Current Season

April 12-15, 2012
Triangle of the Squinches

Triangle of the Squinches, is set to a commissioned score by legendary musician Mickey Hart and features an innovative kinetic set by cutting-edge architect Christopher Haas. Alonzo King explores the inner and outer space of the body: how do we strive to touch something infinite with our material forms? What is the resonance between the bodies we inhabit and the forms we create?

April 18-22, 2012
Scheherazade

Alonzo King’s Scheherazade is a re-envisioning of the ancient collection of Persian, Sanskrit, and Arabic stories of 1,001 Nights. The exquisite dancers of LINES Ballet present a vision of the transformative potential these stories possess: the way that we are offered a chance to listen to a voice that can change our lives, the power of art to illuminate all the chambers of our hearts. The new score by tabla master Zakir Hussain re-interprets the original music by Rimsky-Korsakov, incorporating traditional Persian as well as Western instruments. Commissioned by the Monaco Dance Forum to inaugurate the Centenary of the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s Scheherazade honors Diaghilev’s spirit of cutting-edge artistic collaboration, immersing audiences in a luminescent and richly textured world.

King’s evocative 2006 piece Migration, with a commissioned score by Miguel Frasconi, Pharoah Sanders and Leslie Stuck, explores the awakening of complex bodies, and the beauty of their constant evolution into new forms. The dancers curve into the space around their bodies, pulling it into new configurations, grappling with each other between tension and trust. There are moments of soaring into vast spaces, of wheeling and diving with a complete and precise freedom. Alonzo King’s choreography is a call to the spirit, and also an intimate form of listening for the spirit’s response.

Saturday April 14 and Saturday April 21 VIP Events

A limited number of $250 tickets are available for two exclusive evenings, featuring stunning performances by Alonzo King LINES Ballet and private pre and post performance receptions including wine and hors d'oeuvres.

VIP ticket holders will enjoy a pre-performance reception in an intimate tent setting within the Yerba Buena courtyard and premium, reserved performance seating in the Novellus Theater, followed by a post-performance party with Alonzo King and dancers.

Saturday, April 14 - Triangle of the Squinches
Saturday, April 21 - Scheherazade
Pre-performance Receptions at 7pm
Performances at 8pm

All tickets purchased for the evening of April 19 will benefit the Women’s HIV Program at UCSF. VIP tickets for this benefit performance cost $125 and feature premium seating and an elegant pre-performance cocktail reception with Alonzo King and Dr. Edward Machtinger, Director of the Women’s HIV Program. To purchase these tickets, please contact the Women’s HIV Program at 415.353.2521.

For general seating, please visit YBCA online. For group sales of 10 or more people, please call the YBCA box office at 415.978.2787.