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[Theater] Betroffenheit  

By Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre

https://calperformances.org/performances/2016-17/theater/kidd-pivot-electric-company-theatre-betroffenheit.php

Sat, March 11, 8pmVenue: Zellerbach Hall Price: Tickets start at $30 

Two of Canada’s most renowned companies join forces in an emotionally visceral dance-theater experience that examines with unflinching honesty—through comedy and drama, poetry and movement—the shock that besets you in the wake of a disaster. While the work’s extended metaphors encompass weighty concepts like the inability of words to express suffering and the labyrinth of addiction, the overarching message is one of hope and the human capacity to endure. “Utterly compelling…one of the most visually memorable and emotionally powerful performances of the festival."—The Examiner, Dublin Please note: This performance contains strobe-like effects, nontoxic theatrical haze, and strong language. 

120 minutes, including intermission.

Contemporary Voices - Program 5.  SF BALLET 

https://www.sfballet.org/season/repertory/program-05

FUSION // SALOME // FEARFUL SYMMETRIES This program shows you where ballet is heading. East meets west in Yuri Possokhov’s expansive ballet Fusion. Next is Salome, the first major American commission for Arthur Pita—the self-styled “David Lynch of dance.” Program 5 closes with Liam Scarlett’s physical and deeply sensual Fearful Symmetries which debuted to standing ovations in 2016. Salome deals with mature themes and subject matter. Not recommended for children under 12. ­

3/9Thursday7:30 pm 3/11Saturday2:00 pm 3/11Saturday8:00 pm 3/14Tuesday7:30 pm 3/15Wednesday7:30 pm .  FREE Pointes of View Lecture at 6:05 pm

Must-See Balanchine

https://www.sfballet.org/season/repertory/program-04

Details can be found in the last post:

http://streamgao.tumblr.com/post/158103204266/must-see-balanchine%E6%97%A7%E9%87%91%E5%B1%B1%E8%8A%AD%E8%95%BE%E8%88%9E%E5%9B%A2%E4%B9%8B%E5%B7%B4%E5%85%B0%E9%92%A6%E5%BF%85%E7%9C%8B

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater @ Cal performances

http://calperformances.org/performances/2016-17/dance/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater.php

SHOWTIMES: Tuesday, March 14th @ 8pm [ZH] Wednesday, March 15th @ 8pm [ZH] Thursday, March 16th @ 8pm [ZH] Friday, March 17th @ 8pm [ZH] Saturday, March 18th @ 2pm [ZH] Saturday, March 18th @ 8pm [ZH] Sunday, March 19th @ 3pm [ZH] A pillar in the American arts landscape for more than a half century, the revered Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for its annual residency, with a bold mix of new and recent works as well as timeless Ailey classics, including his unforgettable and uplifting Revelations. "Restraint and release, spirituality and energy: they are all there in Ailey’s masterpiece, Revelations” (Financial Times). Program: Program A (3/14, 3/17, 3/19) BIGONZETTI Deep* (2016; music: Ibeyi) INGER Walking Mad** (2016, music: Ravel, Arvo Pärt) BATTLE Ella* (2008; music: Ella Fitzgerald) AILEY Revelations (1960; music: Traditional Spirituals) Program B (3/15, 3/18 eve) AILEY Night Creature (1974; music: Duke Ellington) AILEY Cry (1971; music: Alice Coltrane, Laura Nyro, The Voices of East Harlem) ABRAHAM Untitled America* (2016; music: Laura Mvula, Joe Andrews, Tom Halstead, Carsten Nicolai Edition, Kris Bowers) HARRIS Exodus (2015; music: Raphael Xavier) Program C (3/16, 3/18 mat) WILSON The Winter in Lisbon (1992, new production; music: Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Fishman) BOYKIN r-Evolution, Dream.* (2016; music: Ali Jackson) AILEY Revelations (1960; music: Traditional Spirituals) * Bay Area Premiere ** Ailey Bay Area Premiere

Black Grace

http://live.stanford.edu/calendar/march-2017/black-grace

Sun, March 19, 2017 at 2:30pm  

Stanford Live

327 Lasuen Street, Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, CA 94305

An inspiring weave of South Pacific traditions and modern dance, Black Grace, founded 20 years ago by Neil Ieremia- a then 19-year-old New Zealand bank clerk- moves with a dynamic athleticism and rhythmic intensity that brings worldwide audiences to their feet. With an international array of superb, risk-taking dancers from Maori, Samoan, and New Zealand cultures, the much-honored Black Grace is rich in storytelling expressed with raw finesse, unique beauty, and power.

PROGRAM

Minoi (1999)

Pati Pati (2009)

Crying Men – Excerpt (new work)

Mother Mother (premiered 2013)

2017 Dance Downtown Season

http://www.odc.dance/dancedowntown

Two Weeks Only: March 23 - April 2, 2017

Thu 3/23 at 7:30pm | Opening Night (Program A) Fri 3/24 at 8:00pm | Gala (Special Program) Sat 3/25 at 7:30pm Sun 3/26 at 5:00pm | Balcony Talk Thu 3/30 at 7:30pm | Opening Night (Program B) Fri 3/31 at 7:30pm | Balcony Talk & LGBTQ Night Sat 4/1 at 7:30pm Sun 4/2 at 5:00pm | Balcony Talk

“The dancing is always excellent: full-bodied and expansive, without being showy or brawny.”                                      ——– The New Yorker

San Francisco’s internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company ODC/Dance celebrates its 46th season with two world-premieres, live music, and the reprise of Brenda Way’s Walk Back the Cat and Kate Weare’s Giant.

