San Francisco Ballet's final program of the season, “Program 8,” honors groundbreaking choreographers and composers of the 20th century with a triple bill of…
In a year with an overabundance of interpretations of Igor Stravinsky's monumental The Rite of Spring, in its centennial year, autumn brings us yet…
The May Ball happens in June, so why shouldn't the Rite of Spring be consigned to the same strange calendrical fate? Mark Morris, MacArthur…
For most people, prayer and meditation, even in a group setting, is a singular and solitary experience, and public confession would be nigh unthinkable,…
In 2007, composer Nathaniel Stookey went to the dump and hit stuff. Things like bowls, bottles, pipes, dresser drawers, shopping carts, oil drums. When…
Everyone knows about flamenco divas: They're mean and gorgeous. Local dancer Yaelisa, fearless leader of Caminos Flamencos Spanish dance company, is no exception. One…
The people who run Oakland's industrial arts center the Crucible are like children. They're self-indulgent, fantasy-riddled, and overly optimistic. Of course, they love to…
