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Review: KH Fresh Festival presents ‘forever failing’ (workinprogress#1), February 9-10, 2024 at Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco
The KH Fresh Festival starts off with a bang with forever failing (work-in-progress #1) created and performed by Clarissa Rivera Dyas and...
Jen Norris
Feb 12, 20243 min read


Review: “Grief Wrote Me a Letter” live performance & “Panels” film premiere, produced by Tracey Lindsay Chan, Great Star Theater, February 9, 2024
Per the Chinese calendar, it is New Year’s Eve. San Francisco’s Chinatown is cacophonous with explosions celebrating the passing from the...
Jen Norris
Feb 10, 20246 min read


Review: The Straw Dogs, The Stories of the People Next to Us, produced by & presented at SHACK15, January 31, 2024
The Stories of the People Next to Us is a project of The Straw Dogs, a collective of Bay Area dance makers comprised of Mauelito Biag,...
Jen Norris
Feb 4, 20245 min read


Review: New Ballet presents Fast Forward, Hammer Theatre, San Jose State University, February 2, 2024
New Ballet brings its 7th annual presentation of new works, Fast Forward, to the Hammer Theatre at San Jose State University for one...
Jen Norris
Feb 3, 20246 min read


Review: San Francisco Ballet presents Aszure Barton's 'Mere Mortals' War Memorial Opera House, January 26 - Feb 1, 2024
A raucous standing ovation greets the world premiere of San Francisco Ballet (SFB) and choreographer Aszure Barton’s Mere Mortals on...
Jen Norris
Jan 28, 20246 min read


Review: San Francisco Ballet, 2024 Opening Night Gala, War Memorial Opera House, January 24, 2024
“The future of ballet begins now”, declared San Francisco Ballet’s (SFB) new Artistic Director, Tamara Rojo, during her front of curtain...
Jen Norris
Jan 25, 20245 min read


Review: Amy Seiwert’s Imagery presents ‘Blooming Flowers and the Full Moon’ at the Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco January 19-21, 2024
What would you do for love? How does a connection to one true love compare to the unconditional love of parents, children and siblings?...
Jen Norris
Jan 22, 20244 min read


Review: LYRA a collaboration of Post:Ballet, The Living Earth Show and film maker Benjamin Tarquin presented by Stanford Live in The Studio, January 18 -20, 2024
Pandemic venue closures and isolation protocols forced us all to change plans, but the most creative among us turned prohibitions into...
Jen Norris
Jan 21, 20245 min read


Review: Peninsula Lively Arts presents ‘Hip Hop Nutcracker’ Dec 16-17, 2023, Fox Theater, Redwood Ci
Nutcracker productions abound each holiday season. Families seeking entertainment often choose a classical ballet production of “The...
Jen Norris
Dec 18, 20235 min read


Review: Circus Bella presents ‘Kaleidoscope’ Dec 15-31, 2023, The Crossing at East Cut San Francisco
San Francisco’s own homegrown circus, Circus Bella has pitched a big top tent downtown this December. Family friendly fare has never...
Jen Norris
Dec 16, 20235 min read


Review: RAWdance’s 'Loving Still', Dec 8-10, 2023, 836M Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Loving relationships between same-gender people have always existed, but bringing them out into the open has taken time. Inspired by...
Jen Norris
Dec 9, 20235 min read


Review: Urban Bush Women presents Hair & Other Stories Dec 1-3, 2023, Zellerbach Playhouse, Berkeley
Urban Bush Women (UBW) is celebrating its 40th Anniversary with a visit to CAL Performances Zellerbach Playhouse, on the UC Berkeley...
Jen Norris
Dec 5, 20235 min read


Review: Stanford Live presents Akram Khan’s Jungle Book reimagined, Dec 2 & 3, 2023, Stanford, CA
It’s 2029, climate change has taken its toll. Rain falls incessantly. London is permanently flooded, unhabitable but for the animals,...
Jen Norris
Dec 3, 20235 min read


Review: CALI & CO dance and The Welcome Matt presents PERFECT. RESPONSE. Nov. 30 – Dec 2, Joe Goode
Concert dance performance comes with heavy expectations of performative perfection: dancers, with ideal bodies and otherworldly...
Jen Norris
Dec 1, 20235 min read


Review: Deborah Slater Dance Theater presents In the Absence of Presence, Dance Mission, Nov 10-12
Deborah Slater Dance Theater’s (DSDT) In the Absence of Prescence, a multidisciplinary collaboration, pairs many creative voices and...
Jen Norris
Nov 18, 20236 min read


Review: Urban Jazz Dance Co presents GentriDeafcation, Z Space, San Francisco November 10-12, 2023
Urban Jazz Dance Company’s (UJDC) is presenting “GentriDeafcation: Echoes of Houselessness in the Bay,” at Z-Space November 10-12. Each...
Jen Norris
Nov 15, 20235 min read


Review: Oceánica Ballet presents Sleepy Hollow & Lupita, ODC Theater, San Francisco Nov. 10-12, 23
For their first performances in a “real” theater, Oceánica Ballet is presenting a family-friendly ballet double-feature with an autumnal...
Jen Norris
Nov 13, 20235 min read


Review: Old Friends/New Friends Activation Event, Nov. 9, 2023, Creativity Explored, San Francisco
A few days ago, I received a tip about a dance performance, via Twitter messenger. The attached link and photo looked intriguing. The...
Jen Norris
Nov 10, 20234 min read


Reflection on the Occasion of My 100th Review
One hundred dance reviews and counting! My career as a dance blogger came about so organically, that it was in full swing before I could...
Jen Norris
Nov 8, 20234 min read


Review: KQED Live Presents Bay Curious' National AIDS Memorial Grove Walking Tour – Nov 4-5 San Fran
San Francisco takes a lot of guff these days, but for me, and those who know and love San Francisco, it is a place full of beauty, grace,...
Jen Norris
Nov 6, 20235 min read
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