Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley is proud to be a participant in Bay Area
Celebrates National Dance Week, April 25-May 4, 2003. A list of our
events follows.
Bay Area Celebrates National Dance Week's fifth annual festival offers
free classes, performances, open rehearsals and lecture demonstrations.
The Bay Area dance community has long been one of the largest, most
active and thriving dance communities in the country. This year’s
participants and volunteers reaffirm the Bay Area’s dedicated commitment to
dance, offering over 200 free events to the community. World renowned
choreographer Donald McKayle will be celebrated as an Honorary Chair of
the San Francisco Bay Area at the Opening Party, Friday, April 25.
BALLET SAN JOSE SILICON VALLEY "DANCE WEEK EVENTS"
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 8pm KICKOFF FOR DANCE WEEK
Dance Week Opening Party at the Metronome, 1830 17th Street (at De
Haro) in San Francisco. World renowned choreographer Donald McKayle will
be introduced, given a plaque as recognition as Honorary Chairperson,
and be invited to say a few words.
SATURDAY, APRIL 26th, 5pm to 6:30pm at San Jose Center for the
Performing Arts
255 Almaden Blvd in downtown San Jose.
FREE Open House onstage with Ballet San Jose Artistic Director Dennis
Nahat, "Death and Eros" choreographer Donald McKayle, and "Death and
Eros" composer Jon Magnussen. This event will preceed an evening concert
by Symphony San Jose Silicon Valley that will feature the World
Premiere of a new work by Jon Magnussen. Magnussen’s dramatic new work is
inspired by a poetic narrative by W. S. Merwin called "The Folding
Cliffs." The story, about a man who contracts Hansen’s Disease, takes place
on the island of Kaua’i, where the composer grew up.
Our guests will talk about the differences between composing for
symphonic performance and composing for dance performance. They will take
questions from the audience. Note: Following the Open House, Mr. McKayle
will hold a brief book signing in the lobby of the theatre. Copies of
his new biography "Transcending Boundaries; My Dancing Life" will be
available for purchase.
(A concert from Symphony San Jose Silicon Valley follows at 8pm as a
paid event.)
SUNDAY, APRIL 27th, 11:00am to 1:00pm at Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley
School studios
40 North First Street in downtown San Jose (on the light rail line at
Santa Clara Street)
FREE Master Class with Donald McKayle.
SUNDAY, APRIL 27th, 2pm to 7pm "DANCIN' DOWNTOWN" FREE South Bay
Kickoff Event, Circle of Palms next to Fairmont Hotel on Market Street and
at the San Jose Museum of Modern Art.
Donald McKayle will open the festival in San Jose by saying a few words
to help kick off the event. Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley SCHOOL will
perform a new piece by School Director Lise la Cour entitled,
"Sunbeams" (5pm) Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley company dancers Dalia Rawson
and Maximo Califano will perform a pas de deux from "Coppelia" (6pm).
TUESDAY, APRIL 29th, 7:00pm to 8:30pm at Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley
School studios
40 North First Street in downtown San Jose (on the light rail line at
Santa Clara Street)
FREE Master Class with Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley School Director
Lise la Cour featuring the Bournonville Technique.
NOTE: Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley will also present "A Tribute to
Choreographer Donald McKayle", May 1-4 at San Jose Center for the
Performing Arts in downtown San Jose.
This will be a PAID event. Tickets: $22-$68. Box Office: (408)
288-2800 or
www.balletsanjose.org. Included on the program are three works
by Donald McKayle: HOUSE OF TEARS, DISTRICT STORYVILLE, and DEATH AND
EROS.
One hour before each performance, Donald McKayle will give a talk about
the three dances on the program and engage the audience in a Q&A.
Following the opening night performance, Mr. McKayle will hold a brief
book signing in the lobby of the theatre. Copies of his new biography
"Transcending Boundaries; My Dancing Life" will be available for
purchase.
A Quote from Donald McKayle about Dance Week.
"The Bay Area celebration of National Dance Week is a joyous and
absorbing
kaleidoscope of dance events for dance practitioners and dance lovers
alike. The panoply of activities is wonderfully diverse and will take
you
from observation to participation. It fully reflects the vibrant
cultural
richness of the area. This year the range of over 250 offerings is
particularly felicitous representing genres of concert dance, world
dance,
vernacular dance, and site specific performance, classes, lecture
demonstrations, and workshops that will intrigue all ages and levels of
experience."
"As someone who has spent a lifetime pursuing this vivacious muse, I
look
forward with delight to these ten days that celebrate the human body in
its
articulate language of dance and to the communion of all who
participate."
Donald McKayle
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