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“The Show Must Go On” will be performed by professional dancers and Stanford students, faculty and staff on Nov. 13, followed by a Nov. 18 performance of “Cedric Andrieux,” an autobiographical piece created by Bel and Andrieux and performed by Andrieux. Dance meets film on Dec. 2, when 2005’s “Pichet Klunchun and Myself” will be shown with Bel on hand for a Q&A. The film depicts Bel and the classical Thai dancer Klunchun in an “exhange
of ideas and movement.” The Brazilian ballet company Grupo Corpo will bring its mix of Afro-Brazilian dance forms and ballet to Stanford Live for performances on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. For details on the Stanford Live events, go to live.stanford.edu or call 650-725-ARTS. This season’s offerings also include a piece by Czech choreographer Jiri Kylian, presented by San Francisco’s Smuin Ballet. Rarely seen on the West Coast, the work “Return to a Strange Land” is set to four piano pieces by the choreographer’s countryman Leos Janacek. A press release describes it as “a meditation on loss, healing
and hope,” inspired by the choreographer’s mentor, the late John Cranko. Smuin will perform the piece during its March shows at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, with two other sets of performances planned in December and May. The center is at 500 Castro St. smuinballet.org Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts The CPA has a lot more going on in dance and opera than Smuin Ballet and various “Nutcracker” productions by several groups in November and December. The companies who drop by to take
the stage include San Francisco’s Lamplighters Music Theatre, who on Nov. 24 will perform “UpsideDownton Abbey,” an original “Downton Abbey” parody with most of its music by Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert & Sullivan fame. 500 Castro St., Mountain View. 650-903-6000, mvcpa.com Oshman Family Jewish Community Center Dance offerings this season at the JCC include tango dance parties with the Redwood Tango Ensemble, on Jan. 4 and May 17; and the annual benefit performance by Firebird Dance Theatre on April 13. 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto.
650-799-1854, paloaltojcc.org San Francisco Opera Guild, Peninsula chapter Opera scholars often give local preview lectures for San Francisco Opera productions. Oliver Prezant is scheduled to speak on “Show Boat” on May 27. At the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 650329-1374, sfopera.com Stanford Savoyards Gilbert & Sullivan are the stars of this long-lasting university group. The Savoyards’ 92nd production, “The Mikado,” goes up next February. Performances at Stanford’s Dinkelspiel Auditorium. stanford.edu/group/savoyards West Bay Opera The upcoming season features “Tosca,” “L’elisir d’amore” and “Die Zauberflote,” along with an afternoon of opera classics on Dec. 8. Performances in the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. 650-843-3900, wbopera.org
Books and film
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The Israeli actor Chaim Topol has been known for decades for playing that singing milkman Tevye in the popular film version of “Fiddler on the Roof.” Palo Alto audiences can get up close and personal with the 77-year-old Golden Globe winner in October, when he’s scheduled to make guest appearances at the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival. On Oct. 19, Topol will speak during a tribute evening that also includes a reception and the showing of scenes from his films. He’s also set to pop in on a sing-along screening of “Fiddler” the following evening. Other festival events will include an audience Q&A with actor Elliott Gould after a screening of his comedy “Dorfman in Love” on Nov. 17. These events are at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center at 3921 Fabian Way in Palo Alto; other festival screenings are being planned in San Jose and Campbell. For details, go to svjff.org or call 800-838-3006. In the literary world, Kepler’s Books continues its panoply of free author talks and readings. Upcoming events include a Sept. 20 evening of YA authors: Kendare Blake, Anna Carey, Michelle Gagnon and Stacey Jay Friday talking about antigoddesses, dystopian romance, sinister projects and blind princesses. Then local history is the topic of the night on Sept. 25, when Menlo Park author Nick Taylor, who teaches in the MFA writing program at San Jose State, speaks on his historical novel “Father Junipero’s Confessor.” Kepler’s is at 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. 650-324-4321, keplers.com Books Arts Jam Palo Alto’s Jamila Rufaro has a Stanford Ph.D. in education and a passion for creating and altering books to make new works of art.
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