Performing arts

Chamber Orchestra Concert

Performing Arts - Music | November 11 | 3 p.m. |  Hertz Concert Hall

Sponsor:  Department of Music

Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Jennifer Huang, conductor

Mozart - Symphony No. 39
Kyle Ko, Grady Lai, conductors

free

Tana String Quartet

Performing Arts - Music | November 11 | 8-10 p.m. |  CNMAT (1750 Arch St.)

Sponsor:  Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT)

CNMAT presents the Tana String Quartet in concert. The program (TBA) features new works by UC Berkeley student composers.

The Tana String Quartet was formed to promote contemporary repertoire and enhance the relationship between composer and performer; they place no boundaries when selecting style or genre and often present classical repertoire alongside contemporary works.

Imperfect Interactions: a lecture/workshop on improvisation-based intermedia

Performing Arts - Music | November 13 | 1-4 p.m. |  CNMAT (1750 Arch St.)

Sponsor:  Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT)

Imperfect Interactions: a lecture/workshop on improvisation-based intermedia collaboration between dancers, musicians, and technologists.
Led by Scott Rubin, with special guests TBA

This lecture-workshop is geared for dancers, musicians/improvisers, composers, and technologists.

Noon Concert: University Baroque Ensemble

Performing Arts - Music | November 14 | 12 p.m. |  Hertz Concert Hall

Sponsor:  Department of Music

Christine Brandes, director

Continuing its 66th season, the Noon Concert series features the Music Department’s varied and diverse performance activities. Inaugurated in 1953, these concerts are very popular and well attended by those on campus and in the wider community. Traditionally on Wednesdays and Fridays, each concert begins promptly at 12:15 and ends by 1pm.

Compagnie Käfig: Pixel

Performing Arts - Dance | November 16 | 8-10 p.m. |  Zellerbach Hall

Speaker/Performer:  Compagnie Käfig, Cal Performances

Sponsor:  Cal Performances

Compagnie Käfig merges elements of Brazilian urban dance and capoeira with hip-hop, modern dance, and circus arts in its break-neck productions. Pixel was created by founder Mourad Merzouki in collaboration with the French digital production studio Adrien M/Claire B, and features the company’s 11 dancers navigating an interactive environment of light and lasers that confounds our perceptions of...   More >

Tickets required:$30-68 (prices subject to change)

Ticket info:   Tickets go on sale August 7. Buy tickets online or by calling 5106429988, or by emailing tickets@calperformances.org

TARTUFFE: a modern take on Molière’s classic comedy

Performing Arts - Theater | November 16 | 8-10 p.m. |  Zellerbach Playhouse | Canceled

Sponsor:  Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

Initially censored following its premiere in 1664, TARTUFFE is a bold work that is decidedly relevant today. Set in present-day Los Angeles, TARTUFFE is the story of a con man disguised as a pious spiritual leader who wheedles his way into the home of a gullible, affluent patriarch in the midst of a mid-life crisis — promptly setting the household topsy turvy!

Tickets required:$13 Students & Seniors, Cal Staff & Faculty: online in advance, $15 Students & Seniors, Cal Staff & Faculty: at the door (ID required), $18 General Admission: $18 online in advance, $20 General Admission: at the door

Ticket info:   Buy tickets online

Compagnie Käfig: Pixel

Performing Arts - Dance | November 17 | 8-10 p.m. |  Zellerbach Hall

Speaker/Performer:  Compagnie Käfig, Cal Performances

Sponsor:  Cal Performances

Compagnie Käfig merges elements of Brazilian urban dance and capoeira with hip-hop, modern dance, and circus arts in its break-neck productions. Pixel was created by founder Mourad Merzouki in collaboration with the French digital production studio Adrien M/Claire B, and features the company’s 11 dancers navigating an interactive environment of light and lasers that confounds our perceptions of...   More >

Tickets required:$30-68 (prices subject to change)

Ticket info:   Tickets go on sale August 7. Buy tickets online or by calling 5106429988, or by emailing tickets@calperformances.org

TARTUFFE: a modern take on Molière’s classic comedy

Performing Arts - Theater | November 17 | 8-10 p.m. |  Zellerbach Playhouse | Canceled

Sponsor:  Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

Initially censored following its premiere in 1664, TARTUFFE is a bold work that is decidedly relevant today. Set in present-day Los Angeles, TARTUFFE is the story of a con man disguised as a pious spiritual leader who wheedles his way into the home of a gullible, affluent patriarch in the midst of a mid-life crisis — promptly setting the household topsy turvy!

Tickets required:$13 Students & Seniors, Cal Staff & Faculty: online in advance, $15 Students & Seniors, Cal Staff & Faculty: at the door (ID required), $18 General Admission: online in advance, $20 General Admission: at the door

Ticket info:   Buy tickets online