Cal Performances at Home is much more than a series of great streamed performances. Fascinating behind-the-scenes artist interviews. Informative and entertaining public forums. The Cal Performances Reading Room, featuring books with interesting connections to our Fall 2020 programs. For all this and much more, keep checking this page for frequent updates and to journey far, far Beyond the Stage!
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Artist Conversation for Frankenstein: 2020/21 Season
Artist Conversation for Frankenstein: 2020/21 Season
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
Co-Artistic Director of Manual Cinema Drew Dir, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, and Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen talk about what makes this gothic tale so timeless and haunting, how it relates to Silicon Valley today, how Mary Shelley’s life influenced her story, and more in this Beyond the Stage artist conversation.
This artist conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Manual Cinema; Frankenstein performance, part of the 2020/21 Cal Performances at Home Fall Season.
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Public Forum: The United States of Conspiracy: An Arts + Design Mondays presentation
Public Forum: The United States of Conspiracy: An Arts + Design Mondays presentation
Arts + Design’s Monday evening series, Together: Reinventing Politics, Reimagining Health, presents the three creators of Real Enemies—composer Darcy James Argue, writer and director Isaac Butler, and film designer Peter Nigrini—in a discussion about the American fascination with conspiracy theories that fuels their immersive, multimedia production. The conversation will be moderated by Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, UC Berkeley University Librarian and Chief Digital Scholarship Officer, and a professor in the UCB School of Information and the Department of Economics.
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Public Forum: Fact or Fiction: Conspiracy Theories and the Current Political Moment
Public Forum: Fact or Fiction: Conspiracy Theories and the Current Political Moment
Real Enemies, featuring Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, was inspired by Kathryn S. Olmsted’s 2013 book Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I through 9/11. Watch as Professor Olmsted of UC Davis’ History Department, writer and director Isaac Butler, and MacArthur Fellow journalist and writer Mark Danner of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism as they had a lively conversation about the grip of conspiracy theories on the American imagination.
We encourage you to read Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I through 9/11 (Oxford University Press), available from any online bookseller.
This public forum is in conjunction with the Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society; Real Enemies performance, part of the Cal Performances at Home Fall Season.
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Issue 40 (September 30)
In this issue: Telemann’s Fantasia No. 7 performed by violinist Tessa Lark; Lin Hwai-min’s Moon Water performed by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan; Brahms’ Final Movement from Symphony No. 4 in E minor performed by Bavarian State Orchestra; John Adams’ “Batter My Heart” from Doctor Atomic performed by baritone Gerald Finley and Netherlands Opera; and Handel’s “Da tempeste il legnoinfranto” from Giulio Cesare by soprano Danielle de Niese and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment
Artist Conversation with Tessa Lark
Artist Conversation with Tessa Lark
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
Tessa Lark talks with and Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen about her bluegrass roots, what it’s like to perform for streaming audiences, the story behind her #FritzOnFriday Instagram posts, and more in this Beyond the Stage pre-concert talk.
This pre-concert conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Tessa Lark, violin; Andrew Armstrong, piano performance, part of the 2020/21 Cal Performances at Home Fall Season.
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Artist Conversation with Nathalie Joachim
Artist Conversation with Nathalie Joachim
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
Nathalie Joachim talks with and Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen about the origins of Fanm d’Ayiti, what Haitian music is at its core, what it is like returning to performing with other artists after six months of shelter in place, the silver lining to the pandemic, and more in this Beyond the Stage artist talk.
This artist conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Nathalie Joachim and Spektral Quartet; Fanm d’Ayiti performance, part of the Cal Performances at Home Fall Season.