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Cal Performances Announces 2013-2014 Season

Berkeley, April 23. Cal Performances today announced the lineup of world-class talent slated for the upcoming performance season. Dance highlights include the Martha Graham Dance Company, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, and a world premiere by Mark Morris Dance Group.

A brief summary of the dance season includes:

• Nederlands Dans Theatre begins the season's dance series in October with choreography by Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon.
• Following in November, Shanghai Ballet performs The Butterfly Lovers, based on an ancient Chinese folktale of doomed young lovers.
• Martha Graham Dance Company presents their classic Applachian Spring, along with Cave of the Heart and Maple Leaf Rag in January.
• Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet comes from New York in February for their first Bay Area performance, presenting works by three choreographers: Jo Strømgren's Necessity, Again; Crystal Pite's Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue; and Jirí Kyliáns Indigo Rose.
• Trey McIntyre Project of Boise, Idaho performs (serious), as well as new works, in March.
• Also in March, the return of the all-male drag ballet company Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo.
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns with Revelations and new works, in April.
• In the season dance finale, Mark Morris brings the world premiere of Acis and Galatea, based on the opera of the same name by Handel, in April. The performance is accompanied by San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale with guest soloists.

San Francisco Performances Announces New Season Lineup

The 2013-2014 season of San Francisco Performances includes three notable dance companies.

Wayne McGregor, Random Dance performs FAR, inspired by the Age of Enlightenment and French philosopher Diderot, with a score by Brian Eno collaborator Ben Frost and visuals that include a computerized pin board of 3,200 LED lights.

The Canadian choreographer Aszure Barton & Artists performs her work, AWAÁ, in February.

Stephen Petronio Company returns in March to perform a new work, Like Lazarus Did, performed for the first time in New York this month.

Two Prix de Lausanne Winners Choose San Francisco Ballet School

Two of the eight winners of the 2013 Prix de Lausanne International Ballet Competition have chosen to continue their training by enrolling in San Francisco Ballet School.

Cesar Corrales of Canada trained at Canada's National Ballet School, and Francisco Sebastião of Portugal trained at the National Conservatory Dance School of Portugal in Lisbon. Mr. Sebastião's apprenticeship is provided by the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation. Mr. Corrales' scholarship is provided by the Oak Foundation.