Posts by Kris Eitland
Spring Dance Calendar 2014: ‘Flowers & Weeds to Pick’
Dance events are wonderfully strange and varied flowers in a “pick your own” garden. Dozens of troupes are presenting dance-theater spiced up with live music, spoken word, puppetry, and art installations. Productions may be fresh and colorful or prickly and dark. You may find a few strange weeds among the flowers – and weeds can be fascinating.
Read More‘The World Goes ‘Round’ Wobbles, Wows at AVO
Benjamin Lopez leads the cast in “Pain,” the hilarious song and dance spoof that makes fun of plies, Martha Graham, and conceited windbag choreographers. The group ends up dancing…
Read MorePGK’s ‘San Diego Dances’ at You Are Here – And We Were There
The premiere of Deluge by the gifted Khamla Somphanh is smartly constructed and layered, yet easy and exciting to watch. Dancers stretched outward as if praying for rain but were quickly swept up in a…
Read MoreCity Ballet of SD’s ‘Balanchine Masterworks’ is Thrilling, Timeless Treat
While the subject of the ballet is ancient, the dance is contemporary. As Apollo, Geoffrey Gonzalez climbed up and down a wooden framework that evoked a vintage lifeguard tower. His sheer white costuming suggested he was a god who…
Read MoreFloating in the Dreamy Womb of Aszure Barton’s ‘Awáa’
Barton, a sought-after Canadian choreographer, was already creating Awáa in Banff with her dancers when she had a vivid dream that she was sitting underwater in a…
Read MoreSexy Satire in ‘Don Juan’ Ballet
The three-act ballet opens with three women eager to seduce their humble servant, Don Juan. One by one, they slink out of their chairs for a turn with the handsome guy in tight skinny jeans and pointy boots. “It’s definitely good for adult date night and couples without their kids,” said Maxim Tchernychev, who stars as the legendary lover and scoundrel. And things really heat up when the nobleman discovers…
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