San Francisco

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.

Student work is presented alongside pieces by some of ballet’s greatest choreographers.

The premiere of Jake Heggie’s If I Were You is just one of the highlights.

The premiere of Inferno is just part of the evening-length ballet envisioned by the prolific composer.

Raising more questions than it answers, Niloufar Talebi’s unconventional opera boasts fine performances and stylish staging.

The award-winning Orihara explores the intersection of American and Japanese modern-dance traditions as expressed by women choreographers.

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

Part of the composer’s seven-hour epic is performed in NYC, along with Gelsey Bell’s Within.

Plácido Domingo spearheads L.A. Opera’s brilliant production of the zarzuela classic.

Polymath Niloufar Talebi’s operatic performance piece premieres at Z Space this week.