Janice Berman

Attention must be paid to Israeli dance group, Batsheva, which performed captivating feats of balance, elevation, and extension at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

A kaleidoscopic night of festivity and irony at the massive site-specific exhibit “@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz” celebrates the famed Chinese dissident artist by calling attention to his absence.

It’s a given that Mark Morris is one of the best dance makers not only now, but ever. His genius was on view in his current tour to Berkeley.

With The Luminous Edge, the company Garrett + Moulton have created something special.

Even as its artistic reputation soars, the financially strapped company’s unpredictable ways continue. Can the new season bring new stability?

Liam Scarlett’s Hummingbird, which had its world premiere at the San Francisco Ballet Tuesday night, is almost shockingly wonderful.

With music from the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale conducted by Nicholas McGegan, Acis and Galatea, a Cal Performances co-production and world premiere is a delight.

A San Francisco Ballet program of Caprice, Maelstrom, and Rite of Spring sparkles as the dancers go for all.

Enigmatic and often thrilling, Alexei Ratmansky’s ballet Shostakovich Trilogy, the first-ever co-production of American Ballet Theatre and the San Francisco Ballet, had its West Coast premiere.

The artistic director of San Francisco Ballet is as vital and creative, at 71, as ever. He distills lessons from his career as he talks about his new ballet.