West Wave Dance Festival: Dark re-tellings of fairy tales in Make.Believe

Por Carla Escoda, 31 octubre 2013

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Crítica hecha desde Z Space, San Francisco el 28 octubre 2013

Shelter (Milissa Payne Bradley)

La Belle-Mère (Julia Adam)

Brutalisms (Maurya Kerr)

Mirror (Amy Seiwert)

Redhood's End (Robert Dekkers)

Jamielyn Duggan, Bailarín

Shaina Leibson, Bailarín

Rachel Speidel Little, Bailarín

Bryan Ketron, Bailarín

Jane Rehm, Bailarín

Chris DeVita, Bailarín

Linda Steele II, Bailarín

Robyn Gerbaz, Bailarín

Alex Carrington, Bailarín

Megan Wright, Bailarín

Rachel Furst, Bailarín

Katherine Wells, Bailarín

Weston Krukow, Bailarín

Robert Dekkers, Bailarín

Charley Cohen, Bailarín

Christian Squires, Bailarín

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Post;Ballet's High-5

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***11

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Diablo Ballet celebrates its 20th anniversary with a one-night performance of dance, film, shared memories and surprise performances.

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Diablo Ballet's Emotions into Movement

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Carla Escoda reviews Diablo Ballet's mixed bill, Emotions into Movement, at the Shadelands Art Center in Walnut Creek, California, featuring work by Ben Stevenson, Mário Radačovský, David Fonnegra, Robert Dekkers, and the classic Esmeralda pas de deux.

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Jaime Robles, 2nd May

The effect was like raindrops falling on the surface of the world, transforming it from the dull white of fog and industry into saturated colors of fecund leaf and flower.

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Transforming George Eliot's Middlemarch into opera

Jaime Robles, 19th March

Shearer’s music is lush, elegant and witty. There is a playful irony that asserts itself.

***11

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.