Mummenschanz Saturday, October 26, 2024 8 PM Cal Performances: UC Berkeley Without Words! Delightful! Mummenschanz celebrated it’s 50th anniversary of performances with three events at the Zellerbach Auditorium on the UC Campus. In this day and age of endless talk…
Category: Performance
SLAM!
SLAM! Zellerbach Hall: UC Berkeley: October 5, 2024 8 pm FLIPFABRIQUE AND EXMACHINA: Robert Lepage This extraordinary Canadian group brings us acrobatic and physical skills I have never seen elsewhere, except perhaps, in the old circus days when clowns and…
Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi
Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi Cal Performances Friday September 27, 2024 8pm Zellerbach Hall UC Berkeley Simply Beautiful! The opera Harawi has many unusual aspects; many were discussed in a varied and complex discussion by scholars before the performance. Yet, no matter…
Alonzo King Lines Ballet & Peter Sellars
Alonzo King Lines Ballet & Peter Sellars – THE CONCERT June 7, 2024 7;30 PM San Francisco Symphony Hall Yes…but: Staging and Music Lack Correspondence The directors listed above, King and Sellars are both noted for their talents and many…
The Rite of Spring
common ground(s)* The Rite of Spring Zellerbach Hall UC Berkeley Friday, February 16, 2024 8 PM Sunday, February 18, 2024 3 PM École des Sables: dancing the work of Pina Bausch This event was danced by “a specially recruited ensemble”,…
San Francisco Ballet: British Icons
San Francisco Ballet February, 9 & 10, 2024 Opera House San Francisco “British Icons” Artistic Director Tamara Rojo, who was formerly with the English Ballet (and is listed in the program as responsible for “Principal Coaching,” has brought two “British…
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo – Jan 27, 2024
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Cal Performances UCB January 27, 2024. 8 PM Wonderful! Oh wonderful to behold! What a pleasure it is to welcome the “Trocs” back to UC Zellerbach Hall. They (the company) have often appeared at…
SF Ballet – “Mere Mortals”
SF Ballet – “Mere Mortals” Friday, January 26, 2024 SF Opera House Brave New Ballet Tamara Rojo, the new director of San Francisco Ballet, in her new 2023 program booklet remarks, “Greetings” says commenting on “Mere Mortals” …”I truly hope…
Nutcracker 2023
San Francisco Ballet “Nutcracker” December 13, 2023 7 pm War Memorial Opera House San Francisco, CA Happy Holiday! It was delightful to see all the children – dressed up in festive wear- enjoying the opera house and the 2023 production…
Urban Bush Women
Urban Bush Women Cal Performances Dec. 1, 2023 8 pm Zellerbach Playhouse “Hair & Other Stories” Performance as Protest/Participation The Urban Bush Women are an outstanding group who can lecture, sing, act and dance. They are collaborators, with Mame Diaarra…