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Dance

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Angel Island detainees’ experiences explored through dance in Berkeley performance

by Anne Brice | UC Berkeley Feb. 22, 2023, 11:00 a.m.March 2, 2023

‘Within These Walls’ — which reflects the experiences of the 170,000 Chinese immigrants held on the island — will be performed Feb. 23-26 in Zellerbach Playhouse.

Posted inArts

Long-planned Berkeley dance tribute to Burt Bacharach is now suddenly a memorial

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert Feb. 16, 2023, 10:00 a.m.March 2, 2023

The iconic composer died Feb. 8, at age 94. A Cal Performances dance show, scheduled for this weekend and set to Bacharach’s music, has taken on a retrospective aura.

Posted inArts

Berkeley festival honors legacy of Conceição Damasceno, local champion of Brazilian culture

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert Aug. 30, 2022, 1:20 p.m.August 30, 2022

Damasceno, who died in April, organized near-constant festivals and parties at West Berkeley’s Casa De Cultura and beyond. BrasArte’s Lavagem festival this Sunday is dedicated to her memory.

Posted inObituaries

Remembering Marilyn Naparst, 86, dancer, artist, activist, free spirit

by Diana Naparst Aug. 29, 2022, 9:25 a.m.August 29, 2022

Naparst, 86, moved to Berkeley in 1957 and was a potter and a painter, a Greek folkdancer and a theater-lover, a daycare provider and a secretary, a storyteller and a kibitzer.

Posted inCommunity

AileyCamp back in motion after 2-year gap in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Ximena Natera Aug. 22, 2022, 2:46 p.m.August 23, 2022

The camp taught dozens of 11-14-year olds dance moves created by the legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey.

Posted inArts

At Berkeley’s queer tango class, it takes 2 but it doesn’t matter who

Joanne Furio by Joanne Furio May 29, 2022, 6:00 a.m.May 29, 2022

“Queer tango is Argentine tango without the homophobia, transphobia and rigid heteronormative rules,” says a co-founder of Abrazo Queer Tango, open in Berkeley since 2012

Posted inArts

Gamelan Sekar Jaya, haven for Indonesian music and dance, gets home of its own in South Berkeley

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert May 26, 2022, 12:22 p.m.August 4, 2022

The 43-year-old Balinese cultural group purchased its Shattuck Avenue headquarters from its landlord for $1.5 million.

Posted inCommunity

Kamala Harris’ Berkeley ballet teacher fled the Russian Revolution and danced for royalty

by Nick Lozito April 17, 2022, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

Madame Bovie was a world-famous ballerina before teaching in Berkeley for 30 years.

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Shape-shifting dance company Pilobolus will blow minds in Berkeley this week

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert Oct. 19, 2021, 2:41 p.m.December 24, 2021

Pilobolus comes to Zellerbach Hall Oct. 21-22 for the dance company’s first Cal Performances engagement in more than three decades.

Posted inObituaries

Remembering Patricia Bulitt, who danced in creeks and like a bird and held storytelling tea parties for Berkeley women

by Friends of Patricia Bulitt Sept. 13, 2021, 1:51 p.m.August 4, 2022

Patricia Bulitt, a creative force and an impresario, also exhibited her embellished paper dresses in galleries and taught dance to kids in Berkeley and in remote Inuit communities throughout Alaska.

Posted inArts

Hālau O Kekuhi, a dance of revolution, and Māhealani Uchiyama’s Pasifika

Avatar photo by Andrew Gilbert Oct. 17, 2019, 7:25 a.m.October 4, 2022

Don’t miss the hypnotic sound and movement of this powerhouse hula troupe from the Big Island at Zellerbach Hall, this Sunday at 3 p.m.

Posted inSchools

‘Mama Washington,’ who brought West African dance to thousands of her ‘children’ at Berkeley High, retires

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein May 14, 2019, 3:00 p.m.August 4, 2022

After nearly 30 years at Berkeley High, the Liberian-born educator and dancer is leaving the studio.

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