Northward-bound … for San Francisco Ballet ‘NEXT@90’ anniversary celeb

Dance
War Memorial Opera House interior, photo robert canfield I’m heading north — to attend a friend’s birthday party. That is, San Francisco Ballet, the oldest extant classical-ballet company in our nation. Established in 1933 by Adolf Bolm, and developed artistically and institutionally by three ballet brothers, Willam, Lew and Harold Christensen, the SFB staged the ...

National Choreographer’s Initiative off to the races, for 12th year 2

Dance
The National Choreographers Initiative (NCI), since 2004 pursuing its proclaimed mission “to support and nurture the process of developing new choreography” is kicking off another summer session from its base at the University of California, Irvine campus in Orange County. Molly Lynch, Associate Professor of Dance in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at ...