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April 2010

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April 1-4, 8:00 pm
New Rituals for a Desperate Era & Home is That Way?
New Works by Winter 2010 Artists in Residence José Navarrete & Violeta Luna & Kendra Kimbrough Barnes. Post-show discussions following Friday & Saturday performances
CounterPULSE, San Francisco
April 6, 6:30 PM
LA DANSE
A Film by Frederick Wiseman. Free and Open to Public. Q & A with filmmaker Frederick Wiseman and special guests Muriel Maffre and Pierre-Francois Villanoba from San Francisco Ballet.
Annenberg Auditorium, Stanford University, Palo Alto
Apr 8, 8:00 PM
Apr 10, 2:00 PM
Apr 10, 8:00 PM
Apr 13, 8:00 PM
Apr 16, 8:00 PM
Apr 18, 2:00 PM
Apr 21, 7:30 PM

San Francisco Ballet
Progam 6:
Haffner Symphony

( Mozart/Tomasson)
Underskin – New! (Schoenberg/Zanella)
Russian Seasons (Desyatnikov/Ratmansky)

April 8-10, 8:00 pm
April 11, 1:30 pm
Ballet San Jose
Spring Repertory
SQUARE DANCE (Balanchine/Vivaldi)
MOMENTS (Nahat/Mendelssohn)
SALUT D’AMOUR (Mahler/Elgar) with members of Symphony Silicon Valley Chamber Orchestra
April 8-10, 8:00 pm
Stephen Pelton Dance Theater
The Dance Hour
Epilogue by Christy Funsch and Nol Simonse
Prologue by Stephen Pelton
Awake, a Wake by Nol Simonse
Box Alder by Christy Funsch
The Something-ettes, off and on by Erin Mei-Ling Stuart
two rooms by Stephen Pelton and Brian Thorstenson
CounterPULSE, San Francisco
April 8-10, 8:00 pm
The Cinderella Theory
FREE. Interdisciplinary work showcases Stanford students performing the dynamic choreography Holly Johnston and Robert Moses in a project that explores non-traditional family structures and the formation of identity.
Nitery Theater, Stanford University, Palo Alto
Apr 9, 8:00 PM
Apr 11, 2:00 PM
Apr 14, 7:30 PM
Apr 13, 8:00 PM
Apr 17, 8:00 PM
Apr 17, 2:00 PM
Apr 20, 8:00 PM

San Francisco Ballet
Progam 7:
Rush
(Martinu/Wheeldon)
Classical Symphony – New! (Prokofiev/Possokhov)
The Concert (Or, The Perils of Everybody) (Chopin/Robbins)

April 9-11, 8:00pm to 9:30pm
DOUBLE VISION
Hysteresis
Choreography by Pauline Jennings. Evokes an abstract dreamscape rich in complex shapes, relationships and points of meditation for the audience.
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco
April 10, 8:00pm
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Showcase of recently commissioned work Red Sweet with choreography by Jorma Elo, with Slingerland and other contemporary ballet pieces.
Bankhead Theater, Livermore
April 10-11, 8:00 pm-9:30pm

ODC Theater
SCUBA
Three video gamers become characters inside a game and must rely on the controls within their bodies to keep playing.
ODC Dance Commons, San Francisco
April 16-25
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
In harmony with the San Francisco Opera Adler Fellows
Spring Season World Premiere Collaboration
April 24, Noon to 5:00 pm
Dancing in the Park
Mark Foehringer Dance Project|SF
Free festival to share dance with the San Francisco community. More than 40 dance companies come together on an outdoor stage to celebrate National Dance Week.
Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park
April 24, 11:00 am to noon
Choreographers Festival
Ten young choreographers ages 16 to 21 show their work on an outdoor stage. Young choreographers interested in performing or showing their work should email Mark Foehringer at Mark@mfdpsf.org
Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park
Apr. 24, 8:00 pm
Apr. 25, 3:00 pm & 8:00 pm
RAWdance
Joined by: Dexandro “D” Montalvo, Mary Carbonara Dances, Kathleen Hermesdorf/La ALTERNATIVA, and Kegan Marling
the CONCEPT series: 6
James Howell Studio, San Francisco
April 24, 2:30pm & 8pm
Company C Contemporary Ballet
Beautiful Maladies (Anderson/Rogers & Hart, others)
Surfer at the River Styx (Tharp/Knaack and Kahne)
boink! (Caniparoli/Esquival)
April 26, 7:00 PM
Leaders at the Lab
A Conversation with Choreographer and Choreographer Alonzo King

Discuss the innovative models and career choices that some of today’s leading artists have developed to endure and flourish in the ever-changing climate of dance-making in our culture. This event is free, open to the public and will be followed by a reception.
April 26, 5:00 PM
Free Dance Medicine and Pilates Open House
Lectures by physicians and physical therapists on common dance injuries, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation, Q&A session. RSVP to 415-353-6410 or flevinso@chw.edu
Center for Sports Medicine, San Francisco
April 29-May 1, 8:00 PM
SAN FRANCISCO PERFORMANCES
COMPAÑÍA NACIONAL DE DANZA CONTEMPORARY SPANISH DANCE TROUPE
Choreography by Nacho Duato
Arenal, music by Maria del Mar
Kol Nidre music by John Tavener, Arvo Part and John Zorn
Cobalto, music by Pedro Alcalde and Sergio Caballero
April 30-May 9
Deborah Slater Dance Theater
Men Think They Are Better Than Grass
Based on poems by W.S. Merwin
Z Space Theater Artaud, San Francisco

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