<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>SF Ballet Archives - Cultural Attaché</title> <atom:link href="https://culturalattache.co/tag/sf-ballet/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://culturalattache.co/tag/sf-ballet/</link> <description>The Guide to Arts and Culture events in and around Los Angeles</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 14:19:26 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <item> <title>Culture Best Bets at Home: May 15th – May 17th</title> <link>https://culturalattache.co/2020/05/15/culture-best-bets-at-home-may-15th-may-17th/</link> <comments>https://culturalattache.co/2020/05/15/culture-best-bets-at-home-may-15th-may-17th/#respond</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Byrd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Classical: Metronome]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dance: At the Barre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jazz in 5/4 Time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera: Bravo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Streaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Play's The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[André Morin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ao Li]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barber Shop Chronicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Beethoven]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bernstein's Mass]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Broadway HD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Carnegie Hall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Derrick Spiva Jr.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dominique Morriseau]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eric Owens]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fridays at Five]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Performances]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hurry Up We're Dreaming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Impro Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inua Ellams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Isata Kanneh-Mason]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jaime Martín]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joyce DiDonato]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Justin Peck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Karen Pittman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leonard Bernstein]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lincoln Center Theater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lincoln Center Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[M83]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Malpaso Dance Company]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marin Alsop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Martha Argerich]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Martha Henry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Blake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Monsieur Periné]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Namir Smallwood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Theatre Live]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nicole Cabell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paulo Szot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PBS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pipeline]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rachmaninoff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ravinia Festival]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Saimir PIrgu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sergei Prokofiev]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SF Ballet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[SF Jazz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shakespeare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sheku Kanneh-Mason]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sir Antonio Pappano]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephen Schwartz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stratford Festival]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Capulets and the Montagues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Tempest]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://culturalattache.co/?p=9035</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Eleven great choices for your weekend</p> <p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/05/15/culture-best-bets-at-home-may-15th-may-17th/">Culture Best Bets at Home: May 15th – May 17th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With each passing week it seems there are more and more offerings to keep culture in our lives. That’s one upside to our current situation. I have for you eleven new options and a reminder about two others I wrote about earlier this week. Here are your Best Bets at Home: May 15th – May 17th.