Come join [local Harvard SF grads] in seeing Alonzo King's LINES Ballet's world premier of the Moroccan Project at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Nov 6 (Sunday) evening! [We] will meet at 5p at the Sanraku Restaurant in Metreon to sample a a wonderful "omakase" sushi dinner specially prepared by the chef Shinji Nakamura, who also practices tea ceremony. Drinks will be charged separately.
Ticket prices are $45, $55 and $65 including sushi and the different discounted and preferred seating for the ballet. Please reserve this special event by Oct 28 (Friday)! Contact Esther Tsoi, conceptualisez@gmail.com for more information.
"The luminous choreography of Alonzo King's LINES Ballet finds an irresistible source of musical inspiration in the traditions of Morocco. The Company's extraordinary dancers etch the stage with clean, brilliant lines. Moroccan musicians, playing live for these performances, fuse the drumming of Gnawa ceremonies with the plaintive tones of oud (lute) and violin, while the haunting voices of women singing devotional and love songs echo their rich timbres. These intricate musical layers give the dancers of LINES Ballet a rhythmic landscape in which they explore the nuances of community, harmony and unexpected moments of beauty."
LINES Ballet will also be performing at the de Young Museum's opening on Oct 15 (Sat) at 5p.