Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan at Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, January 21, 2016

Cal Performances presents Technical Rehearsal of Rice featuring Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
2016-01-21
Zellerbach Hall Auditorium
U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720
6:00 PM, Thursday, January 21, 2016

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[6:14 PM to 6:26]

[6:27 PM curtain lowered as we enter, how strange!]

• scene one : a farmer walks very slowly across the stage, carrying a long thin bamboo pole
• scene two : 9 women in colorful dresses perform a strange stomping dance : first sashimi group of three, then as separate groups of three, then as a single large group.
• scene three :men join in, and the large group dances while sprawling across the floor, making me think of rice growing up out of the water of a paddy.

Sadly, I must leave at 6:45 PM in order to fetch Ting for tonight's Los Lobos show; I really got work harder on developing my ability to enjoy existing in multiple locations simultaneously!

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

• performers TBD.

In retrospect, I should have looked into getting tickets to this show, but 20-20 hindsight won't get you in the door! And honestly, I'm not sure I was up for an 80 minute meditation on the nature of rice. Maybe next time!

P.S.: I don't know what I meant by 'sashimi group' – it's that darn autocorrect messing me up, and I really have no clue what I meant to write!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2016 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2016 event list! ☸ On to the next event!