Sharp & Fine ODC Theater, SF
Mixed Nuts AND OTHER HOLIDAY DELIGHTS Whether you like your “Nuts” pure or mixed, there's an abundance of opportunities to fulfill this season’s dance traditions, re-told and re-imagined just for you.
A new, evening-length narrative dance piece about two sisters and what happens when one of them turns into a lion. Built on spoken text devised by the cast, the show is a hybrid of real memories and surreal fiction, told with dance, live music, original text, and singing. Thu-Sat, Dec 7-9, 8pm, $15-25. sharpandfine.com SAFEhouse Arts SAFEhouse Arts at 145 Eddy Street In honor of SAFEhouse Arts Founder and Executive Director Joe Landini, celebrating 25 years of dance making in San Francisco, 5 on 25 features new works by Alma Esperan- za Cunningham, Nina Haft, Ronja Ver as well as Landini. Plus an encore presentation of SoMa Now and Then , a collaboration between Amy Lewis and Landini which premiered last fall as a walking tour of San Francisco’s historic leather district. Thu-Sat, Dec 7-9 & 14-16, 8pm, $15-30. safehousearts.org Using African American vernacular forms— social dancing, Double Dutch, hand-clapping games, and ring shout—to explore the self-discovery and playfulness of childhood, innovative choreographer Camille A. Browns’ BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play draws on the games girls play to tell a story of black female empowerment. Fri-Sat, Dec 8-9, 8pm; Sun, Dec 10, 3pm, $54. calperformances.org Ultimate Alliance Dance Company City College of San Francisco, SF A performance showcase, Creative Arts at CCSF’s new Wellness Center. Sat, Dec 9, 7pm, $10-15. facebook.com/ultimatealliance.danceco Molly Heller Shawl Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley Salt Lake City dance artist and University of Utah Assistant Professor, Molly Heller pres- ents very vary . This piece chapters the remembered, imagined, and future lives of the work’s six performers. Sat, Dec 9, 8pm; Sun, Dec 10, 3:30pm, $15-20. mollyheller.com Camille A. Brown & Dancers Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
Tandy Beal & Company Joy! Hammer Theatre, San Jose Fri-Sat, Dec 1-2, 7pm; Sat-Sun, Dec 2-3, 2pm, $20-45.
tandybeal.com/joy SMUIN Ballet The Christmas Ballet
Sunset Center, Carmel & Mountain View Center for the Arts, Mountain View & YBCA, SF Fri, Dec 1, 8pm; Sat, Dec 2, 2pm; Wed-Sat Dec, 6-9, 8pm; Sat-Sun, Dec 9-10, 2pm; Thu-Sat, Dec 14-16, 8pm; Sun, Dec 17, 2 & 7pm; Thu, Dec 21, 8pm: Fri-Sat, Dec 22-23, 2 & 8pm; Sun, Dec
24, 2pm, $25-89. smuinballet.org ODC/Dance The Velveteen Rabbit YBCA Theater, SF.
Mark Morris Dance Group / Photo by Julieta Cervantes
San Francisco Lesbian/ Gay Freedom Band Dance-Along Nutcracker YBCA Theater, SF Sat, Dec 9, 3pm & 7pm; Sun, Dec 10, 11am, 3pm, $18-30. sflgfb.townalive.com Bravissimo Dance Studio Heartfelt Season Canada College Main Theater, Redwood City Santa and the Grinch accidentally take Suzy to the North Pole. Sun, Dec. 10, 4pm, $25. http://www.bravissimodancestudio.com/ Marin Ballet’s Nutcracker Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael Sat-Sun, Dec. 9-10, 1pm, 3 & 5, $27-$43. marinballet.org Saturdays & Sundays, Dec. 9-10 & 16-17 & 23, 11am & 1pm; Sat, Dec 16, 4pm; Sun Dec 17, 4pm; Fri, Dec 22, 11am & 1pm, $20.50-42.50. nutcrackersweets.org San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker War Memorial Opera House, SF Wednesdays, Dec. 13, 20, 27, 