BALLET: FAILURE WAS NOT AN OPTION
WALNUT CREEK, CA—The focus is on that precious asset, professional ballet. At a time when larger cities (San Jose comes to mind) has seen such an asset vanish more than once, this suburban community does just fine with its mobile 10-dancer version, now living out its silver-anniversary program in unfettered leaps and bounds. The Diablo Ballet’s celebration seen March 22 was exuberant, animated and entertaining: half dancing, half historical documentary. The film made a strong case for what a dance…