NEWS
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Feb 18, 2010
Dreams, Ghosts and Simpler Times
San Francisco Bay Times
SF Ballet Program 2: Of Dreams, Ghosts and Simpler Times
by Mike Ward
Ghosts: Christopher Wheeldon continues his successful artistic alliance with the company with this world premiere. The sumptuous nouveau romanticist score by Kip Winger (rocker Alice Cooper's former bassist; '80s hair-band "Winger") delivers waves of gorgeous, dimensional lushness that trickle away into sparse piano motifs. Though Wheeldon notes no ballet narrative exists, the music and movement nearly belie this - stories waft up then vaporize...
What Wheeldon does with large groupings of dancers in Ghosts is breathtaking - bringing them together then pulling them apart with the fascinating wonder of a kaleidoscopic, floral time-lapse photography, unfurling, blossoming, then decaying. Each time he does this, the collective sighs in the audience bear witness to the impact of these strong, evocative visuals.
