Garth Grimball
The Brazilian-based dance company Grupo Corpo performed at Zellerbach Hall on April 25–26, and I wish that their theatrical run were longer and even more so that they would become a staple of…
Understanding dance through the stories we tell
Garth Grimball
Alvin Ailey and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will forever be associated with Revelations. It is a masterwork and likely the most performed, most widely seen dance in the…
Nkechi Njaka
Just a Shadow, an evening-length work from Megan Lowe Dance that premiered last year at Joe Goode Annex, was restaged at ODC Theater as an intimate, immersive exploration of grief, remembering, and…
Monica Ascencio
The 19th Annual CubaCaribe festival presented A Fire Within, “a celebration of the passion and drive of the artists that move and inspire us.” The dance and music diversity that CubaCaribe presented included the…
Sheldon Smith
Those of us who are or have been parents know all too well what it is to be sleep-deprived — up in the wee hours of the morning, attending to and worrying about these living beings we have brought into the world. The…