CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
UC BERKELEY / ZELLERBACH HALL
APRIL 11 – 16, 2023
(SEE BELOW FOR PROGRAMS, DATE & TIMES, AND LINKS TO PURCHASE TICKETS)
GUEST: ROBERT BATTLE / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
PROGRAM A (Tue, Apr 11, 7:30pm & Fri, Apr 14, 8pm)
TWYLA THARP / Roy’s Joys (1997/2022; Company West Coast Premiere; music: Roy Eldridge)
ROBERT BATTLE / Unfold (2007; music: Gustave Charpentier (“Depuis Le Jour” from Louise; sung by Leontyne Price)
ROBERT BATTLE / For Four (2021; music: Wynton Marsalis)
ALVIN AILEY / Revelations (1960; music: traditional spirituals)
PROGRAM B (Wed, Apr 12, 7:30pm & Sat, Apr 15, 8pm)
JAMAR ROBERTS / In a Sentimental Mood (2022; Bay Area Premiere; music: Duke Ellington and Rafiq Bhatia)
PAUL TAYLOR / DUET (1964/2022; Company West Coast Premiere; music: Franz Josef Haydn)
ALVIN AILEY and MARY BARNETT / Survivors (1986/New Production 2022; Bay Area Premiere; music: Max Roach [“Survivors” and “Triptych,” strings orchestrated by Peter Phillips])
KYLE ABRAHAM / Are You in Your Feelings? (2022; Bay Area Premiere; music: mixtape of soul, hip-hop, and R&B)
PROGRAM C (Thu, Apr 13, 7:30pm; Sat, Apr 15, 2pm; Sun, Apr 16, 3pm)
ALVIN AILEY / Night Creature (1974; music: Duke Ellington)
ROBERT BATTLE / For Four (2021; music: Wynton Marsalis)
ALVIN AILEY / Cry (1971; music: Alice Coltrane, Laura Nyro, & Chuck Griffin)
ALVIN AILEY / Revelations (1960; music: traditional spirituals)
FOR MORE INFO. AND TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
https://calperformances.org/events/2022-23/dance/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater-2223/
View the Program Book here
WORD FOR WORD
HOME BY GEORGE SAUNDERS
Z BELOW
470 FLORIDA ST. / SF
APRIL 8 – 29, 2023 (evenings & matinee)
(Preview April 5, 6 & 7 – evenings)
GUESTS:
EDRIS COOPER-ANIFOWOSHE / ACTOR-CAST MEMBER
ROBERT ERNST / ACTOR-CAST MEMBER
JOANNE WINTER / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER
FOR MORE INFO. AND TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
https://www.zspace.org/wfw-home
https://georgesaundersbooks.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Saunders
UPCOMING!
WORD FOR WORD
HOME BY GEORGE SAUNDERS
GOES TO FRANCE!
ANGERS: MAY 10 & 11, 2023
PARIS: MAY 16, 2023
ANGERS
May 10, 7:30 pm
May 11, 3pm and 7:30pm
at Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers
Sponsored by theEnglish-Language Library of Angers.
For Reservations, Tel 02.41.24.97.07 or info@ellia.org
For more info.:
May 10, 2023
May 11, 2023
PARIS
May 16, 7:30 pm
Théatre le Ranelagh, 5, rue des Vignes, Paris 16ème.
Sponsored by the Ecole Jeannine Manuel and The American Library in Paris. Reservations: www.americanlibraryinparis.org/wfw
SING FOR AMERICA
2023 GALA CONCERT
PALACE OF FINE ARTS / SF
APRIL 16, 2023 7:00PM
GUESTS:
BRETT STRADER / Artistic Director
LAWRENCE BEAMEN / Guest Vocalist
FOR MORE INFO.:
https://www.singforamerica.org/benefit-concert.html
PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE GALA HERE:
https://www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2750
https://www.singforamerica.org/
SAN FRANCISCO PERFORMANCES PRESENTS
EMERSON STRING QUARTET
HERBST THEATRE / VETERANS BLDG.
401 VAN NESS AVE. / SF
APRIL 14, 2023 7:30PM
GUESTS:
LAWRENCE DUTTON / VIOLIST
PAUL WATKINS / CELLIST
FOR MORE INFO. AND TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
https://sfperformances.org/performances/2223/EmersonStringQuartet.html