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Read MoreSan Diego Opera Brings a New Production of ‘All Is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914’ to the Balboa Theatre
San Diego Opera’s upcoming production of Peter Rothstein’s choral chamber opera “All Is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914” at the Balboa Theatre sheds light on the impromptu Christmas Day truce of 1914, an event early in World War I that offered a glimpse of humanity in that otherwise merciless combat.
Read MoreDriven by Ritual, Ladies of LITVAKdance Light up Encinitas
The program of six dances opened with Weinberg’s “Ritual:The Ezio Suite Continues,” set to music by Ezio Bosso which sets a dark cinematic tone. Four women lean forward and cautiously slide their feet over the floor, as if checking for cracks in a frozen pond. As they scoop their arms upward and roll their heads, they evoke women struggling to harvest grain…
Read MoreDangerous Expedition in the Himalayas
Most people like to travel as a way to take a vacation, relax and escape their worries for a time. However, there are some men and women who go to distant lands in order to challenge themselves in ways that are risky and extremely dangerous.
Read MoreInnerMission’s Great ‘Melancholy Play’ Unearths a Vital Emotional Truth
Melancholy isn’t an easily defined state, yet its aftereffects are a powerful marker in the affected person’s emotional mix. Playwright Sarah Ruhl thinks it’s also an important component in mental health — and with InnerMission Productions’ very nice ‘Melancholy Play,’ it looks like she has a point.
Read MoreDavid Roussève/REALITY Brings 1940s African-American Jazz Clubs to Life
Wonderfully ambitious, if over-reaching, David Roussève/REALITY’s “Halfway to Dawn” is a sort of dance-biography of jazz great Billy Strayhorn. Celebratory, abandoned dancing to Strayhorn tunes evokes the gaiety of African-American jazz clubs in the 1940s; but this complex piece also conveys an underlying loneliness.
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