Posts by Janice Steinberg
Serendipity and Serious Fun—It’s “Trolley Dances”
The performance of “Finding Center” that I saw featured one of those magical Trolley Dances movements: Shannon was zooming toward us, to the sound of the amplified whiz of his skateboard wheels, and in a direct line behind him, a trolley was coming into the station.
Read MoreMalandain Ballet Gets Lemons, Makes Lemon Mousse
When they realized that the ship with their costumes and sets was still somewhere in the Atlantic, they ran out to a mall in Dallas, their first U.S. stop, and bought what they needed to stage three less elaborate pieces. The French company didn’t disappoint … though gray buckets, used a makeshift props in one dance, suggested that after the show, they were going to do some spackling.
Read MoreLive Arts Fest Honors Dance Legacies and Makes Critic Sweat
When we had to do a movement phrase crossing the floor, I started to think that being onstage was a very bad idea. This year’s Live Arts Fest offered not just a look at dance legacies, but actual somatic experience. Plus a lesson that choreographers age incredibly well … Bella Lewitzky started her company at 50 and led it for 30 years; and Robert Cohan, whom the little festival that could brought from London, showed a fresh new work he’d created at 90.
Read MoreSan Diego Dances at Bread & Salt … and Provides a Full Meal
Gaga. Opera. A foot-stomping dance-off with tap, flamenco, and Bharata Natyam artists shaking the floor. The PGK Dance Project’s “San Diego Dances” kept the thrills coming. The excitement began with the venue …
Read MoreGo! City Ballet, Malashock Dance, SD Dance Theater on One Gorgeous Stage
The Spreckels Theatre was described by one visiting international company as an ideal stage for dance. This weekend it’s the site for two unique programs with work by four choreographers—both modern dance and ballet—in City Ballet of San Diego’s “Ballet and Beyond.” And newcomer Geoff Gonzalez proves he can hold his own with …
Read MoreColored Room, White Box, Vivid Dance
The thrill isn’t gone. Randé Dorn’s show at the White Box last weekend had as much movement invention and psychological complexity as the knockout pieces she showed last month. In work by Dorn, Blythe Barton, and Michael Mizerany, the world sure feels like a prickly, dangerous …
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