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July 26-Diablo Ballet is opening its own ballet school on August 26, offering classes to students ages three to adult. It is the first school in the East Bay to be run by a professional ballet company. The new school's location at the Performing Academy in Pleasant Hill will also be the Diablo Ballet Company's new rehearsal studio. The...
Alonzo King LINES Ballet has invited the Parkinson's Disease community to free dance classes at Grace Cathedral this August. The Dance for PD® classes, specifically designed for individuals with Parkinson's Disease and their loved ones, will be led by experienced teaching artists. Tailored for varying abilities, the classes begin with students...
Gabriel Mata's award-winning choreography takes him around the country: Washington, D.C., Delaware, New York, Minnesota, California. But it's a country he fears he might be compelled to leave. Mata is one of the Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children and who dream of some pathway to citizenship. Mata has expressed the...
Dancer Brett Conway is making his choreographic debut this month with the world premiere of his work The Bedroom with SFDanceworks. In January Brett performed a solo work-in-progress version of his new work at Dance Mission Theater. His career includes dancing with Alonzo King's LINES Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theater 1. Currently he is...
SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday, June 5, 2019—Aafter a five-month international search, San Francisco Ballet Board of Trustees has named Kelly Tweeddale to replace retiring Glenn McCoy as the organization's next Executive Director. McCoy will leave at the end of this month after 32-years with San Francisco Ballet.
May 29, 2019, Palo Alto-Stanford Live, the performing arts organization of Stanford University, unveiled the newly refurbished and updated Frost Amphitheater to local media today. Built in 1937 and home to historic performers, such as San Francisco Symphony, the Grateful Dead, and Janis Joplin, the venerable outdoor venue has been revitalized to...