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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Announces New Programming for 2012-2013Daniel Bernard Roumain melds his classical music roots with his own cultural references andvibrant musical imagination. He has carved a reputation for himself as an innovative composer,performer, violinist, and band leader and is perhaps the only composer who has collaboratedand performed with Philip Glass, Cassandra Wilson, Bill T. Jones, and Lady Gaga.West Coast PremiereBebe Miller: HistoryFriday, January 25 and Saturday, January 26, 2013, 8 p.m./YBCA ForumTickets: $25 advance; $30 at the door; $20 students, seniors, teachers advance; $25students, seniors, teachers at the door; $20 YBCA members; FREE YBCA:YOUBig Idea: ReflectFor more than 25 years, ward-winning dancer and choreographer Bebe Miller’s has beenexploring the unruly edges of the heart and mind to create a unique physical language that fullyexpresses the complexities of the human condition. Her newest piece, A History, is an eveninglengthduet that invites audiences to experience what it feels like to make and perform a dance.Part performance, part installation, part interaction, A History shifts the focus from performanceto process and can be seen simultaneously as both the evidence and result of artistic creation,exposing how we do what we do and what the outcomes are.Bay Area PremiereWooster Group/New York City Players: Eugene O’Neill’s Early PlaysThree One-act PlaysThursday, February 14-Saturday, February 16, 2013, 8 p.m./YBCA ForumThursday, February 14: Thrifty Thursday: All Seats $5Tickets: $25 advance; $30 at the door; $20 students, seniors, teachers advance; $25students, seniors, teachers at the door; $20 YBCA members; FREE YBCA:YOUBig Idea: ReflectA reprise of thee one-act plays by Eugene O’Neill known collectively as the ―Glencairn plays‖ —Bound East for Cardiff (1914), The Long Voyage Home (1917), and The Moon of the Caribbees(1918) — Early Plays recounts the tales of a group of sailors on a tramp steamer as they gofrom port to sea and back again, exposing the under belly of turn-of-the-century maritime lifeand the longing and loneliness of life at sea. The episodes are threaded together with hauntingmelodies, composed and written by director Richard Maxwell, and staged with a simplicity andgrace that allow these simple stories to resonate deeply and emotionally.Since its inception in 1975, the Wooster Group has been celebrated as one of the most vibrantand vital voices in contemporary American theater. Known for their pioneering explorations withnew technology and multidisciplinary art forms, they have left an indelible mark oncontemporary performance, which has resulted in an Obie Award for direction for RichardMaxwell.West Coast Premiere/World PremiereKronos Quartet’s Kronos: Listen LocalThursday, February 21 and Friday, February 22, 8 p.m./ Lam Research Theater at YBCA(formerly Novellus Theater)Tickets: $25-30 regular advance; $30-25 at the door; $20-25 student, teacher, senioradvance; $25-$30 student, teacher, senior at the door; $20-25 YBCA member; YBCA:YouFREEBig Idea: EncounterSan Francisco’s own Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet concludes its multi-yearpartnership with the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts with this program highlighting the vibrant10
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Announces New Programming for 2012-2013creative voices of its hometown composers. Internationally renowned for scouting the world overfor exceptional collaborators, Kronos turns its focus to its home turf for two world premieres,including a new work for string quartet and electronics by San Francisco’s celebratedcomposer/performer and media artist Pamela Z, co-commissioned by YBCA and the KronosPerforming Arts Association; and a new piece by Nathaniel Stookey, who at age 17 was theyoungest composer ever commissioned for the San Francisco Symphony’s New and UnusualMusic Series. The program also features the West Coast premiere of Carrying the Past by DanBecker, chair of the composition department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, andworks by other San Francisco musicians.West Coast PremiereShen Wei: Undivided DividedThursday and Friday, March 21 and 22, 2013, 8 p.m.Saturday, March 23, 2013, 5 and 8 p.m.Sunday, March 24, 2013, 2 and 5 p.m.Thursday, March 21: Thrifty Thursday: All Seats $5YBCA Forum/GalleriesTickets: $25 advance; $30 at the door; $20 students, seniors, teachers advance; $25students, seniors, teachers at the door; $20 YBCA members; FREE YBCA:YOUBig Idea: SoarBest known for choreographing the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, ShenWei was a founding member of the Guangdong Modern Dance Company, China’s firstcontemporary dance company. He has been widely celebrated for his sophisticatedchoreography, breathtakingly powerful cross-cultural performances and gorgeous visualimagery, and was hailed by the The Washington Post as ―one of the greatest artists of our time.‖The company’s newest piece, Undivided Divided, is a unique performance installationcomprised o a grid divided into 30 squares inhabited by 16 dancers. Audience members areinvited to stroll amongst moving ―displays‖ of painted dancers, projected videos and sculpturalinstallations. Set to an original score by Sō Percussion and concrete sound design by LawsonWhite, the multimedia work envelopes the audience not only through its spatial design but alsovia multi-track sound creating an exciting new type of immersive interaction between audienceand performer.Axis Dance Co. – 25 Years of Daring Dance!Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30, 8 p.m./YBCA ForumSunday, March 31, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m./YBCA ForumTickets: $25; $20 seniors/people with disabilities/students/YBCA Members; $15 youth 14and under; FREE YBCA: YouBig Idea: DareAXIS Dance Company, one of the world’s most acclaimed and innovative ensembles ofperformers with and without disabilities, invites you to share in their celebration of 25 years ofexcellence in creating and performing physically integrated dance. You can expect a thrillingevening of breathtaking dance and bold ideas as AXIS presents two world premieres, one byVictoria Marks set to an original sound score from San Francisco-based composer Beth Custer,and one by San Francisco’s own Amy Seiwert. These performances will change the way youthink about dance and the possibilities of the human body forever.David Dorfman & Future Soul Think Tank: Prophets of FunkThursday, April 25-Saturday, April 27, 2013, 8 p.m./YBCA ForumThursday, April 25: Thrifty Thursday: All Seats $511
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