7pm; Wednesdays 20, 27, 2pm; Thursdays, Dec 14, 21, 28, 2pm & 7; Fridays, Dec 15, 22, 29, 2pm; Fridays, Dec 15, 22, 7pm; Saturdays, Dec 16, 23, 2pm & 7; Sat, Dec 30, 11am & 4pm; Sun, Dec 17, 2pm & 7; Sun Dec 24, 11am & 4pm; Tuesdays, Dec 19, 26, 2pm & 7, $50+. sfballet.org Mark Morris’ The Hard Nut Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley Fri-Sat, Dec 15-16 & 22-23, 8pm; Sat, Dec 16 & 23, 2pm; Sun, Dec 17 & 24, 3pm; Thu, Dec 21, 8pm, $40-135. markmorrisdancegroup.org Berkeley Ballet Theater’s The Nutcracker Regents’ Theatre, Oakland Fri-Sat, Dec 15-16, 7pm; Sat-Sun, Dec 16-17, 11am-3pm, $35. berkeleyballet.org Mark Foehringer’s Nutcracker Sweets Cowell Theater, SF
Academy of Classical Ballet–California A Winter Wonderland Campbell Heritage Theatre, Campbell Sat, Dec 16, 7pm; Sun, Dec 17, 2pm, $20-25. aocballet.com Symphony Silicon Valley presents The Nutcracker Wed, Fri-Sat, Dec 20 & 15-16 & 22-23, 7pm; Sat-Sun, Dec 16-17 & 23-24, 2:30pm, $38-100. symphonysiliconvalley.org Peninsula Ballet Theatre’s Nutcracker Fox Theatre, Redwood Sat, Dec. 16, 1pm & 4pm, Sun, Dec 17, 2:30pm, $35-60. peninsulaballet.org Peninsula Ballet Hip Hop Nutcracker Fox Theatre, Redwood Fri, Dec 15, 7pm; Sun, Dec 17, 6pm, $35. peninsulaballet.org/hip-hop-nutcracker Marin Dance Theater Sophie and the Enchanted Toyshop Marin Dance Theater, San Rafael Sat, Dec, 16, 1pm, 3 & 5:30, Adults $40; seniors and students $32. mdt.org Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker Flint Center for the Performing Arts at De Anza College, Cupertino Sun, Dec 17, 3pm & 7pm, $28-175. nutcracker.com Sweet Can Productions presents Mittens and Mistletoe Dance Mission Theater, SF Fri & Sun, Tue-Thu, Dec. 22 & 24, 26-28, 2pm; Sat (Adults Only), Dec 23, 4pm & 8pm; Thu, Dec 28, 4pm, $18-60. dancemission.com Oakland Ballet Company’s The Nutcracker Paramount Theater, Oakland Sat, Dec 23, 5pm; Sat-Sun, Dec 23-24, 1pm, $23-90. oaklandballet.org
Fridays, Dec 1 & 8, 11am; Saturdays, Dec 2 & 9, 1pm & 4pm; Sundays, Dec 3 & 10, 2pm; Thu, Dec 7, 11am, $15-65. odc.dance/velveteenrabbit San Francisco’s Youth Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker Mercy High School, SF Sat-Sun, Dec. 2-3, 1pm & 5pm, $24-$26. sanfranciscoyouthballet.org Stapleton Ballet’s Nutcracker Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael Sat-Sun, Dec. 2-3, 1pm & 5pm, Adults $36; seniors and youth $24. stapletonschool.org Bay Pointe Ballet Nutcracker Bob Hope Theatre, Stockton Sat, Dec. 9, 7pm, $24-60. baypointeballet.org
Oakland Ballet Company / Photo by David DeSilva
Menlowe Ballet It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker Menlo Atherton Performing Arts Center, Atherton Fri-Sat, Dec 8-9 & 15-16, 7p; Sat-Sun, Dec 9-10 & 16-17, 2p $35-65. menloweballet.org Dance Brigade’s The Revolutionary Nutcracker Sweetie , the kidz version Dance Mission Theater, SF Sat, Dec 9, 2pm & 6; Sun, Dec 10, 1pm & 5, $17-23.50. dancemission.com
Kinetic Arts Productions / Photo by Shoot That Clown/Eric Gillet
Sarah Bush Dance Project Shawl-Anderson Dance Center, Berkeley Homeward (World Premiere) is about the va- riety and emotional complexity of the places and states we call “home,” performed by a multi-generational cast of Bay Area dance luminaries, including Joan Lazarus and Sue Li Jue. Saturdays, Dec 9 & 16, 8pm; Sundays, Dec 10 & 17, 7pm, $20-40. sarahbushdance.org
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