Live Music by Pharoah Sanders

Fresh from three consecutive sold-out seasons, LINES Ballet presents a World Premiere in collaboration with jazz legend Pharoah Sanders, the famed tenor saxophonist who played with John Coltrane's jazz ensemble in the 1960s. Pharoah Sanders shares Alonzo King's philosophy that art can express a truth: something underneath the surface, something deeply held in the soul. "The spirit tells me what to do and that's it," Sanders says of creating music for LINES Ballet. For King, "Dancers are musicians, and musicians are dancers - they're making music with their bodies."

The fall season will also feature a Pas De Deux created by Alonzo King for Muriel Maffre which premiered at the Venice Biennale last summer. As a guest artist with LINES Ballet, Muriel Maffre performs with company dancer Corey-Scott Gilbert. Music Composed by Wieslaw Pogorzelski and James McKee. Live improvisation by Pharoah Sanders.

In 1995 Alonzo King created a dance work to one of Poland’s most renowned composers Pawel Szymanski’s String Quartet. This fall, String Quartet will return to the stage performed by our LINES Ballet Company dancers and the LINES Ballet/Dominican University BFA Program and LINES Ballet Training Program students.

FALL PERFORMANCES:

Friday	October 17	8 pm*
Saturday	October 18	8 pm
Sunday	October 19	3 pm**
Wednesday	October 22	8 pm ***
Thursday	October 23	8 pm****
Friday	October 24	8 pm
Saturday	October 25	8 pm
Sunday	October 26	3 pm
* Opening Night Reception to thank donors of $500 or more ** Jazz Family Day at 2pm, Performance by the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Combo, Novellus Theater Plaza at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts *** Post-performance conversation with Alonzo King **** Post-performance conversation with the LINES Ballet dancers

FOR FALL TICKETS:

PHONE 415.978.2787 or BUY ONLINE from the YBCA Box Office.

Fall Ticket Prices: $65, $50, $35, $25, $15

Limited individual student tickets will be available for Sunday, October 19 and Wednesday, October 22 performances.
$15 upper terrace section only. Student identification required.

Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
700 Howard Street at 3rd Street, San Francisco

FOR GROUP TICKETS:

Groups of 10 or more purchasing tickets for the same date save 20%.
Order directly through LINES Ballet by calling 415.863.3040 x283.

FOR 2008-2009 SEASON SUBSCRIPTION TICKETS:

Subscriptions for the Pharoah Sanders World Premiere and LINES Ballet's Spring 2009 season, April 17-26, 2009, are available. Spring 2009 will feature a World Premiere and the return of Signs and Wonders. Set to indigenous music from myriad African tribes, Signs and Wonders was originally commissioned by Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) in 1995 and toured worldwide. “Mr. King pays tribute to the wonders of creation with choreography filled with constant changes,” in the words of The New York Times—drawing audiences into a world of evanescent ritual, where the dancers devote themselves to the miracle of transformative movement.

Season subscribers will receive exclusive benefits including:

• 20% discount on all tickets
• guaranteed seats, performances sold-out throughout the 2007-2008 season so don't delay
• priority seating with each performance
• flexible exchange privileges
• exceptional personal service

Order season subscriptions directly through LINES Ballet by calling 415.863.3040 x250.

Give to LINES Ballet. Help support the Company the San Francisco Chronicle describes as "one San Francisco's most treasured companies dancing at the top of its game." Please contact us at 415.863.3040 x250 to learn more about the benefits of donating to LINES Ballet.

Special Thanks to our Fall Season Partners: