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July 2010

 

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Updated Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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July 1, 8:30 PM
Improvisation, choreographic research, and dance film by blindsight. premiere of new dance film 'this body not yours' created with filmmaker Eric Koziol. Accomanying this premiere is a trio improvisation for Jon Raskin, Kanoko Nishi & sorvillo; the final! edit of Dutch Classic; the short film 'these are.'; and continued research for two new blindsight works. Critical feedback very welcome on all, stay after for a drink and talk.
Noodle Factory, Oakland
Wednesday - Sunday, July 7 - August 1, 8:00 pm, with additional 10:00 pm shows on Fridays and Saturdays
Joe Goode Performance Group
Traveling Light
Dance performance installation in the vaults and chambers of San Francisco’s Old Mint
The Old Mint, San Francisco
July 8-10, 8:00 p.m.
Project Bandaloop
Clutch (hang on)

Choreographers: Bianca Cabrera, Jessica Perino, Marlene Strang
Brings cartoon wonderland of delightfully outrageous dance characters to the Bay Area! Protagonists are paranoid mosquitoes, highly disorganized gaggles of girls, pseudo super heroes and one little red corvette. Video games, boxing matches, shadow puppet competitions, thumb wars and fits of obsessive scratching lead to explosive and bizarre dances. Clutch (hang on) is a medley of strange and screwball situations bringing the levity of make believe to anxiety, rivalry & delusions of grandeur.
Project Bandaloop, Oakland
July 8, 7:00 pm, Preview performance (with special guest Anna Halprin)
July 11, Premiere Performances at 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DAN PLONSEY’S BAR MITZVAH
Experimental musical dance/theater featuring Dandelion Dancetheater, the Dan Plonsey Bar Mitzvah Band, students from the Cal State East Bay Dept. of Theatre and Dance and community members.
July 10, 11, 8:00 pm
July 12, 6:00 pm
Pluto in Capricorn: New, Reconstituted, and Spontaneous Dances
25th anniversary of Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers/ABD Productions. Guest artists perform improvisationally with text, lights, music, movement and visual art for the “spontaneous” segment of the show. The “reconstituted” segment features several of Bluethenthal’s signature solos performed by guest and veteran artists.
ODC Commons, San Francisco
July 11-12, 8:00 pm
peck peck dance ensemble
Sixth Annual Season
Several performances pieces by Sean McMahon, Sarah Sass and guest choreographer Jenny McAllister.
CounterPULSE, San Francisco
July 14-18 and 21-25, Tuesdays –Saturdays, 8:00pm
The Ballad of Polly Ann
Celebrating the women who built the Bay Area’s bridges
Flyaway Productions
Choreography by Jo Kreiter in collaboration with the company. Original soundscore by Pamela Z
July 15th-24th, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm
when i die, i will be dead
NY-based artist, dancer and choreographer, Alicia Ohs and a world premier of two new dance theatre works
July 15, 2:30pm
July 24, 8:00pm
Raissa Simpson & Push Dance Company
Co-presented by Joyce SoHo. Prepare for debut tour in New York.
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC), San Francisco
July 18, 2:30 to 5:30pm
Ballet San Jose School
ONE DAY FUNDRAISING EVENT
Celebrate the history of our Valley and Ballet San Jose, and aid talented dance students with scholarships to the Ballet San Jose School. Walk the gardens of a unique, beautiful early California ranch style home with extensive gardens and beautiful features like 100 + year old heavy wood doors, in Saratoga and see a costumed pageant presented by PORTRAITS OF THE PAST, a Historical pageant of Santa Clara Valley. Food, beverages, and live music provided by Mariachi San José, the West Valley Flamenco Dancers, and Las Cruces Folklorico. Silent Auction. All proceeds benefit the Betts Cartwright Scholarship Fund for Ballet San Jose School. $45 per ticket. All proceeds benefit the Betts Cartwright Scholarship Fund for Ballet San Jose School. Presented by the Ballet San Jose Council. RSVP with payment by July 12. Make checks payable to Ballet San Jose Council/Betts Fund. Mail to Ballet San Jose, 40 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113 or call 408.288.2820 x 213 or email Deborah Weber at dweber@balletsj.org
Saratoga
July 21-22, 7:00 pm
Flyaway Productions
Bridge Builders & Other Unconventional Women

