What's Going On at Smuin Center for Dance

What's Going On is a spring triple bill featuring the Bay Area premiere of Nicolo Fonte's The Heart(s)pace (2014), the West Coast premiere of Val Caniparoli's What's Going On (2022), and a world premiere by Amy Seiwert, her 16th ballet for the company. Fonte's The Heart(s)pace, performed by a cast of eight to Ezio Bosso's Symphony No. 2, delivers a meditation on the ways of love. Caniparoli's What's Going On, originally created for Richmond Ballet, is set to protest songs by Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Marvin Gaye, and others.