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DANCERS PAY ONLY 10 ANY NIGHT!!!

Carmen Carnes/VedaDance and Priscilla Park/Juju and the Nomadic Performance
Ensemble (JuNPE) present Co-ExisDance : A shared evening of progressive
intercultural, multidisciplinary dance performance at :


Xenodrome in San Francisco, March 27, 28 and 29 and April 4 and 5 2003


What: Carmen Carnes/VedaDance and Priscilla Park/JuNPE present Co-ExisDance,
a shared evening of progressive intercultural, multidisciplinary dance
performance. ! Carmen Carnes’ San Francisco premiere, Circle, Cycle,Spiral
and Stream, called “mesmerizing,” and “poignant… and virtuosic”, is a
contemporary journey through the ancient landscape of dance as sacred ritual
connecting human life with the earth and cosmos. The physicality is informed
by spirals in nature, trance states, the ecstatic whirling of Sufi Dervishes,
Odissi dance, and tai chi. This highly kinetic ensemble piece proposes the
design of circularity in nature as a haunting metaphor for the need for
communion and compassion in the world today. Bowl O-Noodl! es is a world
premiere by Priscilla Park that takes you on a journey through cultural and
philosophical realities of the East and the West, in both humorous and
serious ways. This work is informed by Ms. Park’s experiences as an
immigrant girl, when she arrived to America and encountered the “other,” or
was she the “other?” This exciting new work integrates dance drawn from an
interesting array of physical vocabulary (including contemporary ballet,
modern dance, Butoh, Buddhist meditation poses and Korean Shamanistic
dances), multi-media, installation art, and original musical compositions.


Where: Xenodrome! , 1320 Potrero St. (at 25th) in San Francisco


When: March 27, 28, 29 at 8pm and April 4, 5 at 8pm


Tickets: $10 ANY NIGHT FOR DANCERS ONLY. Everyone else pays $12-20 sliding
scale. call 415/! 460-5150 to make reservations.

Performance Specials: March 28th Jamasori (Korean Women's Drumming Group)

March 29, April 5 (Saturdays): Improvisation extravaganza by the
choreographers, Carmen &a! mp; Priscilla, to live spinning by DJ MoonDoggie
(Yoga Tai Chi).


For more info: carmencarnes.voiceofdance.com.

and www.geocities.com/junpe_dance

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Greetings from Voice of Dance!

March 24, 2003

*Global Dance Directory and Local Class Finder! JOIN TODAY

*New Ask Merrill Ashley Monthly Column

*2 New Reviews ! by Allan Ulrich

*New Auditions this week

*Image Gallery

*Event Highlights: VOD Recommends what to see this week and weekend

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page, and all classes listed in the Local Class Finder. The Global Dance
Directory is for everyone: Dance Studios & Schools, Dance Companies, Teachers,
Presenters, Colleges & Universities, Merchandisers and more For information and
to sign up online, go to:

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Ballet Questions? Ask Merrill Ashley!

New Monthly Column by New York City Ballet's famed allegro ballerina Merrill
Ashley

Q: "What educational options and opportunities exist for boys in dance?"

A: A: Read her answer in this month's column:

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2 New Reviews by Allan Ulrich:

ODC/San Francisco , Dancing Downtown, Program 2 2003:

"For all its sheer pleasure in dancing, th! e phrasing is complex and the
constant spatial rearrangements intriguing,"

Mar 21, 2003

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San Francisco Ballet, Don Quixote


"If you weren’t an aficionado of bravura dancing before the performance, you
had likely become a convert by the end,"

Mar 18, 2003

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Auditions

Voice of Dance hosts the most comprehensive list of auditions around the world!

New this week:

Sakoba Dance Theatre, Andrews Dance Company, Scapino Ballet, Ballet Deviare,
and more:

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Image Gallery

Voice of Dance hosts the most popular dance Image Gallery on the Internet. Call
us to find out how you can be included!

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Event Highlights

Event Highlights for Mar 25-30 2003: VOD recommends: Carmen Carnes/VedaDance
with Priscilla Park/JuNPE in San Francisco, Paul Taylor in San Francisco,
Stuttgart Ballet in Berkeley, Momix in Irvine, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet in Santa
Fe:

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Have a great weekend. In this difficult time, uplift your soul with dance.

