DANCE REVIEWS
Explosive ‘Jump Jive’ Sparks California Ballet’s 49th Season
Fasten your seat belts. Jared Nelson, the new assistant artistic director, embraces bold blended styles and gives the company a blast of jet fuel.
Read MoreSerendipity and Serious Fun—It’s “Trolley Dances”
The performance of “Finding Center” that I saw featured one of those magical Trolley Dances movements: Shannon was zooming toward us, to the sound of the amplified whiz of his skateboard wheels, and in a direct line behind him, a trolley was coming into the station.
Read MoreHistory & Fantasy Collide at Fringe Fest 2016
Four out of four in a row were outstanding: “1918,” “Mythos,” “Cocooned in Kazan,” “Once I dreamed I was a Dinosaur Swimming Backwards…”
Read MoreCultural Performances at the Fringe’s Monday
Art often viscerally connects everyday experience with a broader culture, sometimes representing the culture to outsiders. Three of the four performances Monday at the San Diego International Fringe Festival honed to this theme, and the fourth invited the audience to succumb to the pleasures of the fantastical…
Read MoreTake a Chance on ‘SILO’ and ‘Bella Culpa’ at Fringe Fest
White puffy skirts hide their skittering feet, and they appear to float with no effort…
Read MoreHolding on to Life in Breathy ‘Dying Swan’ Revisited
There’s a sense of wanting to escape death, but also to embrace that final sleep…
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