B – EAU – TI – FUL They say that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Whether it’s a rush of overwhelming sadness as one gazes at the eyes of Vincent van Gogh’s subject in “Portrait of a Peasant” or the patriotic fervor rumbling heroically within…

TAP YOUR TROUBLES AWAY As a part of the “First Wednesday” performance schedule at Escondido Center for the Arts, The Barn Stage Company presented the very first (tenderfoot, I suppose) showing of MUSICAL FEET in the Concert Hall. The creators apparently set a very high bar for themselves…

LOVE & LAUGHTER WARMS THE COCKLES OF THE HEART At the time of year when Cupid readies his sling of arrows, it seems fitting that San Diego Ballet offers a program entitled “DANCES OF LOVE & LAUGHTER” at the Lyceum Theatre. Executive Director Matt Carney announces that Associate…

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH & DAVID BOWIE SHARING STAGE? Yes, indeed! It certainly isn’t classical ballet; no GISELLE or LE CORSAIRE here. Now if, instead, contemporary ballet is on the menu, a visit to the Escondido Center for the Arts would have been the place to be in late…

EN POINTE ME THE WAY A dose of classical ballet is just what the doctor ordered!  And what better company to serve up the revivifying elixir than San Diego Ballet. In the friendly confines of Center Theater on the sprawling complex of the Escondido Center for the Arts, these professional…

MOZART TAKES FLIGHT The jewel of City Ballet’s Spring program in 2019 at Spreckels Theatre downtown is MOZART’S REQUIEM; that accomplishment by itself would comprise a satisfying evening of dance for San Diego aficionados of the art form.  In this instance, though, that audience is treated to two…

A VISIONARY’S LIFETIME ON THE MOVE As we walk into the Spreckels Theatre, the anticipation begins to build. BALANCHINE MASTERPIECES 2019 is on the agenda for tonight’s presentation by CITY BALLET OF SAN DIEGO together with the CITY BALLET ORCHESTRA under the musical direction of John Nettles. First,…

LATIN RHYTHMS UNLEASHED The Arts stir emotion, they reverberate in contemplation or personal expression and they resonate in words as well as  snapshots in the mind’s eye; in short, they live on, affecting the very beings of those who partake. This is evident when a museum visitor…

WHITE BOX ARTS LIVE! (EMPHASIS ON WHITE) Apropos, right? That happens to be the name of the studio theatre, located in Liberty Station, San Diego, in which SAN DIEGO BALLET performs their dance revue entitled WHITE IN WHITE this weekend. Framed by a backdrop of flowing white fabric…