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February 2008

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Feb. 1-3, Fridays and Saturdays, 8:00pm; Sundays, 7:00pm	Takami & MoBu Dance Group Illusion 2 A surprising landscape, a veritable wonderland where luminous glass sculptures float in space while dancers appear in and out of the darkness.	SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco
Feb 7-9, 8:00 PM	CounterPULSE New Work by Winter Artists in Residence: 'Bodily File' by Brittany Brown Ceres & 'Clean' by Maya Gurantz	CounterPULSE, San Francisco
Feb. 7-10, 8pm (Sun. 2pm)	Images 2008 Dance Concert Presented by the SCU Center of Performing Arts and Department of Theatre and Dance. Directed by Fran Atlas-Lara. Featuring guest choreographer Joe Goode.	Louis B. Mayer Theatre Santa Clara University Campus, Box Office: 408-554-4015
Feb. 9, 8:00 PM Feb. 10, 2:00 PM	Company C Contemporary Ballet David Parsons’ The Envelope Alexandre Proia’s Rhapsody in Blue Antony Tudor’s Dark Elegies Artistic Director Charles Anderson’s Hush	Cowell Theatre, Fort Mason, San Francisco
Mixed Repertory: Feb. 14, 8:00 p.m Giselle: Feb. 15-16, 8:00 p.m. Feb. 17, 3:00 p.m.	Cal Performances The State Ballet of Georgia Program A Mixed Repertory, Program B Giselle With Nina Ananiashvili, artistic director and ballerina. Robert Cole, conductor Berkeley Symphony Orchestra	Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
Feb 14, 7:00 pm, Feb 15-16, 8:00 pm	KUNST-STOFF's 10th Anniversary Season Three compelling, quirky, raw and searching new dances that question and critique the roles of ritual, ecstasy, and spirituality in contemporary society. While these works stand alone, together they form an abstract journey from the world outside to the world within.	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Feb. 20-21, 8:00 PM Feb. 23, 8:00 PM Feb. 24, 2:00 PM	San Francisco Performances Compañía Nacional de Danza Spain's national dance company's San Francisco debut.	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Feb. 21- 22, 8:00 pm	Ellis Wood Dance, Jess Curtis, Janice Garrett, Jo Kreiter, Margaret Jenkins, Lisa Wymore/Sheldon Smith and UC Berkeley Performing a Twyla Tharp dance	Cowell Theatre, Fort Mason, San Francisco
Feb. 22-23, 8:00 pm	DanceVisions 15th Anniversary Concert Past, Present, and Future Celebrating the choreography and dancers from this thriving 15 year community oriented organization. Dance styles include modern, jazz, hip-hop, and theatrical pieces and performers include dancers from children to adults in their sixties.	Cubberley Theater, Palo Alto
Feb. 23, 7:00PM	Alameda Civic Ballet's 1st Annual Silent Auction Gala Listen to live music by Tom Rigney & Flambeau Also Featuring Natasha Miller, Jeff Oster, and Kelly Park Eat delicious appetizers prepared by Patrick David's Catering! Watch ACB's original New Orleans inspired ballet, Le Bons Temps! Dance to live Zydeco music and learn Zydeco Dance Moves! Bid on fabulous Silent Auction items!	Phone: 510-337-1929, Bayside Pavillion, 2203 Mariner Square Loop, Alameda
Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m.	Tina LeBlanc Book Signing San Francisco Ballet Principal dancer, Tina LeBlanc, will be at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, along with two other dancers from the Company, to talk with Stanford professor and author Janice Ross about life in America's oldest ballet company. The SFB dancers will be available for book signings along with Ross following this free public conversation.	Kepler's Books, Menlo Park
Jan. 29–Feb. 9	San Francisco Ballet Filling Station (Thomson/Christensen) 7 for Eight (Bach/Tomasson) Diamonds (Tchaikovsky/Balanchine)	War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
Jan. 31–Feb. 10	San Francisco Ballet Divertimento No. 15 (Mozart/Balanchine) Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes (Thomson/Morris) Firebird (Stravinsky/Possokhov)	War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
Feb. 8-10	Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now ~ 2008	Laney College Theater, Oakland
Feb. 15-17	Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now ~ 2008	Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco
Feb 17, 2:00 PM Feb 19, 8:00 PM Feb 20, 7:30 PM Feb 21-22, 8:00 PM Feb 23, 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM Feb 24, 2:00 PM	San Francisco Ballet Giselle Composer: Adolphe Adam Choreography: Helgi Tomasson after Marius Petipa, Jules Perrot, Jean Coralli	War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
Friday, February 15 at 8:00pm Saturday, February 16 at 1:30pm (children’s 1-hour matinee) and 8:00pm Sunday, February 17 at 1:30pm (matinee) Thursday, February 21 at 8:00pm Friday, February 22 at 8:00pm Saturday, February 23 at 1:30pm (full-length matinee and 8:00pm Sunday, February 24 at 1:30pm (full-length matinee)	Ballet San Jose Swan Lake (Nahat/Tchiakovsky)	San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
FEB 28, 29 & MAR 1, 8:00 pm.	Stanford Spring Migration Concert Features a rich variety of forms, including contemporary ballet, modern, urban styles,etc. All works are premieres, featuring dances by guest artist Amy Seiwert, Dance Division faculty Susan Cashion and Diane Frank, alumni choreographer Charlotte Williams, and student choreographers Katherine Kilner, Cori Marquis, and Natalia Duong.	Roble Theater, Roble Gym, Stanford University
Feb. 29, 4:00 pm	New York Dancer/Choreographer Ralph Lemon New York contemporary dancer and choreographer Ralph Lemon showing videos and talking about his new dance theatre works.	Pigott Theatre, Stanford University