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Rite of Winter: Jean Isaacs’ “Janus II”

By Janice Steinberg | January 25, 2018 |

Who’s going to die? In Jean Isaacs’ propulsive, stomping, ominous “Rite of Spring,” one dancer after another appears isolated from the rest … and will he/she be chosen to be sacrificed? Erica Ruse does a tortured, limb-flinging solo, while the others stand and watch. And these folks, denizens of a wonderfully creepy leather bar, doesn’t look friendly.

Paul Taylor Dance Brings Sparkling, Sardonic Works to the Spreckels

By Kris Eitland | January 23, 2018 |

As we anticipated three dances — “Arden Court,” “Changes,” and “Cloven Kingdom,”
there was a sense of connecting with history, almost touching Taylor’s long arms, and those he had touched.

Sacra/Profana’s Tribute to the Songs of Carole King

By Ken Herman | January 23, 2018 |

On Friday (January 19) the choral ensemble Sacra/Profana offered its tribute to Carole King with a concert of new arrangements of her music, including all the songs from her iconic “Tapestry” album . . .

Politics, Not Theater, Fuels Cygnet’s So-So ‘Last Wife’

By Martin Jones Westlin | January 23, 2018 |

Henry VIII couldn’t soldier his way out of a wet paper bag, but he knew how to push other soldiers’ buttons. Then he met Katherine Parr, in whom he met his match. Cygnet Theatre Company’s ‘The Last Wife’ chronicles the events and the outcome — and while the script holds out Parr as a model, the show certainly does not.