Travel Reference
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DANCE
Alonzo King's LINES Ballet
Ages 5 and up.
F ounded b y ballet master Alonz o
King, LINES blends classical and contemporar y ballet accompanied b y music from the
world's greatest living composers. This is a touring ballet company based in San Francisco
and performs at the Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Novellus Theater,
700 Howard St. (btw. 3rd and 4th sts.)
&
415/863-3040.
www.linesballet.org.
San Francisco Ballet
Ages 10 and up.
One of the countr y's finest ballet companies,
the S an F rancisco B allet officially begins its season in F ebruary and ends in M ay. (S ee
“Seasonal Events,” earlier in this chapter , for the ballet 's annual
Nutcracker
pr oduction.)
Productions are geared toward grown-ups, although serious dance lo vers of any age will
thrill to see these graceful creatures on stage. Tickets may be purchased through the website,
by telephone, and at the bo x office (open on per formance days only).
War Memorial Opera
House, 301 Van Ness Ave. (at Grove St.).
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415/865-2000.
www.sfballet.org. Tickets $9-$250.
Smuin Ballet/SF
Ages 10 and up.
Smuin Ballet performances draw less on classical
movements and more on theatricality, using music by composers like Elton John and the
Beatles that giv e the pieces a modern spin. S muin B allet appears at the Yerba B uena
Center for the Arts. Tickets may be purchased through either the Yerba Buena box office
or
www.tickets.com
.
700 Ho ward St. (bt w. 3r d and 4th sts .)
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415/978-2787.
www.smuin
ballet.org. Tickets $40-$55.
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CIRCUS SHOWS
Acrosports City Circus
All ages.
The performance troupe from Acrosports is com-
posed of highly skilled cir cus per formers fr om 11 to 21 y ears old who ar e exper ts in
tumbling, hand balancing, contor tion, aerial r opes, juggling, and mor e. They perform
2-week stints twice a year at venues like the Brava Theatre in the Mission.
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415/665-2276.
www.acrosports.org.
Pickle Cir cus and S an F rancisco Youth Cir cus
Ages 5 and up.
These two
groups encompass the per formance division of Cir cus Center San Francisco (p. 223), a
professional training school for cir cus performers. The Pickle Circus started out in S an
Francisco in 1974 as The Pickle Family Circus, pioneers in creating intimate, vaudeville-
like shows that highlight juggling, trapeze, and clowning, but shun the expected, includ-
ing animal acts. N ot glitzy like Cir que du S oleil but cer tainly in the same v ein, Pickle
Circus shows tell stories set to original music. The company performs an annual holiday
show at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater (3301 Lyon St.). The San Francisco Youth Circus
performs at two yearly fundraisers and occasionally at venues around town. For dates, log
onto the website or phone the Circus Center for information.
&
415/759-8123.
www.circus
center.org. Tickets $5-$45.
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SPECTATOR SPORTS
Giants Baseball
If you are at all inter ested in the bo ys of summer, you should get
tickets for a game in AT&T Park. The stadium is lovely, with stunning views, good food,
a walkway on the bay, a terrific play area for kids, and generally fine w eather.
