SanDiego.com
By Kris Eitland
January 18, 2010

Hordes of San Diegans are mourning the Chargers' loss and gearing up for the Super Bowl. But if you were one of about 1,400 lucky people who attended a "Best of MOMIX" performance Saturday at the Birch North Park, you're still thinking about a different kind of athleticism. Images of men and women defying gravity, balancing on a giant gyroscope, and twirling with Dervish intensity linger long after you've left the theater.

The matinee and evening programs were packed and consisted of excerpts from vivid dances that have made director Moses Pendelton famous. He and imaginative buddies from Dartmouth co-founded Pilobolus Dance Theater in 1971, a company known for its gymnastics, humor and sculptural shapes that performed here last January.

San Diego Union Tribune
By John Lydon
January 19, 2010

Ever since the Beethoven anniversary of 1970, bicentennials have been landmark occasions in classical music, focal points for music directors around the world. In 2009 it was Mendelssohn’s turn, this year it’s Chopin’s and Schumann’s.

In San Diego, the La Jolla Music Society has seized the opportunity to mount a comprehensive Chopin retrospective. The Music Society and its collaborators — the San Diego Symphony, San Diego Youth Symphony and California Ballet — have coordinated their programming for a yearlong homage to the Polish composer.