Cy Ashley Webb
Cy spent the ‘80’s as a bench scientist, the tech boom doing intellectual property law, and the first decade of the millennium, aspiring to be the world’s oldest grad student at Stanford where she is interested in political martyrdom. Presently, she enjoys writing for Stark Insider and the SF Examiner, hanging out at Palo Alto Children's Theatre, and participating in various political activities. Democracy is not a spectator sport! Cy is a SFBATCC member.
Review: Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker
Moscow Ballet performed The Great Russian Nutcracker at the Flint Center yesterday. I had the good fortune to talk to Cristina Terentiev, who played Masha (aka Clara) before the event. In a somewhat fractured cell phone conversation, I noted how in the past, we revered Nijinsky, George Balanchine and...
Review: The Revolutionary Nutcracker Sweetie
Dance Brigade prides itself on relating dance to issues of social justice.
Review: San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
I don’t know why I imagined the San Francisco’s Symphony’s Youth Orchestra as a Nutcracker-free zone.
Review: Ballet San Jose Nutcracker
Part of what kept this performance so vital is that the dancers rehearse for three or four roles and casting varies throughout the run.
San Francisco Ballet: Nutcracker a sugar-spun confection
As age balanced youth and darker tones balanced pastels, ditching the prince was a brilliant move.
Special Feature: Nutcracker Revisited – marathon begins
Cy explains the rationale behind her upcoming Nutcracker marathon.
San Francisco Review: Liza Minnelli, what true celebrity is all about
Whereas other celebs, like Mick Jagger, are fixed to a particular time and place, Minnelli exists out of time.
Theater Review: ‘A Christmas Memory’ @ TheatreWorks
Christmas, the season of giving, is as much about what is missing from our lives as it is about our extraordinary wealth.
The Season’s Beginning: PBO’s Messiah
Julian Assange's dubious holiday present to the world coupled with the idiocy of our politicians has many thoughtful people on edge.
