# Wendy Whelan with Brian Brooks and Brooklyn Rider at Herbst Theatre, November 30, 2017

[San Francisco Performances](http://sfperformances.org/performances/1718/WendyWhelan.html) presents the Bay Area premiere of _Some of a Thousand Words_  
featuring [Wendy Whelan](http://wendywhelanproject2013.blogspot.com/), with [Brian Brooks](http://www.brianbrooksmovingcompany.com/) and [Brooklyn Rider](http://brooklynrider.com/)  
[Herbst Theatre](http://performances.org/)  
[Veterans' Building, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4522 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Veterans'+Building,+San+Francisco+War+Memorial+Performing+Arts+Center,+401+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4522+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Thursday, November 30, 2017

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## Tentative Program

Music will include works by John Luther Adams, Tyondai Braxton, Philip Glass, and pianist Evan Ziporyn, and a new work from Brooklyn Rider’s own Colin Jacobsen 

## One Set

[7:34 PM lights down, announcements, Eric Jacobsen out alone in back]

01. [7:39 PM] 1st Movement: Jacob Cooper: _Arches_, for solo cello
02. [7:50 PM] 2nd Movement: Tyondai Braxton: _ArpRec1_
03. [7:58 PM] 3rd Movement: Colin Jacobsen: _BIT_  
   
4th Movement: Two excerpts from John Luther Adams: _The Wind in High Places_
04. [8:12 PM] _Maclaren Summit_
05. [8:18 PM] _Looking Towards Hope_  
   
_First Fall_ (duet); music: Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima)
06. [8:25 PM] _1957: Award montage_
07. [8:28 PM] _November 25: Ichigaya_
08. [8:30 PM] _Grandmother and Kimitake_
09. [8:34 PM] _1962: Body building_
10. [8:36 PM] _Blood Oath_
11. [8:38 PM] _Mishima – Closing_  
[show ends 8:40 PM]

[8:46 PM] post-performance Q&A with Whelan, Brooks and Brooklyn Rider, moderated by Brad Rosenstein  
[9:08 PM] Q&A ends

## Performers

* [Brian Brooks](http://www.brianbrooksmovingcompany.com/): dancer, choreographer;
* [Wendy Whelan](http://wendywhelanproject2013.blogspot.com/): ballet dancer;

### Special Guests

[Brooklyn Rider](http://brooklynrider.com/)

* Nicholas Cords: viola;
* Johnny Gandelsman: violin;
* Colin Jacobsen: violin;
* Eric Jacobsen: cello.

## Notes

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* [Program Notes](https://sfperformances.org/img/perfnotes/1718/WhelanNotes.pdf)

* Janice Berman posted a review of the show on [SFCV](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/san-francisco-performances/a-restless-wendy-whelan-energizes-some-of-a-thousand-words).
* Sue Gilmore posted a tease of a promo article with the [Mercury News](http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/27/dance-star-wendy-whelan-returns-to-san-francisco-with-choreographer-brian-brooks/).
* Maxine Marshall posted a super-brief promo article about the show at [SFGate](http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Prima-ballerina-Wendy-Whelan-with-Brian-Brooks-in-12390683.php) that includes a few nice rehearsal photos.

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