Mel Brooks brings another of his films to stage. In a pre-Broadway engagement in Seattle, Young Frankenstein proves to be familiar ground with unfamiliar faces filling big shoes. But it's spectacular and fun.
The great revolutionary was remarkably attuned to the art movements of her time, and an appearance of the famous Martha Graham Dance Company at Seattle's Moore Theatre raises a question: Should they mirror her choreography or reinterpret it?
The thriving organization has been putting on performances of the rich Indian artistic traditions since 1981. Here's a review of a recent program of South Asian dance and music.
Lines Ballet of San Francisco explores the commonalities of Chinese monks and modern American dance. Donald Byrd's Spectrum Dance Theater dances across the intractable Israeli-Palestinian divide.
Droll send-ups and Bernstein-scored brio recall the exuberant, formative years of American ballet.
