Milissa Payne Project injects classicism into San Francisco's SPF 6 modern dance festival

By Carla Escoda, 24 August 2013

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Reviewed at ODC Theater, San Francisco on 18 August 2013

Up in the Air (Milissa Payne)

Milissa Payne Project

Calder Quartet

Father On at San Francisco's ODC Theater

Carla Escoda, 5th December

Carla Escoda reviews the world première of Scott Wells' and Sheldon B. Smith's Father On at the ODC Theater in San Francisco.

****1

Layla Means Night: Rosanna Gamson seduces audiences in San Francisco

Carla Escoda, 31st October

Rosanna Gamson’s Layla Means Night, a riff on the Persian fable of Scheherazade, draws audiences into what program notes describe as “an immersive tour through a world of ritual violence and exquisite pleasure.” We were told to wear sensible shoes.

***11

Dada Masilo’s Hamlet: inimitable mix of wisdom and audacity

Maggie Foyer, 25th May

Dada Masilo wanted her audiences to feel the passion and to leave the theatre with a buzz. In her Hamlet, the commitment of the cast ensures this message still holds true.

****1

Glorious debuts in Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée at The Royal Ballet

Deborah Weiss, 23rd May

Two vivid debuts as Colas, marked the second revival of La Fille mal gardée this season at The Royal Ballet.

****1

At NYCB, Fairchild bids adieu in her final performances of Coppélia

Leigh Donlan, 22nd May

Megan Fairchild pours her heart into her final performances of Coppélia at New York City Ballet.

*****

Northern Ballet’s Gentleman Jack: brave but bland at Sadler’s Wells

Jonathan Gray, 19th May

A bold choice for Northern Ballet, Gentleman Jack is beautifully danced but doesn’t go far enough in celebrating difference, individuality and freedom.

***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.