Rachel Howard

3 days ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Rachel Howard

Theo Duff-Grant performs in "The Beauty of Dissolving Portraits." Photo: Chris Hardy/photo by Chris HardyIn the middle of Alonzo King’s new ballet “The Beauty of Dissolving Portraits” there’s a moment that feels like a gift made for anyone who won’t give up on love and interconnection as the current governmental regime tries to tear our society apart.

1 week ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Rachel Howard

Tristan Ching Hartmann performs Margaret Jenkins Dance Company's “Wheel.” Photo: Kegan MarlingSome old lines from the playwright Bertolt Brecht that have been making the rounds lately, for good reason as we pass through this alarming period of mounting authoritarianism: “In the dark times / Will there also be singing?” In their echo, Margaret Jenkins’ absorbing new dance “Wheel” adds pressing new questions: “Will it end? If so, when? Will we resist?

2 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Rachel Howard

San Francisco BalletÕs new artistic director Tamara Rojo instructs Sasha De Sola, a Diane B. Wilsey principal dancer, and Aaron Robison, both not pictured, during a rehearsal at San Francisco Ballet on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, in San Francisco, Calif. Rojo is leading the ballet after SFB was under the helm of Helgi Tommassen for 30 years. Yalonda M.

2 weeks ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Rachel Howard

Flamenco artist Melissa Cruz is set to perform in San Francisco on Saturday, May 3. Photo: Stefan Cohen Dance Datebook Pick Flamenco artist Melissa Cruz is set to perform in San Francisco on Saturday, May 3.

1 month ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Rachel Howard

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Christopher Taylor in Alvin Ailey’s “Revelations.” Photo: Paul KolnikjpgAwakening to true joy is a serious business. That thought stayed in mind while watching Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater groove and glide through Ronald K. Brown’s “Grace” as the opener of the internationally beloved company’s 55th visit to UC Berkeley’s Cal Performances.