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":9052,"sizeSlug":"medium"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cyril-Nri-and-Kwami-Odoom-in-22Barber-Shop-Chronicles22-Photo-by-Marc-Brenner-National-Theatre-Live-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-9052" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cyril-Nri-and-Kwami-Odoom-in-22Barber-Shop-Chronicles22-Photo-by-Marc-Brenner-National-Theatre-Live-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cyril-Nri-and-Kwami-Odoom-in-22Barber-Shop-Chronicles22-Photo-by-Marc-Brenner-National-Theatre-Live-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cyril-Nri-and-Kwami-Odoom-in-22Barber-Shop-Chronicles22-Photo-by-Marc-Brenner-National-Theatre-Live-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cyril-Nri-and-Kwami-Odoom-in-22Barber-Shop-Chronicles22-Photo-by-Marc-Brenner-National-Theatre-Live-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cyril-Nri-and-Kwami-Odoom-in-22Barber-Shop-Chronicles22-Photo-by-Marc-Brenner-National-Theatre-Live-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cyril-Nri-and-Kwami-Odoom-in-22Barber-Shop-Chronicles22-Photo-by-Marc-Brenner-National-Theatre-Live-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cyril-Nri-and-Kwami-Odoom-in-22Barber-Shop-Chronicles22-Photo-by-Marc-Brenner-National-Theatre-Live-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cyril-Nri-and-Kwami-Odoom-in-22Barber-Shop-Chronicles22-Photo-by-Marc-Brenner-National-Theatre-Live.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Cyril Nri and Kwami Odoom in “Barber Shop Chronicles” (Marc Brenner/Courtesy of National Theatre Live)</figcaption></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Barber Shop Chronicles (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxfr9tSsSc" target="_blank">Barber Shop Chronicles</a></em> – National Theatre Live – May 14th – May 21st</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This play by Inua Ellams was incredibly popular. <em>Barber Shop Chronicles</em> had two sold-out runs at the National Theatre in London and then went on a world tour.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Ellams’ play takes place in six different cities on the same day: Lagos, Nigeria; Johannesburg, South Africa; Accra, Ghana; Kampala, Uganda; Harare, Zimbabwe and London, England.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What unites these locations is the relationship between barbers and their clients. What’s universal about them is they all serve as a safe haven for discussing what’s going on in the world.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:core-embed/youtube {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK30y272nYo","type":"video","providerNameSlug":"youtube","className":"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe title="Official Trailer | Barber Shop Chronicles | National Theatre at Home" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KK30y272nYo?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <!-- /wp:core-embed/youtube --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This film of a 2018 performance features the original cast: Fisayo Akinade, Hammed Animashaun, Peter Bankolé, Maynard Eziashi, Simon Manyonda, Patrice Naiambana, Cyril Nri, Kwami Odoom, Sule Rimi, Abdul Salis, David Webber and Anthony Welsh. <em>Barber Shop Chronicles</em> was directed by Bijan Sheibani.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":9050,"sizeSlug":"medium"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Henry-and-Michael-Blake-in-22The-Tempest22-David-Hou-Courtesy-of-Stratford-Festival-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-9050" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Henry-and-Michael-Blake-in-22The-Tempest22-David-Hou-Courtesy-of-Stratford-Festival-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Henry-and-Michael-Blake-in-22The-Tempest22-David-Hou-Courtesy-of-Stratford-Festival-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Henry-and-Michael-Blake-in-22The-Tempest22-David-Hou-Courtesy-of-Stratford-Festival-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Henry-and-Michael-Blake-in-22The-Tempest22-David-Hou-Courtesy-of-Stratford-Festival-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Henry-and-Michael-Blake-in-22The-Tempest22-David-Hou-Courtesy-of-Stratford-Festival-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Henry-and-Michael-Blake-in-22The-Tempest22-David-Hou-Courtesy-of-Stratford-Festival-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Henry-and-Michael-Blake-in-22The-Tempest22-David-Hou-Courtesy-of-Stratford-Festival-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Henry-and-Michael-Blake-in-22The-Tempest22-David-Hou-Courtesy-of-Stratford-Festival.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Martha Henry and Michael Blake in “The Tempest” (David Hou/Courtesy of Stratford Festival)</figcaption></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The Tempest (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKVESqiRI_o&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">The Tempest</a></em> – Stratford Festival – May 14th – June 4th</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The second trilogy of Shakespeare’s plays from Canada’s Stratford Festival kicks off this week with <em>The Tempest</em>. This is the first of three plays in the “Isolation” trilogy that also includes <em>Timon of Athens</em> and <em>Love’s Labour’s Lost</em>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Propsero (Martha Henry) and her daughter, Miranda (Mamie Zwettler), have been trapped on an island after her brother, Antonio (Graham Abbey), cast them out to sea. Once she was seated on the throne, now Propspero rules in exile over the island’s unique inhabitants. This includes the bizarre and monstrous Caliban (Michael Blake) and a spirit named Ariel (André Morin). With word that Antonio and Alonso, the King of Naples (David Collins) are at sea and not far away, she conjures up her powers to force a confrontation.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Antoni Cimolino directed this production of Shakespeare’s last solely written play.