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Zaccho Dance Theatre summer workshop 2003

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Zaccho Dance Theatre is proud to announce a summer workshop entitled "Dancing
with Suspended Objects" taught by Joanna Haigood. The workshop will be held
July 5, 12, 19, 26 from 11am-2pm at the Zaccho Studio, 1777 Yosemite Avenue
#330, San Francisco.

This class focuses on aerial techniques and composition and is appropriate for
students of all levels. Enrollment is limited. Cost of the workshop is $200. To
reserve your space, please send a non-refundable deposit of $50 to Zaccho Dance
Theatre, 1777 Yosemite Ave #330, San Francisco, CA 94124.

For more information, call 415-822-6744 or visit our website:
www.zaccho.org

WEST WAVE DANCE FESTIVAL 2003

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Summerfest/dance Presents

WEST WAVE DANCE FESTIVAL 2003

Summerfest/dance, the Bay Area�s premiere summer showcase of contemporary
dance, presents West Wave Dance Festival 2003, July 6 � 27, a three week
festival of performance works by 26 well-established and emerging West Coast
choreographers. From solo dances to new works for large ensembles,
Summerfest/dance continues to be the summer destination for observing the
latest and best in dance, including no fewer than 20 world premiere works.





Upcoming events are:






TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS!!



Sunday, July 6, 2003 at 8 p.m.


McKenna Theater, SF State University,

1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco

Building on the popular success of last year�s Festival will be 14 Bells, a
high-spirited kinetic collaboration and improvisational dance event to be held
Sunday, July 6 led by Kunst-Stoff Artistic Director Yannis Adoniou, members of
the acclaimed Frankfurt Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, ProsXima company of
Greece and Butoh master, Ledoh. Like last year, this event promises to be very
entertaining, creative and memorable; don�t miss it!






Tuesday, July 8 & Wednesday, July 9 at 8 p.m.


McKenna Theater, SF State University,

1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco

Kunst-Stoff Artistic Director Yannis Adoniou will lead his company and the West
Coast debut of acclaimed contemporary Greek dance company, ProsXima, in a new
work entitled Conversations. The work had its premiere earlier this year in !
Athens and bridges two cultures into one fascinating work. Two performances
only!






TICKET SALES


Telephone: [phone]


Online: www.summerfestdance.org


Tickets: $20 General Admission; $1! 8 Student/Senior; $15 Dancepass






**JUST ADDED TO THIS YEAR�S FESTIVAL SCHEDULE**


Wednesday, July 9; 2 p.m. � 6 p.m.


WORKSHOP FOR DANCE TEACHERS, STUDENTS & ACCOMPANISTS


Fine Arts Building 203, SF State University campus


Choreographer Joan Lazarus and musician Chris Houston ! lead a workshop in
effective communication between teacher and accompanist; phone [phone] for
registration and fee information.






Friday, July 11; 1 p.m. � 4 p.m.


DANCE MEDICINE WORKSHOP: Accessing the abdominal wall through breath, Pilates
and floorwork. Fine Arts Building 203, SF State University campus.


Learn how to have a stronger core for stability and! mobility including
postural assessment and gait analysis. Workshop led by dance educator Susan
Whipp & choreographer Cathleen McCarthy; phone [phone] for registration
and fee information.

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Two-for-one tickets available for West Coast debut of Akram Khan Dance Company
and Salia nď Seydou, Sept 18 & 19!!!



Akram Khan Dance Company. Photo courtesy of sfintlartsfest.org.

Akram Khan is one of the next great contemporary choreographers coming out of
Britain. He is kathak trained and employs this traditional form with a rigorous
and explosive modern technique. The San Francisco Festival will be Khan's West
Coast debut on his second U.S. tour.

