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September 2011

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Updated September 20, 2011

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Sept. 1-3,	Zhukov Dance Theater PRODUCT04 World Premiere. At night the brain continues working but with the censor control switched off, allowing the subconscious to run free. Six dancers were invited to participate and were asked to share their own dreams and to generate a visual interpretation. Also features new dancer Martyn Garside, formerly of the San Francisco Ballet, and the return of five ZDT dancers including Katja Bjorner, formerly with the Royal Swedish Ballet and the ballet student featured in the documentary film "The Dancer".	Z Space, San Francisco
Sept. 2, 2011- Sept. 1, 2012	365Dances (Video Blog Project) Choreographer Holly Shaw creates a different dance every day for an entire year. Videos filmed in the San Francisco Bay Area.	Online at www.365Dances.wordpress.com
Sept. 7, 6:00 PM	Diablo Ballet Discussion: Inside the Dancer's Life: Black Swan & Beyond A discussion focusing on the demanding life of a professional ballet dancer - from years of intense training, to surviving injuries, and the pressure and competition necessary to succeed. Participants include Diablo Ballet dancers Erika Johnson and Derek Sakakura, moderator Lauren Jonas, Diablo Ballet’s Artistic Director, and Toba Singer, local dance critic and author of First Position: A Century of Ballet Artists. Drawing to win two tickets to Diablo Ballet's 18th Season premiere on November 18-19 at the Lesher Center.	Oak View Room of the Walnut Creek Main Library
Sept. 8, 12:30 PM Sept. 9, 5:00 PM	Project Bandaloop Previews of Excerpts of 'Bound(less)' in SF Excerpts of the Company's newest world premiere on Sept. 15-17	Mint Plaza 5th Street between Mission and Market Streets, San Francisco
Sept. 8-11, 8:00 pm	CounterPULSE Reflections & Pretonically Oriented v.3 World Premieres by Artists in Residence Lenora Lee Dance and FACT/SF. Reflections honors the efforts of Lenora Lee’s Chinese grandfather to achieve dignity and self-realization within an unjust context. Pretonically Oriented v.3, the audience experiences is performance in dialogue with itself.	CounterPULSE, San Francisco
Sept. 9-10	Dance Mission Down and Dirty Series Jetta Martin and Michael Velez Includes many local bay area dancers and the choreographers Velez and Martin. Their work speaks to issues in the African American community, the Queer community, modern dance, and neo-classical style. Also includes an installation by local visual artists as well as material from several spoken word artists, and audience interaction.	Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco
Sept. 12, 8:00 pm	West Wave Dance DUETS Featuring Ethan and Nikki White of White Tree Fine Art, Pearl Marill Dance Theater, Dana Lawton, Jean Isaacs (San Diego Dance Theater), Gina Bolles & Kyle Sorenson (somebodies dance theater), Mary Carbonara, and Randé Dorn Dance Company	ODC Theater, San Francisco
Sep. 15-17, 8:30 pm	Project Bandaloop Bound(less) in SF Premiere. The culmination of two decades of creating innovative works that respond to and interact with environments and audiences around the world and features six dancers and a live band who will make the Great Wall their dance floor.	The Great Wall, Oakland
Sept. 15, 7:30pm Sept. 20, 11:00 am Sept. 22, 2:00 pm Sept. 27, 2:00 pm Sept. 29, 11:00 am	Extinction Burst: a dance of lost movement Choreographer Chris Black is back with a dance installation that sources photographs, illustrations and written descriptions to reanimate the movements of various lost species.	California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
Sept. 16-17, 8:00 p.m. Sept. 18, 3:00 p.m.	Cal Performances Mark Morris Dance Group Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale Dido and Aeneas (1989): music by Henry Purcell; choreography by Mark Morris	Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
Sept. 17, 2:30pm to 3:30pm	Push Dance Company DANCE ON FILM Push Film Release and Mini-Performance. Local choreographer/dancer Raissa Simpson whose credits include projects for Lucas Films and recording artist Tori Quinn, reveals unseen footage from her critically-acclaimed Push Dance Company. In addition to a film release filled with pulsating movement, Push will also showcase their latest work, a men's trio, entitled "Configurations" set to debut at Central Market Arts Festival in Mint Plaza on September 24th.	African American Art & Culture Complex, San Francisco
Sept. 21, 3:45 pm	Stanford Dance 2011 BALLET INTENSIVE CLASS Innovation in Tradition The work of William Forsythe	Roble Gym 38, Stanford University, Palo Alto
Sept. 23-Oct. 1	Smuin Ballet Fall Program World Premiere: Amy Seiwert Stabat Mater: Michael Smuin Tango Palace: Michael Smuin The Eternal Idol: Michael Smuin	Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 8:00 pm	Imitations of Intimacy New Work by detour dance Follows an odd couple who resists our frontal lobes, saying and acting upon those irrational and rhetorical things we normally keep to ourselves.	The Garage, San Francisco

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