# Alonzo King LINES Ballet with Charles Lloyd & Jason Moran at Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA, October 2, 2019

[Yerba Buena Center for the Arts](https://www.cityboxoffice.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=2625) presents [Alonzo King LINES Ballet](https://linesballet.org/event/fall-season-2019-world-premiere/) featuring [Charles Lloyd](http://www.charleslloyd.com/) & [Jason Moran](http://www.jasonmoran.com/)  
[Blue Shield of California Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts](http://ybca.org/)  
[701 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-3138 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=701+Mission+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA+94103-3138+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Wednesday, October 2, 2019

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## Set One: the Personal Element (2019)

[7:30 PM lights down; Announcements & welcome by Rachel Ash]

Dancers:

* Robb Beresford
* Adji Cissoko
* Madeline Devries
* Lorris Eichinger
* Shuaib Elhassan
* Ilaria Guerra
* Maya Harr
* Michael Montgomery

[set ends 7:53 PM; bows and then off]

## Set Two: Azoth

[8:16 PM; lights down; waiting]

01. [8:22 PM] I (Madeline Devries, Lorris Eichinger, Adji Cissoko, & Michael Montgomery)
02. [8:31 PM] II
03. [8:32 PM] III (Shuaib Elhassan)
04. [8:36 PM] IV
05. [8:38 PM] V (Madeline Devries, Ilaria Guerra, & Michael Montgomery; with Shuaib Elhassan, James Gowan, & Maya Harr)
06. [8:43 PM] VI (Robb Beresford)
07. [8:51 PM] VII (Ilaria Guerra, Madeline Devries, & Adji Cissoko
08. [8:54 PM] VIII (James Gowan, Shuaib Elhassan, Michael Montgomery, Lorris Eichinger, Maya Harr, & Robb Beresford)
09. [8:58 PM] IX
10. [9:03 PM] X (Adji Cissoko & Michael Montgomery)  
[set ends 9:08 PM; bows, then all off for a moment]  
[9:12 PM; setting up chairs]  
   
**Q&A Session**
11. [9:13 PM] (discussion)  
[show ends 9:46 PM; thanks & goodnight!]]

## Performers

### Alonzo King LINES Ballet

[Alonzo King LINES Ballet](https://www.linesballet.org/)

* Alonzo King: founder, choreographer;
* Meredith Webster: ballet master;
others TBD.

### Musicians

* [Charles Lloyd](http://www.charleslloyd.com/): alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto flute, tárogató, tibetan oboe, percussion;
* [Jason Moran](http://www.jasonmoran.com/): piano, percussion, loops.

## Notes

Like usual, tonight's show was performed with the house lights entirely off ... which made it darn near impossible to take notes. Got to remember that for next time, and to devise some sort of solution in advance!

Sadly, Alonzo was absent tonight, called away for an unidentified family emergency.

* Andrew Gilbert posted a brief [promo](https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/02/new-alonzo-king-work-points-to-power-of-live-music/) for the Mercury News after interviewing Alonzo King.
* Jason Victor Serinus posted an interesting [promo article](https://www.sfcv.org/preview/yerba-buena-center-for-the-arts/alonzo-king-dissolving-the-individual-into-the-universal) at SFCV.
* LINES posted a cool [promo video](https://vimeo.com/350842640). 

* Philip Mayard posted a [review](https://www.ebar.com/arts_&_culture/dance//282800) of one show from this run at the Bay Area Reporter, mentioning an interesting tidbit: a LINES premiere at Grace Cathedral, scheduled for next winter...
* Steve Winn posted a [review](https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/dance/review-striking-lighting-and-protean-design-drive-world-premiere-of-azoth) of the opening night (10/1) show.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!
Today's photo gallery comes from ol' squinty!

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