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":9049,"sizeSlug":"medium"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Argerich-Courtesy-of-Agence-Artistique-Jacques-Thelen-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-9049" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Argerich-Courtesy-of-Agence-Artistique-Jacques-Thelen-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Argerich-Courtesy-of-Agence-Artistique-Jacques-Thelen-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Argerich-Courtesy-of-Agence-Artistique-Jacques-Thelen-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Argerich-Courtesy-of-Agence-Artistique-Jacques-Thelen-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Argerich-Courtesy-of-Agence-Artistique-Jacques-Thelen-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Argerich-Courtesy-of-Agence-Artistique-Jacques-Thelen-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Argerich-Courtesy-of-Agence-Artistique-Jacques-Thelen-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Martha-Argerich-Courtesy-of-Agence-Artistique-Jacques-Thelen.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Martha Argerich (Courtesy of Agence Artistique Jacques Thelen)</figcaption></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a href="https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/sir-antonio-pappano-conducts-verdi-prokofiev-and-respighi-martha-argerich/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Martha Argerich/Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (opens in a new tab)">Martha Argerich/Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia</a> – May 15th – May 18th</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The collaboration between Carnegie Hall and Medici.tv continues with this Carnegie Hall Fridays concert from 2017. The Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, under the direction of Sir Antonio Pappano, performs. Legendary classical pianist Martha Argerich joins for a performance of Prokofiev’s <em>Piano Concerto No. 3</em>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:core-embed/youtube {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqcSCTXajUs","type":"video","providerNameSlug":"youtube","className":"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Sir Antonio Pappano with Martha Argerich - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aqcSCTXajUs?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <!-- /wp:core-embed/youtube --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The orchestra opens the program with a performance of Verdi’s <em>Sinfonia</em> from <em>Aida</em>. After Argerich’s performance the orchestra continues with a performance of Respighi’s <em>Fountains of Rome</em> and <em>Pines of Rome</em>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Three encores are part of this program. Ravel’s <em>Laideronnette: Impératrice des Pagodes</em> from <em>Ma mère l’oye</em> is performed on one piano with four hands by Argerich and Pappano. It is safe to assume this encore took place immediately after the Prokofiev.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The remaining encores are <em>Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1</em> by Sibelius and the Allegro vivace from <em>William Tell</em> by Rossini. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The concert does not require a subscription to Medici.tv.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":9063,"sizeSlug":"medium"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SF-Ballets-22Hurry-Up-Were-Dreaming22-Photo-by-Erik-Tomasson-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-9063" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SF-Ballets-22Hurry-Up-Were-Dreaming22-Photo-by-Erik-Tomasson-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SF-Ballets-22Hurry-Up-Were-Dreaming22-Photo-by-Erik-Tomasson-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SF-Ballets-22Hurry-Up-Were-Dreaming22-Photo-by-Erik-Tomasson-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SF-Ballets-22Hurry-Up-Were-Dreaming22-Photo-by-Erik-Tomasson-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SF-Ballets-22Hurry-Up-Were-Dreaming22-Photo-by-Erik-Tomasson-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SF-Ballets-22Hurry-Up-Were-Dreaming22-Photo-by-Erik-Tomasson-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SF-Ballets-22Hurry-Up-Were-Dreaming22-Photo-by-Erik-Tomasson-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SF-Ballets-22Hurry-Up-Were-Dreaming22-Photo-by-Erik-Tomasson.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>San Francisco Ballet’s “Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming” (Erik Tomasson/Courtesy of SF Ballet)</figcaption></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.sfballet.org/sf-ballet-home/" target="_blank">Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming</a> </em>– San Francisco Ballet at Home<em> </em>– May 15th – May 22nd</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>San Francisco Ballet is making filmed performances available for free streaming each Friday beginning at 3 PM EDT/12 PM PDT. This week’s offering is the 2019 production of Justin Peck’s <em>Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming</em>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Set to the music of M83 (an electronic music ensemble headed by Anthony Gonzalez), Peck’s work finds the dancers dressed in street clothes and sneakers. Thematically Peck has said that <em>Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming</em> is about “how we dream as children, how we dream as young, coming-of-age adults, and how we dream as fully matured adults. I thought that would be an interesting thing to explore through dance.