Dance picks: sjDANCEco, Margaret Jenkins
Here are two recitals Bay Area dance fans should know about.
sjDANCEco: With the pandemic wreaking havoc over live arts performances the past couple of years, this San Jose troupe has accumulated some new works just itching to make their in-person debut. That changes this weekend as the company performs a program of four world premieres and two encores. The new works include Maria Basile's ode to personal connection, “Yield”; Hsiang Hsiu Lin's “Rising”; “Hymn to a New Dawn,” a piece that touches on inhumanity and recovery created by Gary Masters, with Fred Matthews and company dancers; and “The Mitten” created by company dancers. Revivals include “Earth Song” (1988) and “Flying Colors” (2018). The troupe will be accompanies by the San Jose Chamber Orchestra. Details: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Hammer Theater Center, San Jose; $39-$45, $80-$100VIP; www. sjdanceco.org.
Margaret Jenkins Dance Company: The acclaimed troupe is marking its 50th anniversary with a worldly project with a worldly themes. “Global Moves,” a work that ponders migration and asks “What if Earth had no borders?” was created in collaboration with Cross Move Lab of China and the United States, Kolben Dance Company of Israel and Tanusree Shankar Dance Company from India. Performances will take place inside and outside the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco, and will feature musician and writer Rinde Eckert and a live score composed and performed by Paul Dresher with Joel Davel, poetry and text by Michael Palmer, and costumes by Mary Domenico. Details: 8 p.m. today through Saturday, 3p.m. Sunday; $20-$50; www. mjdc.org/global-moves.