"Hindu Gods, black holes, Indian time cycles, tablas, creation and destruction"
are the starting points for Kaash, a Hindu word meaning "What if." It is danced
by a quintet and is fifty minutes in length. Kaash harnesses some of the common
musical time cycles used in traditional Indian music as the basis for a chore!
ographic structure. The work is inspired by the notion that the behavior and
symbolism of traditional Indian Gods are representations of rhythmical patterns
and specific movement qualities. The gods are Ganesha (Elephant Headed God - 3
beats), associated with a swinging motion - Krishna (Flute playing god - 4
beats), characterized by a mischievous darting quality and Shiva (Destroyer - 7
beats), associated with vigorous, violent and explosive movement. Each pattern
takes place in a time cycle of 4 beats. The choreographic structure adopts the
cinematic idea of 'flashback' where the end is seen at the beginning and then
unravels to reveal how it arrived at its conclusion. With choreography by Akram
Khan, music by Nitin Sawhney, set design by Anish Kapoor, lighting design by
Aideen Malone, costumes Saeunn Huld, and additional music by John Oswald,
recorded by The Kronos Quartet, Kaash continues Akram Khan's quest to build
bridges between the worlds of contemporary dance and th! e Indian classical
dance form Kathak.

When: Thurs, Sept 18 at 8pm
where: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
tickets: call [phone] and mention the Voice of Dance Discount



Salia nď Seydou. Photo courtesy of sfintlartsfest.org

Compagnie Salia nď Seydou, Figninto (The Torn Eye)
Compagnie Salia nď Seydou is an astounding dance ensemble from Burkina Faso,
West Africa. Their performance, Figninto, is a moving tale of friendship, and
explores the challenge of sustaining communication in today's world. "What is
the value of friendship if it cannot benefit from time: the time to love, to
communicate, to reach one another? Having no time means we cut off
communication between people, forcing us apart and further away from the rest
of the world. We think instead of using! our time wisely, saving time, making
something worth the time spent on it, even trying to turn time back. With time,
everything that exists is perishable. When death comes, it is that hollow
space, tenacious, cold and ugly. One says, "He is gone, he was, he is dead."

When: Thurs, Sept 19 at 8pm
where: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
tickets: call [phone] and mention the Voice of Dance Discount

Kenneth Kvarnstrom and Co.

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Kenneth Kvarnstrom and Co.
Thursday, Oct. 30, Saturday Nov. 1, 8 pm
Sunday, Nov. 2, 2 pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theatre
700 Howard Street @ Third, San Francisco


Kenneth Kvarnström has got what it takes to make dance a pop event." (Ballet
International) Based in Stockholm, this Finnish choreographer's arresting
ensemble is regarded as one of Scandinavia's leading contemporary dance
companies. Jumping off from the principle that movement is inherently
expressive, Kvarnström takes dancers and audiences on a breathtaking journey
full of emotion, intimacy and memory. He describes his evening-length work,
Fragile, as "a poetic expression, powerful dancing and small won! derful things
that make life worth living."

Voice of Dance members get 2 tickets for the price of 1 - Regular ticket price
is $40, $24. Please call [phone] and quote the "Voice of Dance"
discount. Tickets must be purchased in advance - this discount is not good at
the door and does not apply to previously purchased tickets.

AXIS DANCE COMPANY & VICTORIA MARKS

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Wattis-Artists-in-Residence
AXIS DANCE COMPANY & VICTORIA MARKS





In a shared evening, AGAINST ENDING celebrating AXIS' 15TH Anniversary Season

Premiering New Work by Victoria Marks, June Watanabe and Remy Charlip

Thursday, November 20 ­ Saturday, November 22, 8pm
Sunday, November 23, 2pm

Tickets for the AXIS Dance Company 15th Anniversary Home Season with Victoria
Marks are priced $10-$18 for Thursday, November 20; $14-$22 for performances
Friday-Sunday, November 21-23. To purchase tickets, call Yerba Buena Center
for the Arts Box Office at (415) 978-ARTS, or visit www.YerbaBuenaArts.org

LILY CAI CHINESE DANCE COMPANY

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LILY CAI CHINESE DANCE COMPANY?S
15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

NOVEMBER 14 AND 15, 2003

Acclaimed for its elegance, vivid theatricality and virtuosity, the Lily Cai
Chinese Dance Company takes the stage at 8 p.m. on Friday, November 14 and
Saturday, November 15, 2003 to celebrate its 15th Anniversary. For these home
season performances, the company?s distinctive Chinese classicism again blends
with Western modern dance forms as Lily Cai presents an evening of works to
mark the oc! casion. The program features the fully-staged production of the
2003 premiere, Si Ji, along with the enchanting Candlelas, selected highlights
from the company?s repertory and a few unique surprises.

