San Francisco

It’s a dance! It’s a lifestyle! It’s a whipped topping! Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project seems to be about more than the movement implies.

The “Harpist from the Hood” performs at BAMPFA’s “Full: Street Classical” event.

The beauty of Baroque opera and its most distinctive star are enlisted to help heal a king.

The durable company production is infused with some new blood, and a deep supporting cast.

In Ned Rothenberg’s Beyond C, the Paul Dresher Ensemble revisits Terry Riley’s iconic In C.

A pair of one-act operas range from the restrained to the flamboyant.

Playing music suggested by W. Kamau Bell, the orchestra showed an inspiring willingness to experiment.

S.F. Symphony’s stripped-down staging highlights the operetta’s strengths and weaknesses.

The general director mixes the fresh and the familiar in a season of "emotive storytelling."

The chamber ensemble offers fresh music and collaborates with West Edge Opera in incubating new operas.