Between Splendor and Substance: Navigating the Depths of Possokhov’s Anna Karenina Ballet
Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina pirouetted and pliéd gracefully across the stage at Zellerbach Auditorium this Saturday, in a ballet adaptation choreographed by Yuri Posshokhov. The talented dancers of the Joffr...
“Jazz!! is!! back!!:” The release of Laufey’s “Bewitched” and thoughts on the future of the genre
In early 2021, a friend of mine sent me a link to a TikTok accompanied by an innocuous message somewhere along the lines of, “Thought you’d like this.” Intrigued, I clicked, and a curly-haired girl in a p...
Exploring Forgotten Female Voices in Composing
Hans Zimmer. John Williams. Alan Menken: These are all composers that most people know off of the top of our heads when it comes to film scores. These men are the powerhouse of the movie music industry, and a...