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Peck, who is the acting Resident Choreographer of New York City Ballet, has created over 40 ballets. He won the Tony Award for his choreography for the 2018 Broadway revival of <em>Carousel</em>. He’s also the choreographer of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming remake of <em>West Side Story</em>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":9061,"sizeSlug":"medium"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Karen-Pittman-and-Namir-Smallwood-in-22Pipeline22-Photo-by-Jeremy-Daniel-LCT-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-9061" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Karen-Pittman-and-Namir-Smallwood-in-22Pipeline22-Photo-by-Jeremy-Daniel-LCT-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Karen-Pittman-and-Namir-Smallwood-in-22Pipeline22-Photo-by-Jeremy-Daniel-LCT-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Karen-Pittman-and-Namir-Smallwood-in-22Pipeline22-Photo-by-Jeremy-Daniel-LCT-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Karen-Pittman-and-Namir-Smallwood-in-22Pipeline22-Photo-by-Jeremy-Daniel-LCT-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Karen-Pittman-and-Namir-Smallwood-in-22Pipeline22-Photo-by-Jeremy-Daniel-LCT-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Karen-Pittman-and-Namir-Smallwood-in-22Pipeline22-Photo-by-Jeremy-Daniel-LCT-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Karen-Pittman-and-Namir-Smallwood-in-22Pipeline22-Photo-by-Jeremy-Daniel-LCT-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Karen-Pittman-and-Namir-Smallwood-in-22Pipeline22-Photo-by-Jeremy-Daniel-LCT.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Karen Pittman and Namir Smallwood in “Pipeline” (Photo by Jeremy Daniel/Courtesy of Lincoln Center Theater)</figcaption></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Pipeline </em>– Lincoln Center Theater in partnership with BroadwayHD – May 15th – May 22nd</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dominique Morriseau’s play, <em>Pipeline</em>, is the second Lincoln Center Theater production to be available for viewing for free on Broadway HD. Last week’s <em>The King and I</em> was the first.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Pipeline</em> refers to the pipeline that finds youth going from public school to to prison, a situation that disproportionately impacts minorities and underprivileged young men. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Morriseau is the writer of the <em>Skeleton Crew</em>, <em>Detroit ’67</em> and the book for the musical <em>Ain’t Too Proud</em>. She depicts this situation through the eyes of a mother (Karen Pittman) trying her best to stave off what she fears is an inevitable outcome for her teenage son (Namir Smallwood) who is having issues in school. In the process she has to come to terms with her own decisions as a parent and challenge the very same institutions where she’s made her career as a teacher.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:core-embed/youtube {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzbGiRUmJ80","type":"video","providerNameSlug":"youtube","className":"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="PIPELINE MONTAGE" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kzbGiRUmJ80?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <!-- /wp:core-embed/youtube --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The rest of the cast in <em>Pipeline</em> includes Tasha Lawrence, Morocco Omari, Jaime Lincoln Smith and Heather Velazquez. Lileana Blain-Cruz directed this production.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":9062,"sizeSlug":"medium"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img decoding="async" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Monsieur-Perin%C3%83%C2%A9-at-SF-Jazz-Courrtesy-SFJazz-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-9062"><figcaption>Monsieur Periné at SF Jazz (Courtesy of SF Jazz)</figcaption></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Fridays at Five with Monsieur Periné (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.sfjazz.org/watch/" target="_blank"><em>Fridays at Five with Monsieur</em> <em>Periné</em> </a>– SF Jazz – May 15th</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>SF Jazz has launched a weekly online series called <em>Fridays at Five</em>. Every Friday afternoon they open up their archives of filmed performance to give happy hour a lift. This week’s performance features Colombian Gypsy jazz ensemble Monsieur Periné. This performance was the opening concert of the 2018 San Francisco Jazz Festival.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Monsieur Periné won the Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2015. They have received six additional Grammy nominations since then. Their albums are <em>Hecho a Mano</em> (2012), <em>Caja de Musica</em> (2015) and <em>Encanto Tropical </em>(2018).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As NPR says in the description of this Tiny Desk Concert, “Words don’t do this band justice. Play the video and discover Monsieur Periné’s magic for yourself.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:core-embed/youtube {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGL-eQAAxGs","type":"video","providerNameSlug":"youtube","className":"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Monsieur Periné: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JGL-eQAAxGs?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <!