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Steven Schick, the San Diego Symphony and the Music of Takemitsu: a Match Made in Heaven

By Ken Herman | January 28, 2018 |

Although a few events remain in San Diego’s “It’s About Time” music festival, Festival Curator Steven Schick pulled out all the stops for his last festival appearance conducting the San Diego Symphony Sunday, January 28, at the Jacobs Music Center . . .

Piazzolla’s Tango Opera: A Smoldering Surrealist Portrait

By Ken Herman | January 27, 2018 |

Friday’s opening night performance of San DIego Opera’s production of Ástor Piazzolla’s tango opera “María de Buenos Aires” offered a surrealist story and the tantalizing allure of Piazzolla’s brilliant music . . .

Rite of Winter: Jean Isaacs’ “Janus II”

By Janice Steinberg | January 25, 2018 |

Who’s going to die? In Jean Isaacs’ propulsive, stomping, ominous “Rite of Spring,” one dancer after another appears isolated from the rest … and will he/she be chosen to be sacrificed? Erica Ruse does a tortured, limb-flinging solo, while the others stand and watch. And these folks, denizens of a wonderfully creepy leather bar, doesn’t look friendly.

Paul Taylor Dance Brings Sparkling, Sardonic Works to the Spreckels

By Kris Eitland | January 23, 2018 |

As we anticipated three dances — “Arden Court,” “Changes,” and “Cloven Kingdom,”
there was a sense of connecting with history, almost touching Taylor’s long arms, and those he had touched.

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