A Conversation with Gloria Fokine September 1, 2004 Printed in Ballet Review, Spring 2007 (WP) Wendy Perron, editor in chief, Dance Magazine (FOKINE) Gloria Fokine, born Gloria González Negreira in Havana in 1925 WP:  What are your earliest memories of seeing dance? FOKINE:  In Cuba there was an organization called Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical, which was […]

Onstage or off, Madison Keesler has riveting eyes. A bewitching intensity shines from their depths, which are set in a pretty, delicate face. At 21, Keesler, a San Francisco Ballet corps member, has already drawn notice in soloist roles. In Helgi Tomasson’s Giselle, her engaging glances lent a girlish appeal to her strong  technique in […]

A native of Anchorage, Alaska, John Heginbotham graduated from the Juilliard School in 1993 and joined the Mark Morris Dance Group in 1998. He has also danced with Susan Marshall, Pilobolus (as a guest artist), John Jasperse, and Ben Munisteri. Having taught many master classes on tour with MMDG, he now teaches for the Brooklyn […]

Although I love the NYC Ballet Nutcracker  and see more in it every year, SFB’s 2004 version by Helgi Tomasson was a refreshing change of pace. The whole production is less sticky sweet, the décor is elegant, and the story has both cogency and humor. Vintage San Francisco Like a huge storybook, a series of […]

The season of Thanksgiving is the season to remember what you’re thankful for. We’ve all had someone in our lives we’ve lost, someone of value to us as both a person and as a dancer. In the spirit of gratitude, Dance Magazine asked six prominent dancers and teachers to remember such a person—someone they looked […]