Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents Lines Ballet with Maya Lahyani
2016-11-06
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater
701 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-3138 USA
2:00 PM, Sunday, November 6, 2016

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• New work featuring Maya Lahyani
• Meyer (2013)

[2:09 PM lights down, announcements]

1. [2:10 PM] Johann Sebastian Bach: Erbarme dich; Company.
   [unannounced violin cadenza]
2. [2:16 PM] George Frideric Handel: Dove sei, amato bene?; (Meredith Webster with Courtney Henry & Madeline DeVries).
   [2:23 PM unannounced violin cadenza]
3. [2:25 PM] Robert Schumann: Stille Tränen; Company.
   [no cadenza?]
4. [2:28 PM] Henry Purcell: Dido's Lament; (Yujin Kim & Michael Montgomery).
   [set ends 2:33 PM; multiple rounds of bowing; all off by 2:35 PM]

• Maya Lahyani: mezzo-soprano vox;
• Lisa Lee: violin;
• Efrat Levy: piano;

• James Ingalls: lighting design;
• Alonzo King: choreographer;
• Colleen Quen: couturier (Maya Lahyani's coat);
• Joan Raymond: costume construction;
• Robert Rosenwasser: costume design.

[3:02 PM lights down, waiting]

1. [3:05 PM] Opening (Courtney Henry)
2. [3:09 PM] Trio Movement 4; Sextet (Madeline DeVries, Adji Cissoko, Courtney Henry, Shuaib Elhassan, Jeffrey Van Sciver, Babatunji)
3. [3:15 PM] 7 First Impressions; Pas de Deux (Yujin Kim & Shuaib Elhassan)
4. [3:22 PM] Trio 88 Movement 1; Quartet (Adji Cissoko & Jeffrey Van Sciver with Courtney Henry & Shuaib Elhassan)
5. [3:26 PM] Cards (Madeline DeVries with Babatunji & Company)
6. [3:30 PM] Trio Movement 3; Pas de Deux (Yujin Kim & Shuaib Elhassan), Solo (Madeline DeVries), Men (Babatunji, Jeffrey Van Sciver, James Gowan, Michael Montgomery)
7. [3:36 PM] Finale Trio 88 Movement 4; (Yujin Kim & Company).
   [show ends 3:42 PM]
   [3:45 PM Post-show Q&A with Alonzo & Maya; ends 4:15 PM]

• Jim Doyle: set design;
• Alonzo King: choreographer;
• Edgar Meyer: music;
• Axel Morganthaler: lighting design;
• Joan Raymond: costume construction;
• Robert Rosenwasser: costume design.

Lines Ballet

• Babatunji: dancer;
• Robb Beresford: dancer;
• Adji Cissoko: dancer;
• Madeline DeVries: dancer;
• Shuaib Elhassan: dancer;
• James Gowan: dancer;
• Maya Harr: dancer;
• Courtney Henry: dancer;
• Yujin Kim: dancer;
• Alonzo King: founder, choreographer;
• Michael Montgomery: dancer;
• Jeffrey Van Sciver: dancer;
• Meredith Webster: dancer, guest artist; others TBD.

Fortunately, while sipping my Sunday morning coffee, I noticed that our LINES tickets were for the matinee instead of the evening performance, as I'd accidentally entered the latter date onto our calendar. Whoops! Good thing we got that straightened out in time!

I enjoyed today's show, and it's always a treat to hear Alonzo speak … he's got a lot of interesting things to say!

Lou Fancher posted a nice promo article – which includes a few stunning pictures – at SFCV.

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