BEHIND BALLET

Dancer Natalia Makarova is working with San Francisco Ballet for the first time. “Is it all right to talk about the soul, do you think?” asks one of the most soulful ballerinas in the history of dance. “It is a cliche, so I don’t talk much about it. Instead, let’s talk about the spirit. Spirit means something in ballet, means everything in `La Bayadere.’ ” San Francisco Chronicle