BOUND TO OUR SMARTPHONES, SAYS WHEELDON IN DANCE
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon took on our smartphone mesmerization in his new social-critique ballet, “Bound to…” It was a memorable shot across the bow leading off the S.F. Ballet’s supremely ambitious “Unbound” festival of 12 premieres by choreographers still under 50, all unveiled in about a week. Ballet pointe shoes were put aside in favor of sporty flats. “Bound to…” To what? Bound to our cell phones of course, as we wander about staring at our hand-helds, oblivious to all the life around…