Oakland Ballin’, Old School: A Triumphant Return for Oakland’s Gaskell Ball More than 600 attendees flocked in full skirts and suits to waltz the night away, for the first time in eight years. Vita Hewitt 3 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
Tulsa '24 In Tulsa The year in art, music, food, theatre and other excellent oddities. Alicia Chesser 30 Dec 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland A Nutcracker of Magic and Whimsy There’s something truly magical about the Oakland Ballet’s rendition of The Nutcracker, bringing the holiday classic to life with a fresh burst of whimsy and local flair. Vita Hewitt 24 Dec 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Dancing on the Ceilings: Vertical Dance Showcase Takes Flight Dancers defy gravity in Bandaloop’s intimate indoor performance, celebrating nature, community, and human spirit. Vita Hewitt 19 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland I’mma Take All Y’all Home: Oakland Ballet’s Luna Mexicana How many yards in a skirt? The Oakland Ballet delivered a feast for the senses, for the living and their dead. Rita Sapunor 6 Dec 2024 · 2 min read
Tulsa The Vampire Business Is Booming Tulsa Ballet's "Dracula" plays it straight. But that cape is fabulous. Alicia Chesser 8 Nov 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland Feet Fleet & Supple The Sanskrit word 'Sangam' means “confluence of rivers,” or “coming together." "Sangam: A Diwali Odissi Recital," performed at the Dresher Ensemble Studio in west Oakland, left me in sweet spirits. Agustín Maes 4 Nov 2024 · 4 min read
LA “God Is Dead. I Believe In Topaz” If you ask any fun-loving person in Los Angeles who the best Jumbo’s Clown Room dancer is, they’ll be able to come up with an answer. Madeline Connors 11 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Philadelphia Sticks Swing In Cyrano Modernization A name already shrouded in mystique and mythology — Roxanne — arrives on stage in a gorgeous gown while up-tempo club music blares, the lights flash pink and purple as she vogues stiffly. Leo David 10 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Everything Fits Together For Creations In Studio K Tulsa Ballet: Creations In Studio K Tulsa Ballet Sept. 14, 2024 Blink and you’ll miss it: the moment when, at the end of one of the most irresistible duets Alicia Chesser 20 Sep 2024 · 5 min read
Hartford Royal Ballet Takes Jacob’s Pillow Stage Royal Ballet (Indoor) Ted Shawn Theatre 358 George Carter Rd. Becket, Mass. July 3 – 7 Manon (Mayara Magri) saunters over to her lover (Matthew Ball) with the confidence of someone Serena Puang 8 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Hope and History Celebrated Through Dance Fallen Heroes, Rising Stars: A Juneteenth Celebration Through Dance 494 9th St., Oakland June 22, 2024 On a closed-off block of 9th Street in Old Oakland, even the sun seemed Stacey Peters 28 Jun 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Clogging, Cartwheeling, & Rocking Tapestry: Weaving the Community of Dance Oakland Temple Hill 4780 Lincoln Ave. Oakland April 27, 2024 I had seen the place a hundred times from other parts of the city, Stacey Peters 3 May 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Baby Bhangra Bangs, Bro Non Stop Bhangra at OMCA Friday Nights Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak St, Oakland April 19, 2024 I had been to OMCA’s Friday night events a handful of Stacey Peters 25 Apr 2024 · 4 min read
Boulder The Therapeutic Power Of Dance Mindfield Boulder Ballet Boulder, Colorado March 8 – 10, 2024 Boulder Ballet’s latest production, “Mindfield,” is ambitious to say the least and a departure from the company’s usual productions, Alice Kaderlan 18 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland A Tropical — Not “Tiki” — Interlude in the Oakland Hills Tonga in the Hills The Lobby Bar at Claremont Club & Spa Oakland March 7, 2024 In the Lobby Bar at the storied Claremont Hotel in the Oakland Hills, my Robin Lapid 12 Mar 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland Lunar New Year, Minus The Flash Lantern Festival 2024 Pacific Renaissance Plaza Oakland Feb. 24, 2024 Across the Bay, with great anticipation and fanfare, Awkwafina served as grand marshal of the San Francisco Chinese New Year Robin Lapid 1 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
Anchorage Salsa In The Snow Alaska Salsa Festival Anchorage, Alaska Feb. 9 – 11, 2024 The presence of a Latin dance festival in Anchorage, Alaska, might come as a surprise to many, but this year’s Jacqi Jones 23 Feb 2024 · 3 min read
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