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International Taiko Festival 2008

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San Francisco Taiko Dojo presents

International Taiko Festival: The 40th Anniversary Concert
In Memory of Grand Master Daihachi Oguchi

Featuring Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka and San Francisco Taiko Dojo

Special guests from Japan: Seido Kobayashi and O Edo Sukeroku Taiko

Other special guests: Burlington Taiko (Vermont), Shasta Taiko, Fushu Daiko (Florida), Fubuki Daiko (Canada), and Sacramento Taiko Dan

Special guest (Sunday performance only): World-renowned artist KITARO

Saturday, November 22 at 7:00pm
Sunday, November 23 at 3:00pm

Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley (Bancroft and Telegraph cross-streets, Berkeley)

TICKETS: $49, $42, $38; $2 discount per ticket for students, UC Berkeley faculty and staff, seniors

BOX OFFICE: (510) 642-9988 and http://www.tickets.berkeley.edu/

The thundering power of taiko drums are back in the East Bay!

On November 22-23, the venerated Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka and San Francisco Taiko Dojo will unleash a spectacular program in honor of San Francisco Taiko Dojo’s 40th Anniversary. The powerful rhythms of The International Taiko Festival 2008 is the premier showcase for taiko musicians and special guest artists from the greater Bay Area and Japan.

Experience the awe-inspiring spectacle that has thrilled and delighted audiences for 40 years, with special guest artists from Japan, Seido Kobayashi and O Edo Sukeroku Taiko; plus Grammy- and Golden Globe Award-winner Kitaro. (Sunday only)

Grand Master Tanaka and San Francisco Taiko Dojo will energize audiences with their trademark performances of traditional and contemporary rhythms, dance, and martial arts. This stunning event is not to be missed!

For information: http://www.sftaikodojo.com/

Theatre Flamenco

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“Al Compas del Tiempo”

Choreography by Carola Zertuche with special guests from Spain:

Juan Siddi Aivir (dancer and choreographer)

Felix de Lola (singer), Jesus Montoya (singer) and Jose Valle “Chuscales” (flamenco guitar)

Friday and Saturday, November 16-17 at 8 PM

Sunday, November 18 at 2 PM

Fort Mason’s Cowell Theater

(Marina & Buchanan Streets, San Francisco)

Friday and Sunday - $30/general; $26 students and seniors

Saturday performance and gala reception: all seats $40

BOX OFFICE: (415) 345-7575 and ticketweb.com

INFORMATION: www.theatreflamenco.org

Theatre Flamenco’s “Al Compas del Tiempo” is a soul-stirring performance event that bids you to leave the frenetic pace of the modern world behind in celebration of life’s quiet moments.

“Al Compas del Tiempo” is choreographed by Carola Zertuche, and performed by Theatre Flamenco’s distinguished company alongside an extraordinary group of special guest artists: Juan Siddi Aivir (co-choreographer), singers, Felix de Lola and Jesus Montoya, and Spanish guitarist Jose Valle “Chuscales.”

JUAN SIDDI AIVIR is an internationally recognized powerful and passionate flamenco dancer. He danced with Compania Flamenca Alhama and Noches de Amor productions on international tours for seven years and was the principal male dancer at a birthday gala for Herzogin von Wurttenburg and His Majesty Juan Carlos of Spain. Here, he and the company were recognized for their representation of Spanish culture in Europe.

JESUS MONTOYA (Sevilla, Spain) was born into one of the oldest Gypsy families. His voice is steeped in Flamenco purity and power leaving his audience feeling enchanted, captivated and loved. Widely known as “The Gypsy Dynamo” and “Pavarotti of flamenco,” Jesus has toured tirelessly with every single top major Flamenco company throughout the United States and Canada and captivated audiences worldwide.

JOSE VALLE “CHUSCALES” is one of today’s leading flamenco guitarists. Born into a gypsy family in Spain, he grew up performing with his relatives in the legendary caves of Sacromonte. Internationally acclaimed as both a soloist and accompanist, he has worked with some of Spain’s most outstanding artists, including La Cingla, Farruco, La Tati and el Guito.

FELIX DE LOLA (Sevilla, Spain) is a renowned flamenco singer who has performed with illustrious artists on the world stages throughout Western and Eastern Europe, Costa Rica, South Africa and the United States.

Powerful. Passionate. Not to be missed. Theatre Flamenco’s annual home season at the Cowell Theater is sure to take your breath away.

9th Annual San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest

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The best hip hop dance companies from the Bay Area and beyond convene in San Francisco to perform two different programs! www.sfhiphopdancefest.com

Founder/Artistic Director, Micaya

PROGRAM A (Fri, Nov. 16 @ 8pm and Sun, Nov. 18 @ 2pm)

Over the Influence (Vancouver, Canada); Chicago FootworKINGz (Chicago)

Elements of Motion (Colorado); Lux Aeterna (Los Angeles); Mop Top (New York)

Plus companies from the Bay Area: Future Shock, DS Players, Neopolitan, SoulForce, FBC, Mind Over Matter

PROGRAM B (Sat, Nov. 17 @ 8pm* and Sun, Nov. 18 @ 7pm)

Nobulus (formerly Moving Shadows from Vienna, Austria)

Kenichi/Takahiro (New York); House Dance Project (New York); Live in Color (Miami)

Plus companies from the Bay Area: Diamond/Sparkle; Soul Conspiracy; Soul Sector;

Sunset, Loose Change; Funkanometry SF; U.F.O. Movement

*VIP/Post-show Party with the artists on Saturday Nov. 17 (ages 21 and up - separate ticket

required*)

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre (3301 Lyon Street @ Bay Street, San Francisco)

$35 general for one show or $60 for two programs

(For ages 21 and up) ADDITIONAL TIX for VIP/Post-show Party on Sat. Nov. 17: $40 in

advance or $50 at the door

BOX OFFICE: (415) 392-4400 www.cityboxoffice.com

DESCRIPTION:

The one and only San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest is an amazing constellation of 23 dance companies from the international hip-hop nation! Artists from Europe to Japan and across the U.S. will converge in San Francisco to pop ‘n’ lock, break, and generally inspire you to get your groove on!

