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Drama Masks: ‘Hamnet’ is gorgeous, but how was Shakespeare’s sausage made?

Plus: 'Bloodlines' promises resistance, and SF Ballet's techno AI blockbuster 'Mere Mortals' returns, trailing cultural import.
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Promotion Marke B. -
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Beyond Butoh: inkBoat’s ‘Clouds from a Crumbling Giant’ reaches past genres

At SF International Arts Fest, storied local dance company takes collaborative approach to crossing borders of life.
Dance Aimée Ts'ao -
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The world is large! 8 must-sees at SF International Arts Fest

Korean tango, Canadian food prep cirque, improv hip-hop, deconstructed drag, a 'Lesbitarian Church,' more from border-erasing event.
Onstage Lou Fancher -
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Joffrey Ballet plunged into bizarre and wondrous ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream’

Lou Fancher -
Gags, puns, allusions, and bodies flew as storied company literally made hay with beloved fantasia.
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Alleluia Panis traces a notoriously racist miscarriage of justice through dance

Marke B. -
In 1975, two Pilipina nurses were wrongly jailed for murder; choreographer's immersive 'Burden of Proof' imagines their story.
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Drama Masks: From another time of terror, ‘Burden of Proof’ urges to fight and fear not

Charles Lewis III -
Alleluia Panis' latest dance follows a Pilipina nurse snatched off the streets and wrongly incarcerated.
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Trans trailblazer Sean Dorsey: ‘When shit gets hard, we choose to show up for each other’

Joshua Rotter -
His legendary dance company's 22nd annual home season offers 'a balm for this moment in America.'
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Dance

Bay Area Dance Week celebrates leaps and bounds of local scene

Mary Carbonara -
'Let’s just have fun and enjoy being in our bodies in a joyful space,' says co-director Dudley Flores, whose 'One Dance' kicks things off.
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Drama Masks: Of tyrannical kings and dancing kilts

Charles Lewis III -
SF Ballet's 'La Sylphyde' goads us to run to the woods; NCTC's 'how to make an American son' picks at the myth of meritocracy
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Alvin Ailey’s annual Berkeley run brought further ‘Revelations’

Lou Fancher -
Revered African American dance company set sail for 'Jazz Island,' tackled a table-top 'Embrace,' and renewed a stone classic.
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Drama Masks: Keeping the monsters of the world at bay

Charles Lewis III -
Perk yourself up with 'Lost in Yonkers' or 'Compton's' riot. Meanwhile, Berkeley Rep's 'The Monsters' tells a sadly familiar tale.
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Grab a free pass to see new doc ‘Lorne’

Marke B. -
Catch a behind-the-scenes look at the legendary 'Saturday Night Live' producer—but act fast!
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With New Works Festival, Lenora Lee Dance opens doors to radical voices

Aimée Ts'ao -
Seven diverse dance-makers premiere pieces exploring nuanced empowerment, quiet observation, immersive healing, more
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At 20, CubaCaribe looks back—and ahead—at vibrant diasporic culture

Aimée Ts'ao -
The essential fest boasts a bonanza of Caribbean and related dance, as well as community gatherings, a photo exhibit, more.
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Drama Masks: Mad, bad, and dangerous to see

Charles Lewis III -
'MJ' is no thriller, despite technical expertise; 'Our Class' shows the risks of inaction in highly charged times.
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Live Shots

Live Shots: Hoops, wands, fans flew fabulously at ‘The Flow Show’

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek -
At Dance Mission Theater, movement acts ranged from dramatic to sexy. Yes, there were rollerskates.
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Drama Masks: A dance of secrets—and the music of chance

Charles Lewis III -
SF Ballet's beautiful 'Don Quixote' comes with questions, '||: Girls :||: Chance :||: Music :||' sounds great. Plus: A pre-Giuliani 'Macbeth'?
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Drama Masks: Monsters in our midst, as Black and queer history looms

Charles Lewis III -
Two art shows at YBCA exhibit the drama of past and present, while NCTC's 'Gods & Monsters' attempts a fresh take.
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