Performing arts
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Eifman Ballet: The Pygmalion Effect (United States Premiere)
Performing Arts - Dance | June 2 | 3-5 p.m. | Zellerbach Hall
Eifman Ballet, Cal Performances
For 40 years, across a shifting political climate for artists in his native Russia, the defiantly controversial choreographer Boris Eifman has created “works that hinge on extreme theatricality, acrobatic pas de deux, and spectacular effects” (The New Yorker) for his Saint Petersburg company. In The Pygmalion Effect, the company dances a brand-new ballet inspired by George Bernard Shaw’s... More >
$36-135 (prices subject to change)
Buy tickets online or by calling 510-642-9988, or by emailing tickets@calperformances.org
Eifman Ballet performs Pygmalion Effect Friday-Sunday, May 31-June 2, 2019 in Zellerbach Hall.
Performance: Madalyn Merkey
Performing Arts - Music | June 2 | 5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Oakland-based computer music composer and performer Madalyn Merkey presents a new solo composition that operates in interaction with the ambient sounds of the BAMPFA space to generate sonic responses.
Merkey’s Scent (2012) and Valley Girl (2014) are available on New Images Ltd. Her English translation of Due scuole di musica elettronica in Italia (Two Schools of Electronic Music), a pioneering... More >
