Lou Fancher

Getting to the core of Cao Xuequin’s epic novel and translating it into opera has been an epic journey in itself for the creative team.

Yo-Yo Ma’s trailblazing ensemble tears it up in concert at UC Berkeley’s Greek Theater.

Being a deaf dancer, says Antoine Hunter, is a two-way mirror in which you are acutely aware of the differences between how you see yourself and how others see you.

The world’s best-known cellist celebrates collaboration in a new film: The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble. He discusses the film with SFCV.

The highly regarded vocal ensemble teams up with innovative director Erika Chong Shuch at Berkeley Rep’s Summer Residency Lab.

The well-curated 2016 program adds voices to the mix of period instruments.

The long-running event features more than 400 dancers and musicians representing 20 world cultures.

Stephen Schultz talks about the connections between his musical passions, as he prepares a Beatles seminar.

Artistic Director Céline Ricci reanimates another long-lost operatic gem like last year’s hit, La Cleopatra.

It may sound esoteric, but contact improvisation is becoming more central to contemporary dance, and is even taught at corporate retreats.