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January performing arts worth seeing: SF Ballet and San Francisco Movement Arts Festival

Posted on January 12, 2018 Kari Lincks

San Francisco Ballet’s Opening Night Gala: January 18

SF Ballet’s annual Opening Night Gala (this year’s theme is Celestial), will take place on Thursday, January 18 and includes cocktails, a lavish dinner, a one-night-only performance at the Opera House, and the Bay Area’s best After Party in San Francisco’s beautiful Beaux-Arts City Hall.

This is one of the best galas in the Bay Area because it’s not a full production or a one-off performance like the SF Opera or the SF Symphony. Instead, the SF Ballet dancers perform a series of previews from the 2018 season. So you’ll see a scene from a story ballet (like Sleeping Beauty or Frankenstein) and shorter repertoire like a few of their modern ballets along with classical favorites.

Addict Insider: The After Party celebration is held at the City Hall and is always lavish! Make sure to check out all of the party rooms. One wing usually has a live party band and the other has a dance-centric DJ.

San Francisco Movement Arts Festival: January 19

This is the “farmers market for the arts”! Using local Dance, Theater, Music & Visual Arts, SFMAF (with 200+ local artists) will be turning Grace Cathedral into a stage and celebrating the strong and diverse San Francisco Bay Area local art scene. You’ll be able to see works performed on the main church floors, hallways, stairways, entryways and attached chapels. The actual performances will be going on, simultaneously, throughout the grand cathedral.

San Francisco Ballet – Sleeping Beauty: January 23 – February 4

This classic story of a sleeping princess, a handsome prince, and the triumph of true love’s kiss will sweep you off your feet. With spectacular sets, lavish tutus, and Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, Helgi Tomasson’s production of The Sleeping Beauty highlights our dancers’ classical virtuosity, casting its spell over a fairytale ballet of romance and wonder.

 

Addict Insider: Did you know that when you listen to Disney Princess Aurora (or Lana Del Rey!) sing “Once Upon a Dream”, you are actually listening to a piece based on one of Tchaikovsky’s most famous waltzes composed for a three-act ballet?

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