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Author Archives: Claudia Bauer
Smuin Ballet’s “The Christmas Ballet”
Friday, November 26, 2010 at the Lesher Center for the Performing Arts, Walnut Creek In just about every family, the senior generation passes holiday traditions on to the younger folk, who update here and there to keep the dusty old … Continue reading
Ready to Fly: ODC School and Theater Present Pilot 57
Normally, when multiple chorographers decide to coproduce a show, it’s because they like each other, or feel a creative synergy, or have harmonious work styles. Their artistic or logistical strengths and weaknesses being complementary, they shoulder different responsibilities to bring … Continue reading
AXIS and inkBoat Redefine Dance
ODD integrates dancers in wheelchairs and on foot.What’s in a name? AXIS, the name of Oakland’s renowned physically integrated contemporary dance company, plays on the turning axes of wheels and on accessibility; before it formed in 1987, world-class opportunities for … Continue reading
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Sailing Away: Joanna Haigood choreographs San Francisco history
In Dance, October 2010 Flooded with Gold Rush lucre and teeming with the adventurers who hunted for it, San Francisco in the 1850s was a rootin’-tootin’, quick-shootin’, prostitutin’ Wild West boomtown. Halloween in the Castro has nothing on the Barbary … Continue reading
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Center Stage
East Bay Express Fall Arts Preview, September 1, 2010 A stellar East Bay dance season is waiting in the wings. Along with venues that draw dance talent from around the globe, the East Bay boasts world-class choreographers and dancers (who … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay Area, contemporary, east bay, East Bay Express, modern
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Bridging Borders: Nina Haft & Co. in the Middle East
In Dance, July 2010 Nina Haft visited the Middle East in 2007 to experience the culture and see firsthand how people there use dance to address the immense challenges in their lives, from restricted travel to conflicts that last for … Continue reading
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AileyCamp’s “Ambassador Bridges”
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, July 29, 2010 Sometimes dance is the least important part of a dance performance. For the kids who performed in Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp’s season finale at Zellerbach Hall, dance, to paraphrase Robert Louis Stephenson, was about … Continue reading
The Ballerina Project
Check out Dane Shitagi’s Ballerina Project, stunning images of ballerinas in the rain, on the beach, on city streets and more. Fresh, inventive and inspiring!
AXIS Dance Open Rehearsal & Silent Auction
Sneak a peek at AXIS Dance Company’s latest work, “ODD,” choreographed by Shinichi Iova-Koga/inkBoat and performed with guest dancers from inkBoat, at the company’s August 26 open rehearsal and fund-raising reception. Meet the artists and bid on an array of good stuff like jewelry, … Continue reading
Post:Ballet “Concert One”
Cowell Theatre, San Francisco, Saturday, July 17, 2010 Few choreographers can create plotless contemporary dance that engages the audience with movement and music alone; all too often, dancing for its own sake devolves into moody self-indulgence. More unusual is a … Continue reading
