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Apr 1, 8:00 PM Apr 2, 7:30 PM Apr 3-4, 8:00 PM Apr 5, 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM Apr 6, 2:00 PM	San Francisco Ballet An International Salute to San Francisco Ballet Three international companies—New York City Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, and The National Ballet of Canada—take the Opera House stage to pay tribute to SF Ballet and its imprint on the world of dance. A Delicate Battle The National Ballet of Canada Composer: J.S. Bach, Gavin Bryars Choreography: Matjash Mrozewski Duo Concertant New York City Ballet Composer: Igor Stravinsky Choreography: George Balanchine Altro Canto Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo Composer: Claudio Monteverdi Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot	War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
April - May	For the Record: Dancers Debate the Body Politic Artists include Jo Kreiter, Ledoh, Sara Shelton Mann and Miguel Gutierrez	Project Artaud Theatre, San Francisco
April 4, 7:00 pm Reception, 8:00 pm Performance, Opening Night Gala April 5, 8:00 pm April 6, 5:00 pm	Push Dance Company Featuring premieres by artistic director, Raissa Simpson with guest choreographers Marina Fukushima & David Herrera. Opening Night Gala includes performances by local Bay Area dance companies.	Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco
April 5, 7:30 pm	Rasta Thomas Bad Boys of Dance	Ruth Finley Person Theater, Wells Fargo Center of the Arts, Santa Rosa
April 5, 2:30pm and 8:00pm	Company C Contemporary Ballet David Grenke's Vespers, Michael Smuin's Starshadows, Alexandre Proia's Rhapsody in Blue and Charles Anderson's Bolero and Echoes of Innocence	Spreckels Performing Arts Center, Rohnert Park
April 10 - 13, 8:00 p.m.	Janice Garrett & Dancers StringWreck The world premiere of an evening length dance theater performance in which dance and music collide, featuring Janice Garrett & Dancers and the Del Sol String Quartet	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
April 11, 4:15	In Celebration of Jose Limon at 100 An Explicated Performance of "Choreographic Offering". Reception for dancers/audience immediately following the one hour presentation. Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of choreographer/dancer Jose Limon's birth, Prof. Gary Masters of San Jose State University brings 16 dancers to perform substantial sections of Limon's "Choreographic Offering"	Roble Studio 38, Stanford University, Palo Alto
April 12, 8:00 pm April 13, 2:00 pm	Company C Contemporary Ballet World premiere of Twyla Tharp’s Armenia. Set to six traditional Armenian folk dances compiled by Vardapet Komitas, Tharp’s new duet features challenging ballet technique and difficult partnering as well as Tharp’s trademark humor and off-beat timing.	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
April 16 & 21, 7:30	San Francisco Ballet Featured on Spark KQED’s award-winning local arts TV program Spark features a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of three world premieres from SF Ballet’s New Works Festival. The show profiles choreographers–Margaret Jenkins, Mark Morris, and Christopher Wheeldon.	KQED-TV 9 and KQED HD on Comcast 709.
April 17-20,	Project Bandaloop Interiors April 20th, 2:00 PM show for kids and families, with a 'show and tell' and q&a after the show with the company.	Cowell Theatre, Fort Mason, San Francisco
April 18-19, 8:00 pm	HerPic Performances Augury & Entropy About present & future tempests	CounterPULSE, San Francisco
April 19, 8;00 pm April 20, 2:00 PM	San Francisco Performances Presents Doug Varone and Dancers Lux, with music by Philip Glass Home, a duet featuring Doug Varone, music by Dick Connette Boats Leaving, music by Arvo Pärt.	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Saturday, April 19 – Sunday, April 20, 8pm Saturday, 3pm & 8pm Sunday	RAWdance Production: the CONCEPT series: 2 Participating Choreographers/Companies: ahdanco, Heidi Schweiker, Joseph Copley & Deborah Miller, RAWdance, and Takami	James Howell Studio, San Francisco
April 22-May 6	San Francisco Ballet New Works Festival Ten world premieres created by ten of the world's most respected choreographers, debuting on three consecutive days. Choreographers: Yuri Possokhov, Christopher Wheeldon, Paul Taylor, Stanton Welch, Julia Adam, James Kudelka, Margaret Jenkins, Val Caniparoli, Jorma Elo	War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
April 24-26, 8:00 pm	ODC Theater Presents FOR THE RECORD: Dancers Debate the Body Politic Jo Kreiter/Flyaway Productions & Ledoh- Lies you Can Dance To and Color Me America	Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco
April 25-26	Cid Pearlman, Liam Clancy, casebolt and smith California Touring Project A collection of dances that navigate the slippery nature of meaning, and gleefully fracture expectations on gender, friendship and collaboration.	CounterPULSE, San Francisco
April 27, 8:00 PM	CounterPULSE's 3rd Anniversary May Day Performance CounterPULSE celebrates its birthday with dance, performance, food, drinks, and a silent auction to benefit another year of support for risk-taking art by emerging artists: AXIS Dance Company, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Jess Curtis/Gravity, Joanna Haigood/Zaccho Dance Theater, Joe Goode Performance Group, Robert Moses' Kin, Scott Wells and Dancers, and Shinichi Iova-Koga	CounterPULSE, San Francisco
April 28, Reception 6:00 PM Ceremony 7:00 PM	Bay Area Dance Awards Produced by Bay Area National Dance Week, Dancers' Group, Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, VoiceofDance.com, and hosted by the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Free, limited seating	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
April 30	Smuin Ballet Get Your Gershwin On Annual Gala	Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco

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