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.…
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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…
ART – Shotgun Players
“ART” a play by Yasmina Raza Shotgun Players Thursday, March 27, 2026 7:30 pm “What sort of friend are you?” The sentence above is on the cover of Shotgun Players current production of “Art”. Three men, actors Woody Harper (Yvan),…
SF Ballet – Frankenstein
San Francisco Ballet “Frankenstein” March 20, 2025. 7:30 PM Opera House, SF The Legend: Dance/Drama The “Frankenstein” story goes back to 1818 when Mary Shelly wrote the novel which, in later story and film history, became a well-known film. Boris…
SF Ballet: Raymonda
Raymonda San Francisco Ballet Saturday, March 1, 2025, 8 PM So Much…Raymonda! San Francisco Ballet, under the leadership of director Tamara Rojo, has brought a revised production of Raymonda to an appreciative audience. Rojo is also credited with direction and…
SF Ballet Manon
San Francisco Ballet Weds. January 29, 2025 7:30 PM War Memorial Opera House SF Magnificent, memorable…but “too much” The San Francisco Ballet, opened its 2025 season with British choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s “Manon.” First produced in 1974 at the Royal…
SF Ballet Nutcracker 2024
San Francisco Ballet NUTCRACKER Saturday, December 7, 2024/7 PM An old favorite/a new delight! I first saw Nutcracker at the old NY Metropolitan Opera House. Like so many children attending this annual ballet ‘celebration’, I hardly saw nor could remember…
Step Afrika!
Step Afrika! Saturday, November 2, 2024 8 PM UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall Step Africa! “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence” The performance of “Step Africa!” was preceded by a dynamic, important discussion held at the upstairs lobby of Zellerbach Hall.…