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March 2010

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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	Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose
March 4-6, 8:00 pm	University Dance Theater of San Francisco State University Premiere Host Created by Mark Foehringer	McKenna Theater, San Francisco State University
March 4-6, 8:00 pm	Hope Mohr Dance Third Home Season Works by three generations of female dance makers-Hope Mohr, Molissa Fenley and Yvonne Rainer.	Z Space at Theater Artaud, San Francisco
March 5-6	Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble Spring Forward	Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco
March 5, 6, 12 & 13, 8:00 pm March 14, 3:00 PM	AscenDance Project BEYOND GRAVITY Inspired by the strength and grace rock climbers use to overcome gravity, AscenDance Project's work explores the aesthetics of rock climbing. Dancers perform on a vertical stage without the use of ropes.	The Ashby Stage, Berkeley
March 6, 10:00 AM -4:00 PM	Zaccho Dance Theatre Family Day An Open House for the Community Free 45-minute dance classes every hour. See schedule.	Zaccho Studio, San Francisco
March 9-12, 8:00 pm March 13, 2:00 & 8:00 pm March 14, 3:00 pm	Cal Performances Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Wide-ranging program of classics.	Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
March 11, 7:30 pm	The Dance Discourse Project #8: How Do YouTube & So You Think You Can Dance Both Help and Hinder? CounterPULSE and Dancers’ Group. FREE. Part panel talk with Eric Kupers, Monique Jenkinson, and Philip Huang, part world cafe with the audience	CounterPULSE, San Francisco
March 12-13	Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble Dance Visions	Cubberly Theater, Palo Alto
March 12 - 28	ODC/Dance 39th Annual Spring Season ODC/Dance Downtown Includes three different programs of acclaimed works and two world premieres: Labor of Love choreographed by KT Nelson, and Waving Not Drowning (A Guide to Elegance) choreographed by ODC Founder and Artistic Director Brenda Way.	Novellus Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
March 17, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Diablo Ballet Annual Free Theatre Encounter Free annual program consists of a one-hour lecture/demonstration performed with stage lighting and piano accompaniment. It offers young people a true theatre experience.	Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek
March 17-26,	Dancers’ Group Intimate Visibility by LEVYdance A collision of new media, dance, and flash mob	Performances spontaneously occur in: North Beach, Chinatown, the corner of Castro and Market, the Ferry Building, Pier 39, Union Square, and United Nations Plaza.
March 18, 5:30 PM	ODC/Dance Something About a Nightingale Quirky piece set to music by the Tin Hat Trio. River - explores the landscape of domestic turmoil and solace found in nature. 24 Exposures - superhuman leaps and turns and naturalistic gesture	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
March 19, 8:00pm-10:00 pm	ODC/Dance World Premiere Labor of Love Set to Mozart's Piano Concerto in D Minor, explores the hard work of long term love, celebrating it despite its challenges and moments of discord.	Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
March 20, 8:00PM	Tim Rubel Human Shakes Bananaritis Suggests that societies have often become obsessed with the most ridiculous ideas, thus allowing them to be led down a path where sensible communication is no longer possible.	CounterPULSE, San Francisco
March 20-28	San Francisco Ballet The Little Mermaid United States Premiere Composer: Lera Auerbach Choreographer: John Neumeier Note: This critically acclaimed production focuses on the deeper, mature themes of the original story and is not recommended for younger children.	War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco
March 24-25, 7:00 pm show; 9:00 pm dance party March 26-28, 8:00 PM	KUNST-STOFF ARTS The Disco Ball vs. The Endless Struggle of Bohemian Existence Amid the "Endless Struggle" of artists trying to get by in the best or the worst of economic times, we're polishing up our "Disco Ball" to celebrate a triumph against the tide of empty storefronts and silent spaces here in San Francisco.	Z Space/Theater Artaud, San Francisco
March 26-27, 8:00 pm	Cal Performances Merce Cunningham Dance Company Nearly Ninety Evening-length work.	Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
March 27, 8:00 pm March 28, 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm	ODC School and Theater ODC PILOT 56 - My Young Nostalgic Life Chosen from over 60 applicants, six strong female voices emerge	ODC Dance Commons Studio B, San Francisco
March 29, 7:00 PM	Leaders at the Lab A Conversation with Choreographer Reggie Wilson 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.	Margaret Jenkins Dance Lab, San Francisco