Mere Mortals explores the Pandora myth in a sensory extravaganza

San Francisco Ballet in Aszure Barton and Sam Shepherd's Mere Mortals

Wei Wang in Aszure Barton and Sam Shepherd's Mere Mortals

Jennifer Stahl in Aszure Barton and Sam Shepherd's Mere Mortals

Isaac Hernández in Aszure Barton and Sam Shepherd's Mere Mortals

Parker Garrison in Aszure Barton and Sam Shepherd's Mere Mortals

San Francisco Ballet in Aszure Barton and Sam Shepherd's Mere Mortals

Par Terez Rose, 28 janvier 2024

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“thus echoing Pandora’s fateful curiosity, I ripped open the packet that I’d been warned not to open”

Critique faite à War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, le 26 janvier 2024

Mere Mortals (World Premiere) (Aszure Barton)

San Francisco Ballet

Hamill Industries, Décors

Michelle Jank, Costumes

Jim French, Lumières

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

Jennifer Stahl, Danse

Isaac Hernández, Danse

Wei Wang, Danse

Parker Garrison, Danse

Les Etés de la Danse 2015 : des instants de grâce…

Anne-Laure Faubert, 11th July

Cette édition des Etes de la Danse marque le retour de l’Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, et la programmation répond aux attentes d’un grand nombre de spectateurs.

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Exhibitions of style: Hubbard Street Dance returns to New York

Carla Escoda, 31st March

Aszure Barton, Matthew Rushing, Bob Fosse and James Gregg make for an eclectic and mostly intriguing night with Chicago's Hubbard Street Dance at New York's Joyce Theatre.

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The timeless and the new at Limón Dance

Carla Escoda, 21st May

Doris Humphrey and José Limón inspired a world premiere from Aszure Barton for the Limón Dance Company at New York City's storied 92nd Street Y.

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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on the road, dancing impeccably

Carla Escoda, 25th March

A mixed bill with mixed results from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Joyce Theater in New York.

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Slow Burn marks a new era for Hamburg Ballet

Vikki Jane Vile, 10th January

The rather imposing proposition of taking over the reigns from John Neumeier has fallen to Demis Volpi, who has brought fresh and explosive pieces into the repertoire at Hamburg.

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Arresting: Aszure Barton restages Come In for Ballett am Rhein

Graham Watts, 18th June

Ballett am Rhein's reputation continues to grow under Demis Volpi with a restaging of Aszure Barton's 2006 creation for Mikhail Baryshnikov during her residency for his Hell’s Kitchen Dance.

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Terez Rose

Terez Rose is a writer and former dancer whose work has appeared in numerous journals, anthologies and online publications. She is the author (as Terez Mertes Rose) of the Ballet Theatre Chronicles (Off Balance, Outside the Limelight, Ballet Orphans, Other Stages) and A Dancer’s Guide to Africa. Visit her at The Classical Girl where she blogs about classical music and the performing arts.

SF Ballet’s world premiere of Mere Mortals explores the Pandora myth, AI, in sensory extravaganza