Arts & Culture :: Dance
Champion Dance
San Francisco Ballet slid into a slump just after the season opened, with two programs of mixed bills, one of them above average and the other - well, the best said about Program 3 is that the dancers saved it.
Woke Beauty
San Francisco Ballet opened their winter season with the greatest of all classical ballets, The Sleeping Beauty, in a thrilling show that continues through this weekend.
San Francisco Ballet Season Kicks Off
Thousands of people came out despite intermittent rain for the Gala Opening Night of San Francisco Ballet's 85th season.
Nutcracker check list
In a New York Times piece given the headline "10 Ways to Tell If Your 'Nutcracker' Is True to Tradition," dance critic Alistair Macaulay laid down the law about what does and does not constitute an authentic "Nutcracker."
A Tale of Two Nutcrackers
San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker, the longest-running complete production of this ballet in the country, opened its umpteenth annual run last week at the Opera House.
The Joffrey Ballet Brings the Joy
The Joffrey Ballet put on a fun evening's entertainment two weekends ago in Berkeley.
Ballet pictures of social harmony
Ethnic energies
Ballet on both sides of the Bay
Cinderella stories
Bespoke choreography at SF Ballet
Swans a-swanning at the ballet