"So why not try a mashup with Frank Capra’s sentimental 1946 holiday film “It’s a Wonderful Life”? That’s the idea behind 'It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker.'”
       
     
"Sparkling wine's not a bad metaphor for 'Bru's Sweet,' a playful, sexy dance that features plenty of bubbly fun, yet tempers the froth with passages of dry wit and melancholy."
       
     
"Legend blends elements of both Eastern and Western dance traditions. The score for the production is an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary Mongolian songs with other musical arrangements."
       
     
"Menlowe Ballet continues its tradition of tapping into the star talent of the Bay Area ballet world with the choice of Dennis Nahat as guest choreographer for its April production, 'Transcendence.'"
       
     
"The music draws on his Chinese heritage. And 'the movement has some of the folk Chinese steps infused with my voice and, from being in Oakland Ballet so many years, that sense of theatricality.'"
       
     
"So why not try a mashup with Frank Capra’s sentimental 1946 holiday film “It’s a Wonderful Life”? That’s the idea behind 'It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker.'”
       
     
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"So why not try a mashup with Frank Capra’s sentimental 1946 holiday film “It’s a Wonderful Life”? That’s the idea behind 'It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker.'”

A 'Wonderful Nutcracker" teams Capra and Tchaikovsky

 

"Sparkling wine's not a bad metaphor for 'Bru's Sweet,' a playful, sexy dance that features plenty of bubbly fun, yet tempers the froth with passages of dry wit and melancholy."
       
     
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"Sparkling wine's not a bad metaphor for 'Bru's Sweet,' a playful, sexy dance that features plenty of bubbly fun, yet tempers the froth with passages of dry wit and melancholy."

Menlowe Ballet commissions new work set to Dave Brubeck music

"Legend blends elements of both Eastern and Western dance traditions. The score for the production is an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary Mongolian songs with other musical arrangements."
       
     
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"Legend blends elements of both Eastern and Western dance traditions. The score for the production is an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary Mongolian songs with other musical arrangements."

Legend comes to life: Menlowe Ballet premieres dance based on Mongolian folktale

"Menlowe Ballet continues its tradition of tapping into the star talent of the Bay Area ballet world with the choice of Dennis Nahat as guest choreographer for its April production, 'Transcendence.'"
       
     
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"Menlowe Ballet continues its tradition of tapping into the star talent of the Bay Area ballet world with the choice of Dennis Nahat as guest choreographer for its April production, 'Transcendence.'"

Menlowe Ballet spring show: from classic to 'otherworldly'

"The music draws on his Chinese heritage. And 'the movement has some of the folk Chinese steps infused with my voice and, from being in Oakland Ballet so many years, that sense of theatricality.'"
       
     
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"The music draws on his Chinese heritage. And 'the movement has some of the folk Chinese steps infused with my voice and, from being in Oakland Ballet so many years, that sense of theatricality.'"

Menlowe Ballet: Pieces inspired by Michael Lowe's heritage