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Venue: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater, San Francisco

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Address700 Howard Street
San Francisco
CA 94102
United States
Google maps37° 47' 5.950" N 122° 24' 3.326" W
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Alonzo King's LINES Ballet goes wild

A projection of green sky above shadowy mountains hovered behind their duet, and the curved bodies of the other dancers moved, barely visible, in the darkness of downstage.
****1
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Jessica Lang Dance, pleasing but disappointing

Lang’s choreography lacks the hectic drollness and biting originality of Tharp’s, and while accessible it is also sweeter and blander.
***11
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An alluring Common Ground

Abstract ballet always asks the question of meaning, and Alonzo King Lines Ballet is one of the few companies that answers that question with existential exactness. 
*****
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Abraham.In.Motion

A moving, meditative evening with the dancers of Abraham.In.Motion in Kyle Abraham's latest and perhaps most personal work at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 
****1
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Lines: Figures of Speech

The world premiere of Figures of Speech at Alonzo King LINES Ballet was notable for the striking, individual beauty of the dancers, and for its towering score, that incorporated fragments of recorded poetry in languages currently threatened with extinction.  
***11
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Dorrance Dance and The Blues Project

An unwavering pattern of sound, insistent in its energy and commitment.
*****
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Lamplighters' Patience stills demands patience

The Lamplighters stage Gilbert and Sullivan's satirical operetta with their usual high production values and talented cast. 
***11
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A more PC Mikado is no less funny

Set in Italy, The Mikado gains humor and escapes controversy. The Lamplighters impress with high production values and a talented cast.
****1
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