Fri. May 22 8pm, Sat. 23 2:00pm, Sun. 24 2:00pm
Gamelan Sekar Jaya (San Francisco & Bali)
SERASI: Three Evenings (and Thirty Years) of
Balinese Music and Dance
The Cowell Theatre, Fort Mason Center
$25 Reserved Seating, $20 in advance. Series Discounts Available.
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Presented by Gamelan Sekar Jaya and the Asian Art Museum.

Joined by six renowned Balinese guest artists, including artists-in-residence I Dewa Putu Berata (musician) and Emiko Saraswati Susilo (dancer) from Bali, Gamelan Sekar Jaya — acclaimed internationally for its innovative work with the music and dance of Bali — performs a dazzling array of pieces as it celebrates thirty years of artistic interchange with Bali. Spanning works both centuries old and newly created, GSJ will focus on themes that have helped define the fifty-member "Bay Area treasure" (Dancetera): balance, harmony, and collaboration across cultures.

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Fri.-Sun. May 22-24, Thur.-Sun. May 28-31 8:00pm
Scott Wells & Dancers (San Francisco & Germany)
What Men Want
CounterPulse, 1310 Mission Street
$25 General Admission, $20 in advance. Series Discounts Available.
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Presented by Scott Wells & Dancers

Scott Wells presents new dances and macho ballads with aggressive overtones and romantic undertones. The program includes a premiere with two world class jugglers and the recent Litquake collaboration with writer, Michelle Tea, which was described as "an aesthetic-pleasure-overload fantasy" SF CHRONICLE. What men Want — a dance for eight men who will be "bouncing off walls and flying in your face . . . an electrifying style of contact!" SF WEEKLY.

Sat. May 23 Noon
Jess Curtis/Gravity (San Francisco & Germany)
The Symmetry Project- Transmission
Union Square

Trans-mis-sion n.[L.transmission-, transmissio, fr.transmissus, pp.of transmittere to transmit fr. trans-across, over + mittere to send] [1765, used to speak of electronic signals. 1869, telegraphic signals.] Transference of a physical phenomenon or of its effects when this transference implies one or several intermediate factors capable of affecting the phenomenon.

Maria F. Scaroni and Jess Curtis would like to invite people with all levels of movement experience to join them as performer/transmitters in: The Symmetry Project- Transmission, an installation/performance/ritual. For more information contact info@jesscurtisgravity.org or call 415-435-7549.

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Wed. May 27 8:00pm, Thur. May 28 6:00pm.
Sasha Waltz & Guests (Germany)
Travelogue 1: Twenty to eight (San Francisco Premiere)
Cowell Theatre, Fort Mason
$25 Reserved Seating, $20 in advance. Series Discounts Available.
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Presented by SFIAF and the Goethe Institute.

Headlining the Festival, in what will be the company's only appearances in the U.S. in 2009, is German tour de force Sasha Waltz & Guests with the Northern California premiere of the evening length Travelogue I - Twenty to eight. The company celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2008 and has re-staged its first ever work on a new generation of dancers (it is the Americas premiere of this version of the piece). Originally choreographed by Sasha Waltz in 1993, Travelogue I - Twenty to eight is a dance classic, having lost neither volatility nor relevance with the passing of the years. Waltz portrays the lives of room-mates with humour, aggression and sensuality. A co-production of Sasha Waltz & Guests and Grand Theatre Groningen, NL. With friendly support of the Berlin Government Dept. Cultural Affairs, Funds of Performing Arts, Initiative Neue Musik Berlin e.V. Sasha Waltz & Guests is supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds.

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