?Our Anniversary puts the focus on the multi-dimensional facets of the Chinese
woman - her style, beauty and strength,? said choreographer Lily Cai. ?The
new work, Si Ji (pronounced Suh Gee) is an exploration of this theme with
fabric, movement, color, and light.? Music for Si Ji (translated as Four
Seasons) is by Gang Situ and features cello soloist Robin Bonnell with lighting
by Clyde Sheet. ?We are also bringing back for our Bay Area audiences one of
our most popular pieces from our touring repertory, Candelas (1997), set to the
fourth movement of Mahler?s Symphony No. 5, which hasn?t been seen in the Bay
Area for over five years,? Lily Cai added.

Artists of the company include Yan Hai, Qiong Huang, Tammy Li, Ada Liu, Chih-
Ting! Shih and Phong Voong

CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENTS

In the company?s 15 years history there are many proud achievements. Among the
many wide ranging highlights are include Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company?s
featured performance at the United Nations' 50th Anniversary Celebration in San
Francisco and dancing on stage with the Grateful Dead as part of their Year of
the Dog Celebration. The company looks back on an impressive list of artistic
collaborators including Chanticleer, Dimensions Dance Theater, The Alexander
String Quartet, New Century Chamber Orchestra, The Women?s Philharmonic, master
calligrapher Lamp Leong, world-renowned erhu master Jeibing Chen, contemporary
composers Chen Yi, Gang Situ, Gary Schwantes, lighting designers Jack
Carpenter, and Matthew Antaky, video artist Ed Tenenbaum and more.

In this 15th Anniversary year choreographer Lily Cai received two important
commissions. She created dances! for Santa Fe Opera?s sell-out production of
Madame Mao, directed by Colin Fletcher with music by Bright Sheng, and created
a new work for the 25th Anniversary of San Francisco?s Ethnic Dance Festival.
In this year the company also celebrated one of their largest national tours,
with over 12 weeks on the road as one of San Francisco?s foremost cultural
ambassadors.

TICKETS

Tickets for Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company?s 15th Anniversary Celebration on
November 14 and 15 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, 701 Mission
@ 3rd Street, San Francisco, are priced at $32, $26 and $18. Discounts
available for students, seniors, groups. For tickets please call 415-978-2787
or online at www.yerbabuenaarts.org

To learn more about the Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company. ! Visit
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Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company
Presents

15TH Anniversary Celebration ? Home Season 2003
Choreography by Lily Cai

Friday and Saturday, November 14and 15 2002, at 8:00 p.m.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street, San Francisco

Program:

Si Ji (pronounced Suh Gee)

Music by Gang Situ

Cello soloist Robin Bonnell

Candelas

Music by Gustav Mahler

Plus - Highlights from the company?s repertory and surprises

TICKETS: $32, $26 and $18. For tickets and information, please call (415) 978-
2787 or www.yerbabuenaarts.org Discounts available for students, seniors,
groups.

For information about Lily Cai Chinese Dance visit www.ccpsf.org.

Mark Morris Dance Group

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CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS

Mark Morris Dance Group
The Hard Nut



Dec 12-21
at Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley Campus

Mark Morris Dance Group
The Hard Nut
Members of the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
Robert Cole, conductor
UC Berkeley Women?s Chorale and Perfect Fifth
Mark Sumner, director

Program: The Mark Morris Dance Group returns to Cal Performances with The Hard
Nut, Morris? critically acclaimed interpretation of the traditional Nutcracker
ballet, set to Tchaikovsky?s original score. Highlights include a Christmas
party filled with bawdy bell-bottomed guests, the legendary dancing snowflakes,
and a show-stopping ?Waltz of the Flowers.?

Tickets: $32.00, $46! .00, and $56.00, available through the Cal Performances
Ticket Office at Zellerbach Hall; at [phone] to charge by phone; at
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu; and at the door.