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

By Carla Escoda, 31 October 2013

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Reviewed at Z Space, San Francisco on 28 October 2013

Shelter (Milissa Payne Bradley)

La Belle-Mère (Julia Adam)

Brutalisms (Maurya Kerr)

Mirror (Amy Seiwert)

Redhood's End (Robert Dekkers)

Jamielyn Duggan, Dancer

Shaina Leibson, Dancer

Rachel Speidel Little, Dancer

Bryan Ketron, Dancer

Jane Rehm, Dancer

Chris DeVita, Dancer

Linda Steele II, Dancer

Robyn Gerbaz, Dancer

Alex Carrington, Dancer

Megan Wright, Dancer

Rachel Furst, Dancer

Katherine Wells, Dancer

Weston Krukow, Dancer

Robert Dekkers, Dancer

Charley Cohen, Dancer

Christian Squires, Dancer

Noble athleticism at Diablo Ballet

Carla Escoda, 5th February

Diablo Ballet tackles Balanchine's Apollo, Tina Kay Bohnstedt's take-off on a Sinatra classic, and Robert Dekkers' mysterious Milieu – once again showing up those larger companies who have unwisely ditched live music.

****1

Post;Ballet's High-5

Jaime Robles, 20th November

Robert Dekkers' Post:Ballet presents High:5 , a full-evening program of innovative works, including Yours Is Mine, Sixes and Seven and Do Be. Reviewwed at Z Space, San Francisco

***11

Diablo Ballet's 20th Anniversary

Terez Rose, 6th March

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

****1

Diablo Ballet's Emotions into Movement

Carla Escoda, 1st February

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.

****1

Singing The Heart of Darkness: Tarik O’Regan’s opera premieres in America

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.

****1

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.