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February 2010

 

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Updated February 3, 2010
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CANCELLED
Cal Performances
Lyon Opera Ballet

Duo (Forsythe/Willems)
Bella Figura (Kylian/Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Boccherini)
Grosse Fugue (Keersmaeker/Beethoven)
February 4,
SF Ballet School Trainee Program
An Afternoon of Dance at Stanford
The international roster of pre-professional young dancers presents excerpts from classical and contemporary repertoire. Free and open to the public.
Roble 38, Stanford University
Thursdays-Sundays, February 4-21, 2010. All performances at 8pm except Sat 2/20 performance at 10pm
Luxury Items
Monique Jenkinson

Asks us to think about all those things we keep on wanting: that nice car, the perfume, or the nice bottle of champagne.
Counterpulse, San Francisco
Feb. 6-7
ODC DANCE JAM
OUT OF BOUNDS
ODC’s Teen Company performs works By Kimi Okada, KT Nelson, Amy Foley, Erika Chong Shuch and Amara Tabor Smith
ODC Dance Commons, San Francisco
Feb. 7, 7:00 pm

Bent Spoon Modern Dance Company
Annual Winter Show

New student choreography and professional choreography.

Roble Gym Studio 38, Stanford University
Feb. 9, 7:00 PM
Leaders at the Lab
A Conversation with Choreographer and Director David Gordon

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.
Feb. 9–20
San Francisco Ballet
Opus 19/ The Dreamer
Ghosts
Company B
Feb. 11–21
San Francisco Ballet
All-Balanchine Program
Serenade
Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Theme and Variations
Feb. 12, Noon-1:00 PM
Feb. 14, 9:00 am and 11:00 am
Erika Chong Shuch Performance Project
Love Everywhere
A public celebration of love intended to bring strangers together. Live music by Daveen DiGiacomo, performed by a chamber orchestra and conducted by David Möschler.
Feb. 12 San Francisco City Hall
Feb. 14 Glide Memorial Church
Feb. 12, 13, 14: Oakland
Feb. 19-21, 26-28: San Francisco
6th Annual Black Choreographers Festival
Honoring the Legacy – Celebrating the Next Generation
Featuring choreographers from around the USA.
Feb. 16-17, 7:30 pm
Beijing Dance Academy
The Butterfly Lovers

(US Premiere)
Choreographed by Zhang Jianmin to violin concerto The Butterfly Lovers, by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao. Lead roles danced by Wang Zihan and Shao Junting.
Feb. 18–20 8:00 pm
San Francisco Performances
Akram Khan Company
Bahok
Explores the ways in which the body carries national identity and a sense of belonging. Eight dancers from diverse cultures, traditions and dance backgrounds act out their attempts to communicate through dramatic dance and spoken vocabulary as they wait out their airport limbo, their destination unknown.
Feb. 19-20, 26-27, 8:00 pm
Feb. 21 & 28, 6:00 pm
ahdanco - abigail hosein dance company
here, look
New works choreographed by Abigail Hosein, featuring performances by members of the Oakland Poetry Slam, Aaron Gardner and Nazelah Jamison, and new music by Scott Simon.
Feb. 20
Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble
Athleticism and drama, with modern works ranging from bold and edgy to lyrical and elegiac.
San Jose State University
Feb. 25-28, 8:00 p.m.
Jess Curtis/Gravity
Interdisciplinary dance performance works by a team of international movement artists for their 10th Anniversary Season. The U.S. Premiere of Claire Cunningham’s award-winning solo, Mobile, and a preview excerpt of Jess Curtis/Gravity’s Dances for Non-Fictional Bodies.
Counterpulse, San Francisco
Feb. 26-27
Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble
Aathleticism and drama, with modern works ranging from bold and edgy to lyrical and elegiac.
Stage Dor, Sausalito
Feb. 26, 7:30 pm
Feb. 28, 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm
Diablo Ballet
Inside the Dancer's Studio
Innovative program places the audience within yards of the stage, each performance is followed by a Q&A with the dancers, moderated by KDFC Radio’s Jay Styne, and a reception featuring tasty delicacies.
Shadelands Arts Center, Walnut Creek

Feb. 27, 8:00 pm
Feb 28, 1:20 pm
March 4-6, 8:00 pm
March 7, 1:30 pm

Ballet San Jose
Romeo and Juliet
Choreography by Dennis Nahat, Music by Sergei Prokofiev

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