DANCE REVIEWS
Untangling Kota Yamazaki’s Contradictory ‘OQ’
Most regal was Silas Riener, his hair tied in a bun and silky blue shirt swirling. He balanced on one foot with the other flexed and outstretched as if crossing a river and…
Read MoreDance Film Peeks Behind Curtain
The film features clips from the Sept. 2015 concert and rare and rewarding peeks behind the curtain. The result is insightful and…
Read MoreIrish ‘Riverdance’ Keeps Rolling, Adds Flamenco & Russian
This new Riverdance features a lovely woman in red dancing flamenco forms, but there is no authentic passion or conversation. Seems they sent her down river but left her guitar player in Spain…
Read MoreCalifornia Ballet’s Vintage ‘Nutcracker’ for Your Children’s Children
Clara falls for Drosselmeyer’s nephew and imagines loving a prince instead of a nutcracker toy…Parents with preteens can talk about falling in love on the drive home…
Read MoreEqual Parts Sugar and Showy Performances in City Ballet’s Classic ‘Nutcracker’
Gonzalez, Alvarado, Candreva, Ogura and Company are thrilling. City’s production delivers a pretty and professional package, and there’s nothing better than dance performed to live music…
Read MoreHaunting, Cathartic ‘Healing Wars’ Hits Home
We pass a frantic man tied up in an attic. It was his family’s attempt to keep him out of the Civil War…
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