-- /wp:core-embed/youtube --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>SF Jazz’s <em>Fridays at Five</em> are not free. They require either a monthly fee of $5 or $60 annually to view these concerts. Next week we will have a detailed preview of upcoming <em>Friday at Five</em> concerts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":9053,"sizeSlug":"medium"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Paulo-Szot-and-Chicago-Childrens-Chorus-in-Bernsteins-Mass-Patrick-Gipson-Ravinia-Festival-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-9053" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Paulo-Szot-and-Chicago-Childrens-Chorus-in-Bernsteins-Mass-Patrick-Gipson-Ravinia-Festival-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Paulo-Szot-and-Chicago-Childrens-Chorus-in-Bernsteins-Mass-Patrick-Gipson-Ravinia-Festival-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Paulo-Szot-and-Chicago-Childrens-Chorus-in-Bernsteins-Mass-Patrick-Gipson-Ravinia-Festival-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Paulo-Szot-and-Chicago-Childrens-Chorus-in-Bernsteins-Mass-Patrick-Gipson-Ravinia-Festival-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Paulo-Szot-and-Chicago-Childrens-Chorus-in-Bernsteins-Mass-Patrick-Gipson-Ravinia-Festival-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Paulo-Szot-and-Chicago-Childrens-Chorus-in-Bernsteins-Mass-Patrick-Gipson-Ravinia-Festival-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Paulo-Szot-and-Chicago-Childrens-Chorus-in-Bernsteins-Mass-Patrick-Gipson-Ravinia-Festival-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Paulo-Szot-and-Chicago-Childrens-Chorus-in-Bernsteins-Mass-Patrick-Gipson-Ravinia-Festival.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Paulo Szot and the Chicago Children’s Chorus in Leonard Bernstein’s “Mass” (Photo by Patrik Gipson/Courtesy of Ravinia Festival)</figcaption></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Leonard Bernstein's MASS (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/leonard-bernstein-mass-about/11281/" target="_blank">Leonard Bernstein’s MASS</a> </em> – Great Performances on PBS – May 15th </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacqueline Onassis commissioned Leonard Bernstein to write a new work for the opening of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. <em>Mass</em> is that work and it had its world premiere in 1971.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This performance took place at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago. Marin Alsop, music curator for the Ravinia Festival 2018-2019 and conductor, music director for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bernstein’s <em>Mass</em> tells the story of a celebrant who goes from being challenged by members of his congregation to having his own doubts about the role of faith in the world. The work employs a variety of styles including classical, Broadway, jazz, blues, rock, gospel and more. Assisting Bernstein in the creation of <em>Mass</em> was an up-n-coming composer named Stephen Schwartz (<em>Wicked</em>).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Heading the company as The Celebrant is opera singer and Tony Award-winning actor Paulo Szot (<em>South Pacific</em>).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:core-embed/youtube {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN8-MaiTWgA","type":"video","providerNameSlug":"youtube","className":"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Paulo Szot Sings "A Simple Song" | Leonard Bernstein Mass | Great Performances on PBS" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rN8-MaiTWgA?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <!-- /wp:core-embed/youtube --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This is one of my personal favorites amongst Bernstein’s compositions. It is a truly powerful and emotional, albeit messy at times, work. As with all PBS Great Performances broadcast, check your local listings for exact times.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>WHEW! We’re halfway through your Best Bets at Home: May 15th – 17th.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":9047,"sizeSlug":"medium"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Impro-Theatres-LA-Noir-Courtesy-of-Impro-Theatre-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-9047" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Impro-Theatres-LA-Noir-Courtesy-of-Impro-Theatre-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Impro-Theatres-LA-Noir-Courtesy-of-Impro-Theatre-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Impro-Theatres-LA-Noir-Courtesy-of-Impro-Theatre-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Impro-Theatres-LA-Noir-Courtesy-of-Impro-Theatre-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Impro-Theatres-LA-Noir-Courtesy-of-Impro-Theatre-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Impro-Theatres-LA-Noir-Courtesy-of-Impro-Theatre-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Impro-Theatres-LA-Noir-Courtesy-of-Impro-Theatre-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Impro-Theatres-LA-Noir-Courtesy-of-Impro-Theatre.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Impro Theatre’s “L.A. Noir”/Courtesy of Impro Theatre</figcaption></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Impro Theatre (opens in a new tab)" href="http://improtheatre.com/livestreaming/" target="_blank">Impro Theatre</a></em> – May 15th – May 17th – various times</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Impro Theatre is a comedy/improvisation company that takes well-known genres or authors or playwrights and, with the audience’s help, creates completely improvised new works in those styles.