News Source: The Mercury News
| about 1 year ago
The company is in fine shape. "Mendelssohn Symphony" (1973), a neo-Balanchinian abstraction, and "The Firebird" (2005), a narrative charmer with music by Stravinsky, received outstanding performances at the Thursday opening. The program continues...
News Source: San Francisco Chronicle
| about 1 year ago
Vivid storytelling is one of Ballet San Jose's specialties, and what a fabulous tale it spins in "The Firebird," Dennis Nahat's retelling of the Ballet Russe classic, originally choreographed by Michel Fokine in 1910. Nahat's 2005 version, which...