PROGRAM 

WEEK 1

“Blink of an Eye” (World Premiere) by KT Nelson

“Giant” (2015) by Kate Weare

Gala Special Program: March 24 only

Blink of an Eye explores our ephemeral place in time, space, and history, through the use of historical costume accessories, hand held theatrical lights, and music from divergent historical periods. It was influenced by Ms. Nelson’s six-week pilgrimage to the Camino de Santiago, a route to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great in northwestern Spain.

Blink of an Eye is made possible by contributions from the Amphion Foundation, Richard Grand Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bernard Osher Foundation, and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation

Giant plays with perceptions of the heroic body by fantasizing out loud about potency and valor. Playing with scale and feeling, Giant flips from idea to idea, toying with our assumptions of where — and how — power lies. Dubbed “the voice of the ‘it’s complicated’ generation,” by Dance Magazine, Weare charts her own humanism by tackling head-on the violence, sensuality, and yearning for intimacy that mark our age. Giant is made possible by White Bird’s ‘Barney’ Creative Prize and ODC’s Artistic Venture Fund.

Celebrate ‘Women on the Move’ with an evening of cocktails, dinner, spectacular performances by ODC/Dance, and an after-party at the St. Regis and YBCA. This unforgettable night will feature the performance of Kimi Okada’s Two if by Sea, as well as excerpts of KT Nelson’s Blink of an Eye, Kate Weare’s Giant, and Triangulating Euclid, Brenda Way and KT Nelson’s collaboration with Kate Weare. More info here.

WEEK 2

“Walk Back the Cat” (2016) by Brenda Way

“What we carry What we keep” (World Premiere) by Brenda Way

Way’s Walk Back the Cat excavates the circuitous journey of the choreographic process and arrives in a world inspired by Thomas Hart Benton’s muscular and vital murals of American City Life in the 1930s. With live music by Paul Dresher, Emily Packard, and Doug Morton. Walk Back the Cat is made possible by contributions from The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Bonus Event: 

Luminary: Art, Tech, Music

http://www.futurefires.com/

The Midway SF 900 Marin St San Francisco, CA

Future Fires & The Midway Present:

Luminary, a first-of-its-kind Bay Area event premieres on March 18, 2017 at The Midway, offering a unique and immersive live experience. Explore the visionary work of creators and musicians from around the world using emerging technologies: immersive audio, drones, VR, projection mapping, and more. Future Fires and The Midway are thrilled to announce this groundbreaking collaboration, the first in an ongoing series. Luminary presents the emerging domain of code-based art in a spacious environment, showcasing brilliant music and installation pieces from local and international creators. Featured musical artist is Shigeto, whose music “carries searing emotion and is cross-wired of a host of different musical influences.” (Pitchfork). Experience three dimensional spatial audio in an early preview of Envelop at the Midway’s 32 speaker sound system, featuring live music created by one it’s founders, Christopher Willits, and other special guests. Artists-in-residence Can Buyukberber and Yagmur Uyanik premiere a stunning, large-scale projection-mapped piece in the Midway Gallery. Experience performances and exhibitions representing a wide range of genres throughout the evening. More information and tickets: futurefires.com/luminary LUMINARY Featuring- Shigeto (Ghostly International) Can Büyükberber Christopher Willits in Envelop Yağmur Uyanık Joey Verbeke ecco screen Karen Marcelo Graham Plumb Marpi Mikey Disko Aerial Sports League Alex Andre NANO Special Exhibitions- Flying Robots International Film Festival Building, the Future with Britelite Immersive Nature / Unnature - VR with Dream Logic The Moshi Project - Hip-Hop & Code Live Music in ENVELOP at The Midway by- Christopher Willits in Envelop Mark Slee in Envelop The Ride in Envelop Snuise in Envelop Manitous in Envelop ENVELOP at The Midway: Envelop will have an early preview at Luminary on March 18th. Envelop at The Midway is an immersive sound environment, consisting of an 8-column, 28.4 channel audio and lighting system running an open source software toolkit. As You Like It in the Gods & Monsters Room (10pm-2am)- Fort Romeau (Ghostly International) Patrice Scott (Sistrum Recordings) Tyrel Williams (Housepitality/ Secret Studio)

Event schedule

Most Luminary exhibits will be continuous throughout the evening.

5:30     VR - Tilt Brush by Google, Artist Demo  (Producers Pass)

6:00     Envelop - (Producers Pass)

7:00     Flying Robot International Film Festival

7:00     Nature / Unnature  - VR with Dream Logic

8:30     Moshi Project

8:40     NANO

8:55     Marpi (Interactive)  

​9:30     Shigeto - Headline Musical Artist

10:00   As You Like It - DJ sets