News & Reviews
Experience the power of danceReview | Dance Commentary by Heather Desaulniers: Diablo Ballet
By Heather Desaulniers | October 2017An emotive, contemporary duet that charmed with a universal parable. A chamber work replete with neoclassical speed and musicality. A fun-filled, energetic ensemble dance to welcome the coming holiday season. What a well-crafted program to kick off Diablo Ballet’s twenty-fourth year!
News | Diablo Ballet’s ‘A Swingin’ Holiday and More’
By Maxine Marshall | August 2017Nothing says “holidays” like ballet set to the bright music of the 1930s and ’40s, including favorites by legends like Duke Ellington and Nat King Cole.
News | Big Love for Diablo Ballet Artistic Director
By Claudia Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle | April 2017People love to talk about Lauren Jonas behind her back. They describe the Diablo Ballet co-founder and artistic director using words like “nurturing,” “generous,” “incredible.”
News | Diablo Ballet Dancers Reach Out To Incarcerated Teens
By Jennifer Modenessi, Bay Area News Group | January 2016With the help of a California Arts Council grant, Jonas and Stegge are teaching movement classes to juvenile offenders in a bid to give them new and positive ways to express themselves — and maybe even help them stay out of juvenile hall. The teens — ages 15 to 18 — meet weekly with the dancers and learn how to turn their emotions into movement.