Classical ballet is such a curious art form. It’s something like 500 years old (give or take a century), it’s almost absurdly formal and stylized (I mean, the women dance on the tips of their toes for ...
That said, over 50 years on, the story of Manon (familiar from two different, similarly-titled operas), does seem a curious choice for 2025. It’s a tale of an impoverished Parisian convent girl who ...
SF Ballet’s "Manon" is a striking display of the provocative — bursting with romance, action, drama, comedy and dripping in opulence; here seems to be something enthralling for all adult audiences ...
When San Francisco Ballet presented its “British Icons” program of works by the great English choreographers Sir Frederick Ashton and Sir Kenneth MacMillan during the 2024 repertory season, the ...