Tag Archives: San Francisco Ballet

I’m Complaining about Mark Morris’s “Beaux” at San Francisco Ballet again.

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Larissa Archer

While San Francisco Ballet’s premiere of resident choreographer Yuri Possokhov’s new Rite of Spring was the big draw in Program Three, the evening started with two of last year’s premieres: Ashley Page’s Guide to Strange Places and Mark Morris’s Beaux. … Continue reading →

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“Nijinsky” with Hamburg Ballet, for Zyzzyva

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Larissa Archer

A few people straggled almost unnoticed onto the stage of the War Memorial Opera House before the house lights had dimmed, and they began to talk. Even before the dancing had begun, their presence was an announcement that one had … Continue reading →

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My “Best of 2012” arts round-up, Art Practical

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Larissa Archer

As futile as it is to try to sum up the best arts events a cosmopolitan city like San Francisco offered in a year, especially with a mere 1200 word-count, I gave it a try for Art Practical. I settled … Continue reading →

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Trio, Francesca da Rimini, and Carnaval des Animaux at SF Ballet for Zyzzyva

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Larissa Archer

Helgi Tomasson, the San Francisco Ballet’s artistic director and principal choreographer, combined elements of modern and classical ballet to create “Trio,” set to Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. While much of the ballet recalls the aggrandized ballroom prancing one sees so often, … Continue reading →

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Chroma, Beaux, and Number Nine at SF Ballet, for Zyzzyva

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Larissa Archer

The San Francisco Ballet’s Program 2, which finished its run late last month, started strong. Wayne McGregor’s “Chroma” — one of three works making up the program — looked more like contact sport than ballet, an effect strengthened by the … Continue reading →

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SF Ballet’s “Onegin”, Zyzzyva

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Larissa Archer

Often, the thing we love about the work of a great author is the ability to describe a moment, an emotion, some nuance of experience, in such a way that it is immediately recognizable to us, however foreign to our … Continue reading →

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