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This weekend they are doing two live-streamed performances and will be streaming two archived performances. The schedule is as follows:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>May 15th: 8pm PDT – The Main Company’s <em>Chekhov UnScripted</em> LIVE<br>May 16th: 7pm PDT – <em>The Portal</em> re-broadcast of a 2019 performance from the Impro Studio (this work is in the style of <em>The Twilight Zone</em>)<br>May 16th: 8pm PDT – The Main Company’s <em>Jane Austen UnScripted</em> LIVE<br>May 17th: 1pm PDT- The Main Company’s <em>L.A. Noir UnScripted</em> re-broadcast of 2016 performance from Los Angeles’ John Anson Ford Amphitheater</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":9044,"sizeSlug":"medium"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Joyce-DiDonato-in-22The-Capulets-and-the-Montagues22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-of-SF-Opera-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-9044" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Joyce-DiDonato-in-22The-Capulets-and-the-Montagues22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-of-SF-Opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Joyce-DiDonato-in-22The-Capulets-and-the-Montagues22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-of-SF-Opera-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Joyce-DiDonato-in-22The-Capulets-and-the-Montagues22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-of-SF-Opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Joyce-DiDonato-in-22The-Capulets-and-the-Montagues22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-of-SF-Opera-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Joyce-DiDonato-in-22The-Capulets-and-the-Montagues22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-of-SF-Opera-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Joyce-DiDonato-in-22The-Capulets-and-the-Montagues22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-of-SF-Opera-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Joyce-DiDonato-in-22The-Capulets-and-the-Montagues22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-of-SF-Opera-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Joyce-DiDonato-in-22The-Capulets-and-the-Montagues22-Photo-by-Cory-Weaver-Courtesy-of-SF-Opera.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Joyce DiDonato in “The Capulets and the Montagues” (Cory Weaver/Courtesy of San Francisco Opera)</figcaption></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The Capulets and the Montagues (opens in a new tab)" href="https://sfopera.com/opera-is-on/streaming/" target="_blank">The Capulets and the Montagues</a></em> – San Francisco Opera – May 16th – May 17th</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>You obviously know what story this is by its name. As the Capulets and the Montagues were the warring families in <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>. But rather than using Shakespeare’s play as the inspiration, librettist Felice Romani reworked the libretto he had written for another opera based on the star-crossed lovers by Nicola Vaccai entitled <em>Giulietta e Romeo</em>. That opera was based on an 1818 play by Luigi Scevola.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>The Capulets and the Montagues</em> was composed by Vincenzo Bellini and had its world premiere in Venice in 1830. It is a two-act opera with a small cast. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Romeo is sung by Joyce DiDonato; Giulietta by Nicole Cabell. Tybalt is sung by Saimir Pirgu. Eric Owens sings the role of Capellio, the father of Giulietta. Ao Li sings the role of Lorenzo, the physician to the Capulets.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:core-embed/youtube {"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TxDCY5ugs4","type":"video","providerNameSlug":"youtube","className":"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="San Francisco Opera - Vincenzo Bellini: I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI" width="696" height="392" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1TxDCY5ugs4?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <!-- /wp:core-embed/youtube --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This San Francisco Opera production comes from 2012 and was a co-prodution between SF Opera and Bavarian State Opera in Munich. Vincent Broussard directed. Riccardo Frizza conducted.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This is the second opera production made available for streaming by San Francisco Opera. It will become available at 1:00 PM EDT/10:00 AM PDT on Saturday and remain available until 2:59 AM EDT Monday/11:59 PM PDT Sunday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":9045,"sizeSlug":"medium"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sheku-Kaneh-Mason-Lars-Borges-Courtesy-of-LACO-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-9045" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sheku-Kaneh-Mason-Lars-Borges-Courtesy-of-LACO-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sheku-Kaneh-Mason-Lars-Borges-Courtesy-of-LACO-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sheku-Kaneh-Mason-Lars-Borges-Courtesy-of-LACO-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sheku-Kaneh-Mason-Lars-Borges-Courtesy-of-LACO-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sheku-Kaneh-Mason-Lars-Borges-Courtesy-of-LACO-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sheku-Kaneh-Mason-Lars-Borges-Courtesy-of-LACO-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sheku-Kaneh-Mason-Lars-Borges-Courtesy-of-LACO-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sheku-Kaneh-Mason-Lars-Borges-Courtesy-of-LACO.