zellerbach
The ballet “Swan Lake” begins with a solitary violin sequence, soaring briefly before crashing into the swell of the orchestra. With this short passage played to spine-tingling perfection, the atmosphere inside Zellerbach Hall, already buzzing from the mere presence of the illustrious Mariinsky Theater (ballet and orchestra), instantly turned spellbinding.
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