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[Francis Timlin]

Yes -- the annual performance at Stern Grove will be held on Sunday, July 27, 2003 at 2:00 p.m.  [Stern Grove is an outdoor venue in the Sunset District of San Francisco; admission is free, but crowds are enormous.  Arrive well before noon to stake out territory.]  The program will be Allegro Brillante, Waltz Project (Peter Martins) and Makarova's staging of Paquita.

[Francis Timlin]

Yes.  If you are in The City that weekend, I highly recommend it.

[Francis Timlin]

The program is a triple bill -- comprised of three different ballets from San Francisco Ballet's repertoire.  The opener is Allegro Brillante, a 1956 work by George Balanchine set to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 3.  There is no plot; the work is brief (13 minutes).  The middle work, Waltz Project, was premiered by SFB earlier this season.  Choreographed by Peter Martins, it is a collection of 13 different waltzes by as many different composers.  The final work on the program is Paquita, a surviving fragment of an otherwise lost work originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and staged for this production by Natalia Makarova.  Does this information help?

[Leigh Witchel]

We love google.

I'm not a San Franciscan, but these look like the correct directions.

http://www.thedragon...dule/stern.html

And by the way, you WILL post about what you saw? Right? ;)

[lillianna]

Stern Grove is right off 19th Avenue in the Sunset District of San Francisco.  It is easily accessible on the Muni bus line.  A ride on the Muni is only 35 cents for people under 18 and $1.00 for those over 17.  My daughter and I are planning to attend and really looking forward to it.  Bring something to sit on, it is just a field from my understanding.  There are a few chairs, but they fill up hours ahead of time and are usually reserved for the handicapped or senior citizens according to my daughter who has been there before for  a SFB performance.

[Francis Timlin]

Here is a link to the Stern Grove website:


http://www.sterngrove.org


Note that there is a pre-performance lecture at 12:00 noon on performance day (July 27).

[Alexandra]

Thanks for this information, Francis -- it's much appreciated.

And now that we know that at least two, if not three, people will be seeing this, I second Leigh's plea -- PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU SAW AND WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT   Thanks!

[dirac]

Let me reiterate Francis' excellent point about arriving early. It can get very hairy.  I won't be one of the people seeing it -- it's just a bit much for me nowadays.  Maybe next year I'll have more stamina.