The exciting lineup of guest artists has been thinned by visa denials, but the performance schedule is still full.
Running July 4-19, the summer season features premieres by Jake Heggie and John Corigliano, plus performances by Renée Fleming and Wynton Marsalis.
The company has scheduled classics, contemporary works, and one world premiere.
Alonzo King’s brilliant new work about heritage is complemented by Ode to Alice Coltrane, a tribute to a jazz great.
The ballet company will present the West Coast premiere of Alexander Ekman’s dreamlike, mind-bending production at Cal Performances this weekend.
Upon Ailey’s return to the Bay, “there is perhaps no better hope for America than in the lines and leaps of this historic dance company.”
