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The choreographer’s company is gearing up for a pair of multimedia world premieres on this foundational theme.

Through The Healing Project, which lands in L.A. this week, the Berkeley-reared musician and artist has taken on the prison-industrial complex.

The Oscar-nominated documentary of Jon Batiste’s epic compositional journey also includes intimate moments with his wife as she battles cancer.

Spectacularly cast and flawlessly performed, the show is bound to leave any Wagnerite at Disney Hall begging for another Ring installment.

Having absorbed many different techniques, Barton is less interested in stretching boundaries than obliterating them.

Ahead of her Cal Performances date, the celebrated jazz vocalist chats about her latest album, inspired by a woman cursed to be a serpent.

The contemporary choreographer’s influence has been felt well beyond the Bay Area, becoming part of the fabric of modern dance.

In a rare solo set at SFJAZZ, Lage strips his signature style down to the essentials.

The famed choreographer says Shakespeare and Prokofiev are only the starting points for this modern telling, which arrives in L.A. next week.

At Disney Hall, a production of Wagner’s Das Rheingold features scenic design by the architect of the iconic L.A. venue.