Arts and Activism Apprenticeship Performance
Young women (ages 14-18) of Flyaway’s Summer Apprenticeship program dance on flying two by four’s, flip with brooms, and perform their own inspired choreography. Each show is followed by a Question and Answer discussion with the young artists.
CounterPULSE, San Francisco
July 23, 6:30 pm
Napa Valley Festival del Sole
Stars of American and Russian Ballet
Act 1
American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Maxim Beloserkovsky and Irina Dvorovenko in Balanchine's Apollo
Bolshoi Ballet principals Marianna Ryzhkina and Dmitri Gudanov in a pas de deux from Raymonda
San Francisco Ballet principals Lorena Feijoo and Vitor Luiz in Forsythe's In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated
New York City Ballet principals Megan Fairchild and Andrew Veyette in a passage from Balanchine Stars and Stripes
Act 2
Maxim Beloserkovsky and Irina Dvorovenko in a passage from Lang’s Splendid Isolation II and Carmen Suite choreographed by Beliy
Marianna Ryzhkina and Dmitri Gudanov in a selection from Lavrovsky’s Paganini
Megan Fairchild and Andrew Veyette in a performance from Robbins’ Andantino
Lorena Feijoo and Vitor Luiz in a pas de deux from Don Quixote
Lincoln Theater, Yountville
July 24-25, 8:00 p.m.
July 26, 7:00 p.m.
Paufve/Dance
Premiere of That Obscure Subject of Desire
Plumb the depths of love's sensual imbalance to the prickly heat of passions and the space of desire. An evening of solos, duets and a roving women's quartet.
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco
July 29-31, 8:00 pm
Aug 1, 4:00 pm
NAPOLES BALLET THEATRE
FIRST EVER HOME SEASON
A range of themes and emotions in six distinct ballets from Cuban choreographer, Luis Napoles in his company’s very first full-length repertory performance which includes the premier of Napoles' latest work, Lecuona.
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco

July 30-31,
Aug 1- 2, 4-9, 8:00 pm every night plus 10:00 pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays

Joe Goode Performance Group
Traveling Light into an uncertain future – what must we leave behind? With the international dialogue increasingly turning to eco-consciousness, award-winning director and choreographer Joe Goode examines our relationship to excess. Joe Goode Performance Group presents another astounding dance performance installation! Experience the convergence of dance, language and humor as you journey through the vaults and chambers of San Francisco’s Old Mint. July 30 - August 9, 2009 8 pm
The Old Mint, San Francisco
July 30, 8:00 PM.
July 31, 8:00 PM.
Man Dance
It Takes Two to Tango
Combines tango with ballet. With International Latin Dance Champion Roby Tristan, Chelsea Wielstein and Eric Koptke, and dancers from the Diablo, Oakland, and Peninsula Ballet Companies. Choreography by David Fonnegra, Jesus Ortiz, Edwin Marrero, Never Navaroh, Chris Phan, Eric Koptke, and Bryon Heinrich, combining disciplines, techniques, and approaches.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco
July 30, 7:00 p.m.
CAL PERFORMANCES
Fiat Lux!
AileyCamp at Cal Performances’ Final Performance. The 51 campers of the 2009 Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp at Cal Performances exhibit their work in Fiat Lux!
Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
July 31, 6:30pm
August 1, 4:30pm (family matinee) & 6:30pm
ODC/Dance
SUMMER SAMPLER 2009
A delicious sampling of wine, hors d’oeuvres and contemporary dance
ODC Commons, San Francisco

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