Nutty?

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The last Nutcracker you’ll see (from me, anyway) until next December, I promise. If you’ve never seen State Street Ballet’s Nut, here’s your chance to get a taste of what you’ve missed. It’s a lavish and in many ways original production with great scenic designs, costumes and of course dancing, all set…

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Stories To Tell

"Story/ Time" - Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures 1/20/17 The Granada Theatre

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UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company have had a long relationship going back decades. During their frequent visits to Santa Barbara, the company does workshops and Bill T. Jones personally engages with students, faulty and members of the community. The residency culminates in a beautifully staged and…

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Winding Roads

Lucinda Williams at the Lobero Theatre 1/17/17

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Hot on the heels of her appearance with Charles Lloyd and the Marvels a couple of months ago at the Lobero Theatre, Lucinda Williams’s show on Tuesday was a nostalgic affair, blue but buoyant. Featuring songs from her latest release “”The Ghosts of Highway 20” which are all about remembrances of…

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Jungian Duality

Jane Dudley's "Cante Flamenco" restaged by Nancy Colahan - Santa Barbara Dance Theater 1/12/17 UCSB Hatlen Theater

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UCSB Santa Barbara Dance Theater’s January concert is motivated by Carl Jung’s theory of anima, the inner feminine personality of a man, and animus, a woman’s inner masculine personality. Jung believed both are a source of creativity. In these days of gender fluidity, the subject resonates, perhaps more than ever. The…

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