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason (Lars Borges/Courtesy of LACO)</figcaption></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><a href="https://www.laco.org/events/jaime-sheku-beethoven/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Jaime, Sheku + Beethoven (opens in a new tab)">Jaime, Sheku + Beethoven</a></em> – May 16th – 11:00 PM EDT/8:00 PM PDT</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will be streaming a 2016 performance of Beethoven’s <em>Symphony #3 (Eroica)</em> conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. This will be followed by a conversation between LACO’s Music Director, Jaime Martín, and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason. If his name isn’t immediately familiar, he performed at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Following the conversation, Kanneh-Mason will be joined by his sister, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, for a performance of the third and fourth movements of Rachmaninoff’s <em>Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19</em>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This event will conclude with a preview of Derrick Spiva Jr.’s <em>Prisms, Cycles, Leaps</em> Part III:<em> “To Be a Horizon</em>.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There will be an encore performance of this entire event on Sunday, May 17th at 10 PM EDT/7 PM PDT.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"align":"left","id":9046,"sizeSlug":"medium"} --> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="alignleft size-medium"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Malpaso-Dance-Company-22Face-the-Torrent22-Courtesy-of-the-Music-Center-300x169.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-9046" srcset="https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Malpaso-Dance-Company-22Face-the-Torrent22-Courtesy-of-the-Music-Center-300x169.jpg 300w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Malpaso-Dance-Company-22Face-the-Torrent22-Courtesy-of-the-Music-Center-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Malpaso-Dance-Company-22Face-the-Torrent22-Courtesy-of-the-Music-Center-768x432.jpg 768w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Malpaso-Dance-Company-22Face-the-Torrent22-Courtesy-of-the-Music-Center-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Malpaso-Dance-Company-22Face-the-Torrent22-Courtesy-of-the-Music-Center-696x392.jpg 696w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Malpaso-Dance-Company-22Face-the-Torrent22-Courtesy-of-the-Music-Center-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Malpaso-Dance-Company-22Face-the-Torrent22-Courtesy-of-the-Music-Center-747x420.jpg 747w, https://culturalattache.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Malpaso-Dance-Company-22Face-the-Torrent22-Courtesy-of-the-Music-Center.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><figcaption>“Face the Torrent” (Photo courtesy of the Music Center)</figcaption></figure></div> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em><a href="https://www.musiccenter.org/tmc-offstage/inside-look-malpaso/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Malpaso Dance Company (opens in a new tab)">Malpaso Dance Company</a></em> – May 17th – 5:00 PM EDT/2:00 PM PDT</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This presentation is part of the Los Angeles Music Center’s <em>Inside Look</em> program. This particular event features members of the contemporary Cuban ensemble Malpaso Dance Company. During this streaming event interviews and conversations with Malpaso’s founders and leaders will be combined with a behind-the-scenes look at link between Cuban and American artists. There will also be an exclusive streamed performance of <em>Face the Torrent</em>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Face the Torrent</em> was commissioned by The Music Center where the work had its world premiere in 2017. Sonya Tayeh choreographed this work for eight dancers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Laura Bleiberg, writing for the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Los Angeles Times</span>, of <em>Face the Torrent</em>. “Tayeh’s premiere took Malpaso to a much darker place, an unspecified inky, secret world of tension, whispers, quivering, fear and lineups. Karen Young’s beige and black costumes and designer Nicole Pearce’s dim lighting pierced by spots suggested dystopia. Ultimately, individuals endured, but oppression never went away.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>If you are unable to catch this as it goes out live, it will be available on demand on the Music Center’s <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="website (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.musiccenter.org/tmc-offstage/" target="_blank">website</a> for a limited time afterwards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Reminder:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Don’t miss out on the opportunity to experience <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The Encounter (opens in a new tab)" href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/05/13/the-encounter/" target="_blank">The Encounter</a></em> by Simon McBurney.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Saturday has the reunion of the original Broadway cast of <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Grand Hotel (opens in a new tab)" href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/05/12/more-cabaret-from-feinsteins-54-below/" target="_blank">Grand Hotel</a> </em>at Feinstein’s/Studio 54.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>That’s a wrap on your Best Bets at Home: May 15th – 17th</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p> Main Photo: Paulo Szot and company in <em>Leonard Bernstein’s</em> <em>Mass</em> (Photo by Patrick Gipson/Courtesy of Ravinia Festival)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --><p>The post <a href="https://culturalattache.co/2020/05/15/culture-best-bets-at-home-may-15th-may-17th/">Culture Best Bets at Home: May 15th – May 17th</a> appeared first on <a href="https://culturalattache.co">Cultural Attaché</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://culturalattache.co/2020/05/15/culture-best-bets-at-home-may-15th-may-17th/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>