These are trendsetters rather than followers – each and every company brings an entirely different flavor to the table. Elements of Motion, Mop Tops, Soul Sector, and DS Players are some of the finest performers of classic break and hip hop styles around. You may have seen The Chicago FootworKINGz on one of their commercial spots, check em’ out live at their Bay Area debut. Then there are amazing artists who fuse other styles of dance with their hip-hop language, like Lux Aeterna from Los Angeles, and San Francisco’s own Loose Change and Soulforce. Other highlights of the 2007 lineup include the U.S. debut of Nobulus (formerly Moving Shadows from Vienna, Austria); the ever-innovative Over the Influence from Vancouver; plus two Japanese soloists by way of New York - Kenichi Ebina and Takahiro team up at the DanceFest with a new duet that showcases their incomparable abilities as storytellers and illusionists.

Tickets are going fast! Get your seat at this premier event and check out what all the excitement’s about - The San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest has been credited as THE #1 event of its kind and it has put San Francisco on the map as a leading presenter of hip hop dance. In 2006, The San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest made the list of the "TOP 10 DANCE PERFORMANCES OF 2006” by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Other events:

- Be a part of the scene at the Saturday night VIP After-Party with the artists (for 21 and over, separate ticket required)

- Put on your dancing shoes - take a couple of master classes at Dance Mission Theater (3316-24^th Street @ Mission, San Francisco):

3pm – 4:15pm - JoJo Zolina (from Over the Influence) teaches a ‘wacking’ class

4:30pm – 5:45pm - Ken Jimenez (from Elements of Motion) teaches hip hop fusion

Master class registration: www.sfhiphopdancefest.com

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Dell’Arte Company presents Lume Teatro

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SOPRO

Co-created and performed by Carlos Simioni of Lume Teatro (Brazil); directed by Tadashi Endo

November 9-11, 2007

Friday and Saturday at 8 PM; Sunday at 2:30 PM

Magic Theatre (Marina and Buchanan Streets, Fort Mason Center, Building D, 3^rd Floor, SF)

TICKETS: $15 general Friday and Saturday; $10 general Sunday matinee; child/student/senior discounts available to all shows

BOX OFFICE: (415) 441-8822 and www.magictheatre.org

INFO: http://www.dellarte.com

The Dell’Arte Company, the internationally recognized physical theatre ensemble based out of Humboldt County, is delighted to present SOPRO, a transcendent solo performed by Carlos Simioni of the acclaimed Brazilian company, Lume Teatro.

Lume Teatro is internationally renowned for their staggering range of diverse works derived from their exploration of rigorous physical disciplines.

Carlos Simioni’s performance in SOPRO is a solo work that takes the audience through an amalgam of time, images, and sounds by way of slow movements, sans words. Created by Carlos Simioni, Tadashi Endo, and Denise Garcia; and directed by butoh artist Tadashi Endo, SOPRO is an inspired interpretation of the Portuguese word ‘breath.’ The cycles of life are reflected in minimal gestures that recall the falling of a seed, a trunk in the wind, the whirl of leaves in a torrent of water, the resistance of a small being against giant raindrops. Simioni provokes the sensation of time made visible. These performances of SOPRO were made possible by a TCG Future Leaders: International Fellowships objective of the New Generations Program.

Dell’Arte Company presents: In the Land of the Grasshopper Song

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November 16 – December 2, 2007
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM;
Matinee performances on Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 PM

Magic Theatre (Marina and Buchanan Streets, Ft. Mason Center, Building D, 3rd Floor, SF)

TICKETS: $15 general; $10 child/student/senior

BOX OFFICE: (415) 441-8822 and www.magictheatre.org

AGE APPROPRIATE FOR: 7 and up

Discover what audiences from British Columbia to Philadelphia, PA already know – Dell’Arte Company’s In the Land of the Grasshopper Song is a delightful and captivating production that combines great songs, live music, physical theater, and inventive puppetry with a true story of adventure. It is a perfect outing for the entire family!

“The spirit and originality of this company is, ultimately, irresistible.” Variety

Directed by Michael Fields, In the Land of the Grasshopper Song is a hysterical musical based on the book award-winning true-account book of the same name. Grasshopper Song is a heartwarming story that follows the adventures of two white women who have been dispatched by the United States government in 1908 to be “field matrons” for the Karuk Indian Tribe of Northern California. The play follows the adventures of our heroines, Mary Arnold and Mabel Reed as they travel by horseback, by foot, and in a dugout canoe to reach their destination; a remote place where they were the only white women in a 60-mile stretch of territory. In the process of attempting to “civilize” the Indians, the women are in turn, transformed. After two years of service, they left with profound affection and respect for the people they had lived among.

Don’t miss a minute of Dell’Arte Company’s Bay Area season! This is a wonderful opportunity to experience the company’s “multi-leveled theatrical magic” San Francisco Chronicle; and to have “a soul-satisfying and thought-provoking evening.” New York Times Magazine