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ARTS
Alice in Californiland
AXIS dance revises their performance of the magical strange dance-tale of a young girl s journey. https://www.axisdance.org/
Ballet22
In a blend of classical ballet, pointe work and contemporary styles, the new Oakland-based company Ballet22 will premiere new dances recorded at SF s ODC Theater, some with a modern holiday edge. The program, titled Breaking Ground, premieres December 11, will include a modern take on the Sugar Plum Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker; Juntos, a neo-classical work by Cincinnati Ballet Soloist Joshua Stayton; and a world premiere by Artistic Director of Boca Tuya, Omar Román de Jesús. Concerts stream Dec. 18-20 at 5pm & 8pm. Tickets range from $20-$250. (Read the article in last week s B.A.R.) www.ballet22.com
Chronicle Staff December 14, 2020Updated: December 18, 2020, 7:14 am
Oakland teen Sarah Schecter wrote one of the seven winning plays in “#Enough: Plays to End Gun Violence,” a nationwide playwriting competition for middle and high school students. Photo: Courtesy of Sarah Schecter
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Teen playwrights take firm stand with ‘#Enough: Plays to End Gun Violence’
Some of the most eloquent and powerful voices to emerge in the fight against gun violence come from younger generations the students who’ve grown up not knowing what it’s like to go to class without school shootings as an ever-present threat or headline.
ARTS
Adios, Robinson
Brava & La Lengua Teatro en Español present a radio play in Spanish (with English subtitles) by Julio Cortázar, with an updated anti-colonial take on
Robinson Crusoe. Thru Dec. 5. https://www.brava.org/
Alice in Californiland
AXIS dance revises their performance of the magical strange dance-tale of a young girl s journey. https://www.axisdance.org/
Ballet22
In a blend of classical ballet, pointe work and contemporary styles, the new Oakland-based company Ballet22 will premiere new dances recorded at SF s ODC Theater, some with a modern holiday edge. The program, titled Breaking Ground, premieres December 11, will include a modern take on the Sugar Plum Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker; Juntos, a neo-classical work by Cincinnati Ballet Soloist Joshua Stayton; and a world premiere by Artistic Director of Boca Tuya, Omar Román de Jesús. Concerts will stream Dec. 11-13 and 18-20 at 5pm & 8pm. Tickets range from $20-$250. (Read the article in this week s
While we can t enjoy the often sold-out Castro Theatre productions by local drag star and director Peaches Christ, we can step back in time with an online streaming video of the 2019 wacky drag parody of the camp classic film
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? with costar Bianca Del Rio. You may be asking yourself what this show has to do with the holidays and I ll tell you!, wrote Peaches in the promo. I chose it because of its story and how it connects to 2020. Hear me out. This is the story of two drag sisters who are forced to shelter-in-place and what happens as a result, and well. it isn t very pretty.