Arts & Events

New: Sasha Waltz & Guests: Berlin-Based Dance Group Takes Berkeley by Storm

Reviewed by James Roy MacBean
Monday October 22, 2018 - 02:12:00 PM

As part of Cal Performances Berkeley RADICAL 2018/19 season, a special series entitled Women’s Work focuses on the cultural expression of women artists. This past week, German choreographer Sasha Waltz has come to Berkleley to revive her revolutionary 2000 staging of Körper, which premiered at Berlin’s Schaubühne Theater. Here in Berkeley, Körper received two performances at Zellerbach Hall: Saturday, October 20 at 8:00 and Sunday, October 21 at 3:00. Sasha Waltz also gave a talk on Thursday, October 18 at Stephens Hall on the UC campus. In this talk, emceed by Sabrina Klein, Sasha Waltz spoke at length about the genesis of Körper. Interestingly, this work grew out of an earlier project focused on architect Daniel Libeskind’s Jewish Museum in Berlin. Before the Jewish Museum was even open to the public, Sasha Waltz was asked to produce a dance event inside the new museum. According to Sasha Waltz, what struck her most about Libeskind’s revolutionary architecture was the existence of a central void. In response to this void, Sasha Waltz created the choreography for a solo dancer, which was performed in the central void of the Jewish Museum in 1999. (The Jewish Museum in Berlin only opened to the public in 2001.) -more-


New: Plácido Domingo & Friends in Concert at SF Opera

Reviewed by James Roy MacBean
Monday October 22, 2018 - 01:13:00 PM

The Berkeley Activist's Calendar, October 21-28

Adolfo Cabral and Kelly Hammargren, Sustainable Berkeley Alliance
Friday October 19, 2018 - 05:46:00 PM

The Calendar may look a little different as it was done jointly by Adolfo Cabral and Kelly Hammargren. Adolfo who reposts the activists’ calendar to Nextdoor will give Kelly a break in November. All the starred City meetings were NOT listed in the Community Calendar - City of Berkeley -more-


The Berkeley Arts Calendar

Tom Hunt and Bonnie Hughes, Berkeley Arts Festival
Saturday October 20, 2018 - 01:37:00 PM

CLICK HERE for a comprehensive calendar of arts and cultural events in Berkeley and beyond, today and in the future. -more-