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September 2009

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Updated September 2, 2009

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Sept. 3-4, 8:00 pm-10:00pm	Courage Group dirty girl and other dances Three world premieres and promotes the talent of Bay Area's artists.	Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center, San Francisco
Sept. 5, 8:00 pm Sept. 6, 3:00 pm & 8:00 pm	RAWdance the CONCEPT series: 5 Joined by: Mary Armentrout, Bob Webb/Bare Bones Butoh, Himma (Christine Cali & Amy Stemstetter), Printz Dance Project, and Lily Dwyer & Scott Marlowe	James Howell Studio, San Francisco,
Sept. 10-12 & 17-19, 8:00 pm	Total Facts Known Full-evening work of dance theater based on Anne Carson’s novella-in-verse, Autobiography of Red. By Jesse Hewit; a movement-based inventory of knowledge and ability, presented partially through the story of a gifted and queer boy who is also a red-winged monster.	Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory, San Francisco
Sept. 12, 7:00 pm	Eve's Elixir Eyes of Eve Contemporary world dance by Choreographers Wan-Chao Chang, Tom Mayock, Riquezas Flamenco Company, and Holly Shaw	Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley
Sept. 12, 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM	Moving Arts Dance Moving Arts Dance Unplugged: Welcome Back Concert! This is the official Moving Arts Dance Fall Season kick-off concert! Evening of performances with a reception following. Shows dances that are going on the road this fall to So Cal in September, AZ in October and December.	Moving Arts Dance Theater, San Francisco
Sept. 17-18; Sep 25-27; & Oct 2-3; 8:30pm. Oct 4 gala celebration 7:30pm	Bow & Sparrow Neverafter Aerial theater fairy tale for grown-ups	Dance Ground Keriac, San Francisco
Sept. 17 & 19, 8:00 p.m. Sept. 20, 3:00 p.m.	Cal Performances Dance Mark Morris Dance Group With MMDG Music Ensemble Empire Garden (2009): set to Charles Ives’s Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (West Coast premiere) Visitation (2009): set to Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 4, Op. 102, No. 1 (West Coast premiere) V (2001): set to Robert Schumann’s Quintet in E-flat major for Piano and Strings, Op. 44	Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
Sept. 18 & 19, 8:00 pm	CAPACITOR The Perfect Flower A physical meditation on beauty and solitude	Cowell Theater, Fort Mason, San Francisco
Sept. 18-19, 8:00 pm Sept. 20, 7:00 pm	ODC Theater Dandelion Dancetheater's MUTT	ODC Theater, San Francisco
Sept. 19, 7:00–7:30 p.m.	Cal Performances SIGHTLINES Mark Morris Dance Group pre-performance talk by UC Berkeley musicologist Yael Braunschweig. Sightlines is a continuing program of pre- and post-performance discussions with artists and scholars, designed to enrich the concertgoer’s experience. These events are free to ticketholders.	Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
Sept. 24 – 26, 8:00 PM	Margaret Jenkins Dance Company Guangdong Modern Dance Company OTHER SUNS (World Premiere) Live Music Performed by the Paul Dresher Ensemble	Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Sept. 25, 6:30 pm	ODC/Dance Unplugged A behind-the-scenes look at Labor of Love, a full-company work by ODC Co-Artistic Director KT Nelson. Complimentary pre-show wine reception at 6:00 pm.	ODC Theater, San Francisco
Sept. 25- 26, 8:00 pm	Push Up Something Hidden Choreographer Amy Lewis and composer Bill Wolter present the fruits of a year-long collaborative process to a performance involving the disparate and contradictory ideas of mapping, astral projection, and synchronicity.	Community Music Center, San Francisco

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