Janice Berman

Janice Berman, SFCV’s senior dance critic, has been a dance writer and reviewer since 1978, beginning at Newsday and New York Newsday. She has written on dance for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Ballet Review, and Dance Magazine, where she was editor-in-chief.

Articles By This Author

Janice Berman - November 4, 2019

The St. Petersburg company is flawless, and the work is transcendent, in a showing at Cal Performances.

Janice Berman - June 24, 2019

James Sofranko’s company, now in its fourth season, gives world premieres with superb dancers.

Janice Berman - May 13, 2019

The troupe’s mélange of percussive dance with cutting-edge electronics and live music brings down the house at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Janice Berman - May 8, 2019

The choreographer’s humanity and storytelling ability combine with superb performances.

Janice Berman - April 11, 2019

Rennie Harris’s tribute to the late choreographer is a must-see.

Janice Berman - April 1, 2019

Liam Scarlett’s Isle of the Dead is forceful and virtuosic in its world premiere.

Janice Berman - March 29, 2019

Brilliant dancing isn’t enough to rescue S.F Ballet’s world premiere of a new Yuri Possokhov work.

Janice Berman - March 11, 2019

S.F. Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty shows the company at the top of its world-class form.

Janice Berman - March 11, 2019

Old-time string-band music and contemporary dance find common ground to explore timely issues.

Janice Berman - March 4, 2019

In his solo dance performance, Akram Khan takes the audience inside the Indian experience of WWI.