Family
Mummenschanz, Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert, Pilobolus, Dorrance Dance, and Kodo
Sat, Oct 26, 2pm & 8pm Sun, Oct 27, 3pm, Zellerbach Hall
The delightful Swiss mime troupe Mummenschanz visits with a retrospective program celebrating 50 years of wonderfully inventive—and totally silent!—storytelling. The company resurrects mesmerizing larger-than-life creatures and creations from its favorite repertoire, such as the Clay Masks and the Toilet Paper Faces, the delicate air-filled Giants and the Pipe Creature, bringing them to life with its distinctive charm and wit. A visual feast for all ages! "The group has to be seen—and sometimes touched—to be believed. But if you imagine the Muppets heavily influenced by French surrealism and a few psychotropics, you will have some idea" (The New York Times).
Sun, Nov 24, 1pm & 5pm, Zellerbach Hall
Disney’s beloved animated film Encanto comes to life in an interactive performance and screening with live music by Banda de la Casita. The film tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live in a charmed town in the mountains of Colombia. The Madrigal children all have magical powers, with the exception of Mirabel—who discovers her own talents as she sets out to save her village from danger. The Academy Award- and Grammy-winning soundtrack features eight original songs by Tony- and Grammy-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, with an original score by Grammy winner Germaine Franco. Dress up as your favorite character and sing along with chart-topping hits like “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” and “Surface Pressure.”
Listen to a clip of “We Don't Talk About Bruno.”
Sat, Nov 30, 2pm & 8pm THANKSGIVING WEEKEND Sun, Dec 1, 3pm, Zellerbach Hall
Pilobolus invites us to step into a realm where imagination knows no limits. In this retrospective production, the boundaries of gravity and creativity blur, offering an intimate window into the essence of the creative process. Following a triumphant three-week summer residency at the Joyce Theater in New York, Pilobolus’ re:CREATION tour embarks on a nationwide journey, bringing the company’s celebrated collection of repertory to delighted audiences from coast to coast. re:CREATION is a transformative odyssey of reinvention where audience and artists rediscover, redefine, and recreate timeless narratives through new visions of history, myth, and the innate human need for expression.
Sat, Dec 14, 8pm Sun, Dec 15, 3pm, Zellerbach Hall
Explosive tap dance meets hot jazz rhythms in acclaimed company Dorrance Dance’s intoxicating production of the holiday classic. Danced to Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s marvelously inventive 1960 reinterpretation of the original Tchaikovsky score, The Nutcracker Suite boogies, slides, struts, and dives through the magical story of a young girl and her fantastical Christmas adventure. Along with collaborators Hannah Heller and Josette Wiggan, Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance transforms the Sugar Plum Fairy into a slinky Sugar Rum Cherry, the "March of the Toy Soldiers" becomes a swinging brass "Peanut Brittle Brigade" romp, and the original ballet’s pageant of national dances gets a fresh new twist. "The orchestrations are playful, surprising, imaginative. Ms. Dorrance and her collaborators…have responded in kind" (The New York Times).
MICHELLE DORRANCE, HANNAH HELLER, JOSETTE WIGGANThe Nutcracker Suite (music: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s interpretation of the Tchaikovsky score)
Sat, Jan 25, 8pmSun, Jan 26, 3pm, Zellerbach Hall
In its latest creation, Warabe, famed taiko troupe Kodo explores the most basic and authentic of musical impulses, the “desire to play the drums with the simple heart of a child.” The living bearers of a centuries-old Japanese folk tradition, the ensemble’s athletic drummers create a universe of sound and emotion through thunderous percussion and polished theatricality. “Their sound stretches from the lightest of rainfall to cataclysmic thunderclaps” (The Guardian).
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