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Music, dance, and other creative actions to inspire you at home.

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  • Post:Ballet

  • SKYNSUIT

  • The Living Earth Show

  • Charlton Lee and Kathryn Bates

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  • Friday, February 26, 6 PM PST

    Black Life: Dax Pierson

    Music producer Dax Pierson discusses his work with Black Life cocurator Ryanaustin Dennis.

  • Presented Thursday, January 7

    La Folia

    Post:Ballet presents the premiere of La Folia, a ballet duet, along with other works.

    Programmed by Sean Carson

  • Presented Thursday, December 3, 2020

    Destani Wolf

    Powerhouse vocalist and songwriter Destani Wolf mixes live performance and multimedia in this special event.

    Programmed by Sean Carson

  • Presented Sunday, November 1, 2020

    Vote Feminist Parade

    Artist Michele Pred presents a feminist digital art parade that combines recordings of two parades performed in New York and Oakland with live music, guest speakers, sing-alongs, and more.

  • Presented Sunday, October 18, 2020

    Cosa Nostra Strings

    A livestream performance by Cosa Nostra Strings, a five-piece powerhouse crew of conservatory-trained classical musicians who bring a provocative, precise, punk-rock personality to a diversity of genres and styles.

    Programmed by Sean Carson

  • Presented Friday, August 28, 2020

    Music for Hard Times

    Join us for this livestream of Music for Hard Times, a work of experimental music commissioned by The Living Earth Show as a sonic resource for comfort and calming.

  • Presented Sunday, September 20, 2020

    Zachary James Watkins

    Composer and electroacoustic musician Zachary James Watkins investigates “high vibration resonance” in this livestream performance from isolation.

    Programmed by Sean Carson

  • Presented Saturday, July 25, 2020

    Storm in Isolation

    A new dance work from inkBoat followed by a live interview and participatory exercise.

  • Grex

    Duets in Social Distance: Grex

    Grex presents "Blood" and "Moon Baby."

  • Lisa Mezzacappa and John Finkbeiner

    Duets in Social Distance: Lisa Mezzacappa and John Finkbeiner

    Bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and guitarist John Finkbeiner perform from New, Improved Recording in Oakland, California.

  • Theresa Wong and Ellen Fullman

    Duets in Social Distance: Theresa Wong and Ellen Fullman

    Theresa Wong and Ellen Fullman reveal their music recording process while sheltering in place at home.

  • Adam Theis and Shaina Evoniuk

    Duets in Social Distance: Adam Theis and Shaina Evoniuk

    Husband-and-wife duo Adam Theis and Shaina Evoniuk of Jazz Mafia perform from home.

  • Duets in Social Distance: Charlton Lee and Kathryn Bates

    Violist Charlton Lee and cellist Kathryn Bates of Del Sol Quartet perform from home, including two pieces composed during shelter-in-place.

  • SKYNSUIT: Little Stranger

    Edie Fake’s Little Strangers establishes the content and provides the title for a performance video by SKYNSUIT (Bashir Naim and Shamu Azizam).

  • Presented Sunday, October 25, 2020

    Guta Galli and Anne Lesley Selcer, On the occasion of the cancellation of The Mouth Is Still a Wild Door

    Poet Anne Lesley Selcer and artist Guta Galli present a collaborative video and are interviewed by Alix Blevins.

    Programmed by Alix Blevins

  • Thursday, March 25, 7 PM PST

    Livestream: Spellling

    Berkeley’s own Spellling weaves rich sonic textures into dramatic compositions that are equal parts dream-state ritual and earthy funk, showing off her expressive vocal styles.

  • Sunday, April 25, 7 PM PST

    Livestream: Contemporary Ballet by Women Choreographers, Part 1

    Choreographer Kathryn Roszak presents recent ballet works by local women choreographers, featuring Smuin Ballet, Berkeley Ballet Theater, Diablo Ballet, and Danse Lumière.