Claudia Bauer

Claudia Bauer's writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Dance Magazine, Pointe Magazine, Dance Teacher, Playbill, the San Jose Mercury News, DanceTabs.com, San Francisco Classical Voice and more. She is a ballet historian and teaches workshops in 19th-century ballet technique.

Alonzo King and Steve Kerr sit in gray-blue armchairs onstage during a public interview. Between them on a small table is a large gold NBA Championship trophy. King wears a short, light-colored jacket and black pants and a gray hat, and clasps his hands together in front of his chest. Kerr, on the right, wears a dark sport coat, white button-down shirt, khaki pants and blue tennis shoes, and looks toward King with a smile.

The Latest

Ballet and Basketball: A Conversation With Alonzo King and Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr

Claudia Bauer

Sarah Van Pattan stands in parallel on pointe and leans to her right as Luke Ingham stands behind her and pulls her arms up. They both wear green costumes with a brown vertical pattern.

Profiles

Sarah Van Patten Reflects on Her Career as She Retires From San Francisco Ballet

Claudia Bauer

During an onstage performance, Michael Burfield and Jamie Kopit face each other, lunging in effacé and crossing their downstage arms over each other. Burfield wears a light blue T-shirt, black tights, white socks and white slippers, while Kopit wears a light blue dance dress, pink tights and pointe shoes.

Training

Over-Rehearsing: When Too Much Isn’t Enough

Claudia Bauer

In a palm-tree lined courtyard at night, Joseph Walsh kneels onto the ground while Sarah Van Patten stands and bends towards him, lifting his chin with her left hand and looking into his eyes. Walsh wears a white button-down shirt, while Van Patten is shown in a lacy black dress, her hair in a French twist.

Onstage

Cathy Marston Reimagines “The Graduate” for San Francisco Ballet

Claudia Bauer

Career

Maxfield Haynes on Nonbinary Ballet and Joining the Trocks

Claudia Bauer

Brandon Alexander lunges dramatically outdoors in an arid landscape. He pops his right foot up onto demi-pointe and flexes his hands in front of him, wearing a blue polo shirt and black booty shorts.

Career

How to Find Your Purpose—and Your Power—as a Ballet Dancer

Claudia Bauer

Diana Silvers and Kristine Froseth, wearing black leotards, look through a dance studio window.

The Latest

Inside Amazon Studios’ New Dance Drama, “Birds of Paradise”

Claudia Bauer

Profiles

Sacramento Ballet’s Ben Youngstone Is Cultivating a Second Career in Farming

Claudia Bauer

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