Springing

Thomas Fant in Edgar Zendejas's new "Rite of Spring" - State Street ballet 2/18/17 The Granada Theatre

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Dancers spend a good deal of time moving rapidly about the stage, or springing if you will, and the dancers of State Street Ballet are very good at it. Give them some exciting choreography and they leap into it combining  superb technique with convincing acting skills. Such was the case with Edgar…

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A Latin Perspective

Ballet Hispanico School Outreach - UCSB Arts & Lectures/Viva el Arte! 2/10/17 Hollister Elementary School, Santa Barbara

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New York’s Ballet Hispanico is dedicated to promoting and educating about latin dance in it’s myriad forms from the many Spanish speaking countries around the world with outreach to young students and vibrant, colorful performances. Viva el Arte de Santa Barbara brought this company to the greater SB area for a weeklong…

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Nothing Fishy About ‘Em

Hot Tuna: Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen 2/17/17 The Lobero Theatre

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When Jefferson Airplane was grounded in early 1969 while Grace Slick recovered from throat surgery, Hot Tuna was born so the guys in the band could continue to play live. Once the Airplane took off again, Hot Tuna continued and “opened” for the band, then recorded an eponymously titled live…

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Playing with Themselves

Ani Aznavoorian, "Inner World" by Carl Vine - Camerata Pacifica 2/17/17 Hahn Hall

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It was an evening of contrasts, half devoted to familiar works by Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms and the other half to more contemporary works by Steve Reich and Carl Vine. First half: Warren Jones’s sensitive Mozart Adagio in B minor, Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano & Cello in G minor exquisitely rendered…

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