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Smuin Ballet in Ma Cong's French Twist
Smuin Ballet has adopted the tagline “Beyond Ballet.” While it is true that the company’s dances run beyond the Romantic or classical style the word ballet generally calls to mind, much of the work is executed using traditional ballet vocabulary and all of it is performed by thoroughly trained classical dancers. Indeed, it is this that sets the late Michael Smuin’s 18-year-old troupe apart …more…
Morgan Spurlock might not be as much of a household name as, say, Michael Moore, but he’s definitely one of the most entertaining documentary filmmakers around. Spurlock quickly gained recognition with his 2004 hit, Super Size Me, which documented his journey to consume every item on the McDonald’s menu for 30 days without exercise. While he gained nearly 25 lbs and had bouts of depression as a result of his fast …more…
George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante
Ballet San Jose offers a mixed program April 13 through 15 to include three company premieres. The troupe, which has undergone an abrupt leadership change and now operates without an artistic director, appears at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in Program II of its 2012 spring season. It is worth noting that not a single work by indefatigable company founder and former artistic director Dennis …more…
The excellent 9-voice male vocal Ensemble Clerestory is performing a series of concerts in the next two weeks in Oakland (1/21), Palo Alto (1/22), Belvedere-Tiburon (1/27) and San Francisco (1/29). The concerts feature the typical fare of a wide range of choral music from many periods.
Perhaps less typical is the replacement of traditional choral folders with iPads. Although this should appeal to the green leanings of Bay Area audiences, it begs the question …more…
Are you a Domestic Duo, a Fast Track Family, Country Casual, or New Homesteader? Do you have “Gray Power” or belong to the “Second City Elite?”
These are just a few of the monikers used to label audience members in “The Big List,” a mailing list pool maintained by Theater Bay Area. Because 200 organizations (not all in the Bay Area) have participated in the list since 2008, if you have …more…
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