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A projection of green sky above shadowy mountains hovered behind their duet, and the curved bodies of the other dancers moved, barely visible, in the darkness of downstage.

Lang’s choreography lacks the hectic drollness and biting originality of Tharp’s, and while accessible it is also sweeter and blander.

Abstract ballet always asks the question of meaning, and Alonzo King Lines Ballet is one of the few companies that answers that question with existential exactness. 

A moving, meditative evening with the dancers of Abraham.In.Motion in Kyle Abraham's latest and perhaps most personal work at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 

The world premiere of Figures of Speech at Alonzo King LINES Ballet was notable for the striking, individual beauty of the dancers, and for its towering score, that incorporated fragments of recorded poetry in languages currently threatened with extinction.  

An unwavering pattern of sound, insistent in its energy and commitment.

The Lamplighters stage Gilbert and Sullivan's satirical operetta with their usual high production values and talented cast. 

Set in Italy, The Mikado gains humor and escapes controversy. The Lamplighters impress with high production values and a talented cast.

In the most subtle way, the two choreographers create a portrait of the forces of destiny by emphasizing the kinetic by using live music as the primary supporting element for the dance. 

The Paul Taylor dance company presents 10 pieces at the Yerba Buena Center, incuding the 1978 Diggity which is refreshingly simple in its movement, with a dollop of dearness and a dash of the absurd. 

Opera Parallèle’s superb production of Heggie's Dead Man Walking reveals a prism of anger and forgiveness. 

The dazzling Alonzo King's Lines Ballet performs the world premiere of The Steady Heart at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.