SMUIN CONTEMPORARY BALLET
THE CHRISTMAS BALLET
11/19/22 – 12/24/22
PERFORMANCES ALL OVER THE BAY AREA!
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WALNUT CREEK
LESHER CENTER FOR THE ARTS
1601 CIVIC DR. / WALNUT CREEK
11/19-11/20/22 (evening and matinees)
MOUNTAIN VIEW
MOUNTAIN VIEW CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
500 CASTRO ST. / MOUNTAIN VIEW
12/1 – 12/4/22 (evenings & matinees)
CARMEL
SUNSET CENTER
SAN CARLOS ST. @ 9TH AVE. / CARMEL
12/9-12/10/22 (evening & matinee)
SAN FRANCISCO
YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
700 HOWARD ST. / SF
12/14 – 12/24/22 (evening & matinee)
GUEST: NICOLE HASKINS / CHOREOGRAPHER
Joining David on the show will be Choreographer Nicole Haskins as she returns to Smuin Ballet for their classic The Christmas Ballet, which will also highlight the world premiere of her work “Peaceful Prayer”. This piece will include an acapella version of Mykola Lysenko’s “Prayer for Ukraine,” originally written in 1885 by Oleksandr Konysky.
Based in the SF Bay Area, Haskins formerly danced with Smuin from 2013-2019, and returns also as an instructor for the Smuin Center for Dance.
https://www.smuinballet.org/events/the-christmas-ballet-2022/
https://www.smuinballet.org/
https://www.nicolehaskins.com/
Nicole Haskins rehearses "Peaceful Prayer":
Ring in the holidays and join the festivities with Smuin's The Christmas Ballet:
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
SF SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL
201 VAN NESS AVE. / SF
SUNDAY 11/20/22 2:00PM
GUEST: DANIEL STEWART / CONDUCTOR, WATTIS FOUNDATION MUSIC DIRECTOR
Conductor Daniel Stewart joins David to talk about the upcoming SF Symphony Youth Orchestra concert, celebrating the Youth Orchestra’s 40th anniversary season.
The afternoon’s program will be:
José González Granero’s Matsuri Overture
Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
For more info. and to purchase tickets:
https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2022-23/Youth-Orchestra-Nov-20
http://danielpatrickstewart.com/
Upcoming SFSYO performances include the annual Peter and the Wolf performance, this year with narrator W. Kamau Bell joining the SFSYO and Daniel Stewart.
Davies Symphony Hall
Sunday 12/11/22 2:00PM
The 12/11/22 afternoon’s program will be:
A Christmas Festival / Anderson
Selections from The Nutcracker Suite / Tchaikovsky
Sing Alongs: Jingle Bells, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, We Wish You a Merry Christmas
For more info. and to purchase tickets:
https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2022-23/Peter-and-the-Wolf
Learn more about SF Symphony's Education & Community:
https://www.sfsymphony.org/EducationCommunity
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BROADWAY SF PRESENTS
A CHRISTMAS WITH C. S. LEWIS
STARRING DAVID PAYNE
A.C.T. STRAND THEATER
1127 MARKET ST. / SF
11/18 – 11/20/22
GUEST: DAVID PAYNE / ACTOR
David (Latulippe) speaks with David (Payne) about his portrayal of C. S. Lewis in A Christmas with C. S. Lewis. Lewis comes to life to on stage and takes the audience on his life-long and life-changing journey to Christianity, which includes an encounter with friend and fellow author J. R. R. Tolkien, who was instrumental on this path. The setting for the stage performance Christmas Eve, at Lewis’ home just outside of Oxford.
View the trailer and purchase tickets here.
DAVID PAYNE / For more info. and upcoming productions:
https://birdandbabyproductions.com