CALENDAR OF EVENTS April 1-3: LEVYdance presents Everyone Intimate Alone Visibly (learn more) April 29-May 9: Deb Slater presents Men Think They Are Better Than Grass (learn more) May 20-May 23: Pamela Z presents Baggage Allowance (learn more) May 27-May 30: inkBoat presents Crazy Cloud Collection (learn more) June 17-June 20: Fresh Meat Productions presents the Fresh Meat Festival (learn more)   March 4-6: Hope Mohr Dance presents its Third Home Season Hope Mohr Dance presents works by three generations of female dance makers—Hope Mohr, Molissa Fenley and Yvonne Rainer. The evening features the premiere of Far from Perfect by Mohr, a new solo entitled Mass Balance created and performed by Fenley, and the legendary Yvonne Rainer’s pioneering work Trio A.  Inspired by the work of painter Agnes Martin, Far from Perfect explores forgiveness and the creative process as two journeys that can illuminate each other. Mohr’s collaborators include poet Brenda Hillman and designer David Szlasa, whose visual environment combines projections of Hillman’s text, re-creations of Martin’s grid paintings, and home video footage.   Performance Dates and Times:  March 4-6 Thurs, Fri and Sat at 8 PM Ticket prices: $18 CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS or call 1-800-838-3006 Join us for the first annual KUNST-STOFF arts Gala in partnership with Z SPACE at Project Artaud Two exhilarating programs: Program #1 March 24-25, 7pm Show; 9pm Dance party Tickets: $25 works by: Sara Shelton Mann, Yannis Adoniou's KUNST-STOFF, La ALTERNATIVA, and "Project 4x4" directed and performed by Annie  Rosenthal Parr, Kathleen Hermasdorf, Yannis Adoniou, Andrew Wards. Program #2 March 26-28, 8pm show Tickets: $18.00 Yannis Adoniou's KUNST-STOFF dance company revisits two critically acclaimed works, Un-state and Raqs al Moza with guest artists Dohee Lee, Jethro DeHart and David Petrelli "...playful and bold KUNST-STOFF of yore, enriched by experience." Rachel Howard, Chronicle Dance Correspondent  San Francisco Chronicle   April 1-3: LEVYdance presents Everyone Intimate Alone Visibly Join LEVYdance in an exploration of instant-access communications as both moderator and interference in human connectivity. This evening-length duet features Benjamin Levy and Aline Wachsmuth performing in the round amidst a multimedia installation and multi-layered sonic environment. Move with the dancers through a web camera “hot-zone” where movement is captured to trigger animations and projections, blurring the line between participant and observer. Experience an active space where weight, speed, attack and emotional tenor of movement, visual art and sound are in conversation. Performance Dates and Times:  April 1, 8:00pm April 2, 8:00pm and 10:00pm April 3, 8:00pm Ticket prices: $20-$25 CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS or call 1-800-838-3006 Notes:  There will be no late seating for this event. This performance is interactive, and the audience will be moving and walking through the space. Audience members will not be seated for the entire show. Accommodations can be made for elderly or disabled audience members by contacting info@levydance.org April 29-May 9: Deb Slater presents Men Think They Are Better Than Grass Inspired by the beauty and fragility of the natural world and W.S. Merwin's poetry (from which it takes its title), this piece explores the interrelationship between humanity and the environment. The work uses interactive technology to create a stage environment that changes over time, through a wikipedia-like web component that will be uniquely different fro performance to performance. Performance Dates and Times:  April 29 - May 9 Ticket prices: $20-25 For more information, visit http://www.artofthematter.org/dsdt.html May 20-May 23: Pamela Z presents BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE In this sonically and visually layered work, Pamela Z explores baggage in all its literal and metaphorical permutations. Through performance with voice and electronics, found text, recorded interviews, multi-channel sound, interactive video, and sculptural objects, Baggage Allowance scans and inventories the belongings (and memories) we all cart around – examining baggage as both impediment and treasure. May 20 - 23, 2010 Thurs-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm   May 27-May 30: inkBoat, US/Japan Cultural Trade Network & San Francisco International Arts Festival in association with Maggie Allessee National Center for Choreography presents The Crazy Cloud Collection directed by Ko Murobushi and Shinichi Iova-Koga Crazy Cloud is a collision. The life of 15th century Buddhist monk and poet Ikkyu Sojun meets modern humanity, and questions arise that provoke and prod the order of our lives. Crazy Cloud Collection is choreographed by Ko Murobushi, recognized in Japan as a leading inheritor of Hijikata’s original vision of Butoh, and Shinichi Iova-Koga, a younger generation artist who has created a hybrid form of performance integrating Butoh dance, physical theater and music. Together, these artists search for the ghost of Ikkyu Performance Dates and Times: Thursday May 27 – Sunday May 30, 8:00pm (except 5:00pm on Sunday) Ticket prices: Reserved Seating: $12 - $25 Students, Seniors and Groups of 10 or more: $16 $12 EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE MARCH 1, 2010. Purchase information: www.sfiaf.org 1-800-838-3006 June 17-June 20: Fresh Meat Productions presents the Fresh Meat Festival: the 9th annual transgender & queer performance festival The outrageously popular Fresh Meat Festival returns with the nation’s finest transgender and queer artists performing hip hop, theater, voguing, clogging, modern dance, live music and much more. This year’s powerhouse lineup includes world premieres by the legendary Kate Bornstein, Sean Dorsey Dance, the Barbary Coast Cloggers, Allan Frias & Mind Over Matter, Shawna Virago and many others. These shows sell out quickly – advance tickets are strongly recommended. Performance Dates and Times: Thursday June 17 – Sunday June 20, 8:00pm (except 7:00pm on Sunday) Ticket prices: Reserved Seating: $15 - $20 Purchase information: www.freshmeatproductions.org