Some of our other favorite performances of the year were by the Maria Schneider Orchestra, Etienne Charles, Samara Joy, Don Bryon and former SDSU football scholarship-winner Gregory Porter
The 2023 NEA Jazz Masters honoree and 2006 MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" recipient spends her free time performing for critically ill people. 'There are so many ways we can use our music for people who can't get out,' she says
This weekend in San Diego arts and culture: Site-specific dance along the trolley line; Kazim Ali and poets without borders; motel soap art; "Dragon Mama," Picasso-inspired music; hip-hop art and more.
12 pm ET: Mark Morris Dance Group presents
Dido and Aeneas. A screening of the 1995 film directed by Barbara Willis Sweete who recreated the
Dido and Aeneas set on a sound stage in Toronto and filmed it without the constraints of a proscenium stage and with Morris in his critically acclaimed role. The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with Morris and Sweete and launches a week of activities including talks with dancers and artistic collaborators. Dance with MMDG classes for all levels to learn excerpts of the work; Dance for PD classes appropriate for anyone with mobility concerns. View here and on demand for one week.