“Gathering” Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre Friday, February 27, 2026 8PM Zellerbach Playhouse Extraordinary! Exciting! Exhausting! Excellent… …and not always easy to watch and absorb all the many events and movement patterns and skills that this Dance Theatre (from Palestine!) brought…
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Martha Graham Dance Company
Martha Graham Dance Company Saturday, February 14, 2026 Zellerbach Hall UC Berkeley “Remembrance of things past” Cal Performances brought the Martha Graham Dance Company to Berkeley on February 14, 2026. For those of us (probably few left) who studied with…
“Moon”: A Mixed Media Mark Morris Mayhem
“Moon” Mark Morris Dance Group Friday, January 23, 2026 Zellerbach Hall “MOON” (West Coast Premiere) A “Mixed Media” Mark Morris Mayhem The one hour production of “MOON” was thorough and congested with its inclusion of music, dance and most of…
Paris Opera Ballet
Paris Opera Ballet “Red Carpet” (North America Premiere) Friday October 3, 2025, 8 PM Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley AMAZING GRACE If one reads the announcement of “Paris Opera Ballet”, the assumption might be … ’the performance is French (no!); the…
Smuin Contemporary Ballet – October 5
Smuin Contemporary Ballet Sunday, October 5,2025 2 pm Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco Sunday Delight Amy Seiwert, the Artistic Director of the Smuin Ballet, has succeeded Michael Smuin and now, to delighted San Francisco audiences, brings new choreographic works. For…
Marin Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Marin Shakespeare Company Saturday, June 14, 2025 7:30 PM Adapted, Choreographed and Directed by Bridgette Loriaux A BRILLIANT, DELIGHTFUL PRODUCTION This production of “Dream” which opened in the company’s amphitheater Marin County setting (just outside San…
Mark Morris “Pepperland”
Mark Morris Dance Group “Pepperland” (2017) Cal Performances UC Berkeley Friday, May 9. Sunday May 11, 2025 Musical Theater ala Morris The Mark Morris Dance Group presented a weekend of three performances at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley this past weekend.…
Oakland Ballet: Angel Island Project
Dancing Moons Festival 2025 Oakland Ballet May 4, 2025 Paramount Theater Oakland “Angel Island” The Oakland Ballet returned to the Paramount Theater this past weekend (May 4, 2025) with an unusual, fascinating and brilliantly performed event: “Angel Island”. The ballet…
SF Ballet – Van Manen: Dutch Grandmaster
San Francisco Ballet Wednesday, April 9, 2025 7:30 pm “Van Manen: Dutch Grandmaster A Superb Evening of Dance Hans Van Manen, choreographer for the Netherlands Dans Theater, has enlivened the San Francisco Ballet repertory in several previous years. His work…
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater April 8, 2025
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Tuesday, April 8, 2025 7:30 PM Zellerbach Auditorium UC Berkeley Program A Welcome back! For many years (more than 30 I believe) the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been appearing in Berkeley. In a…