Previews

Lou Fancher - August 3, 2016

Being a deaf dancer, says Antoine Hunter, is a two-way mirror in which you are acutely aware of the differences between how you see yourself and how others see you.

Mark MacNamara - July 20, 2016

Enterprising director Josh Shaw makes the most of a cultural touchstone to bring Mozart’s opera to life.

Lou Fancher - June 20, 2016

The world’s best-known cellist celebrates collaboration in a new film: The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. He discusses the film with SFCV.

Lou Fancher - June 8, 2016

The well-curated 2016 program adds voices to the mix of period instruments.

Michael Zwiebach - June 6, 2016

Berkeley’s biennial early music fest is ambitious and far-reaching once again.

Lou Fancher - June 1, 2016

The long-running event features more than 400 dancers and musicians representing 20 world cultures.

Lou Fancher - May 17, 2016

Artistic Director Céline Ricci reanimates another long-lost operatic gem like last year’s hit, La Cleopatra.

Mark MacNamara - May 11, 2016

Neglected as a propaganda piece for decades, Marc Blitzstein’s enormous Airborne Symphony is being revived by the appropriately named ensemble Curious Flights.

Lou Fancher - May 9, 2016

It may sound esoteric, but contact improvisation is becoming more central to contemporary dance, and is even taught at corporate retreats.

Lou Fancher - April 18, 2016

The violinist captures a quiet moment to reflect on her swirling world of sound, image, and nonstop creativity.