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  • A collage image of the Paris Opera Ballet performing on a dimly lit stage like they're partying on the left and a headshot of Jeremy Geffen on the right.
    Jeremy Geffen Introduces the 2025–26 Season
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    Jeremy Geffen Introduces the 2025–26 Season

    25-26 Season Feature, Ideas and Insights

Jeremy Geffen Introduces the 2025–26 Season

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Jeremy Geffen Introduces the 2025–26 Season2025-04-14T13:12:04-07:00
  • A drawing depicting a little girl attached to a string held by a hand as she stands on a bright red road in the midst of a black and white forest.
    Illuminations Performances Explore “Exile & Sanctuary”
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    Illuminations Performances Explore “Exile & Sanctuary”

    25-26 Season Feature, Illuminations

Illuminations Performances Explore “Exile & Sanctuary”

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Illuminations Performances Explore “Exile & Sanctuary”2025-04-23T10:15:28-07:00
  • Dancers of the Joffrey Ballet wear flowy earth-toned outfits as they through up prop hay in the air.
    Cal Performances’ 2025–26 Dance Artists Share Highlights of Their Upcoming Performances
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    Cal Performances’ 2025–26 Dance Artists Share Highlights of Their Upcoming Performances

    25-26 Season Feature, Artist Spotlights

Cal Performances’ 2025–26 Dance Artists Share Highlights of Their Upcoming Performances

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Cal Performances’ 2025–26 Dance Artists Share Highlights of Their Upcoming Performances2025-04-17T07:58:25-07:00
  • Riccardo Muti stands at a podium with his baton in hand, conducting with a serious expression on his face.
    Spotlight on Classical Music Across 2025–26
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    Spotlight on Classical Music Across 2025–26

    25-26 Season Feature, Ideas and Insights

Spotlight on Classical Music Across 2025–26

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Spotlight on Classical Music Across 2025–262025-04-23T10:13:07-07:00
  • Angelique Kidjo, an African woman in a vibrant red suit and blue blouse, and Yo-Yo Ma, an Asian man in a suit, smile as they pose in front of a grey backdrop.
    Meeting of the Minds: Seven Performances that Each Reflect One-of-a-Kind Artistic Collaborations
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    Meeting of the Minds: Seven Performances that Each Reflect One-of-a-Kind Artistic Collaborations

    25-26 Season Feature, How It's Made

Meeting of the Minds: Seven Performances that Each Reflect One-of-a-Kind Artistic Collaborations

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Meeting of the Minds: Seven Performances that Each Reflect One-of-a-Kind Artistic Collaborations2025-04-23T10:17:17-07:00
  • The lead actors of Opera Parallele's La Belle et La Bête perform onstage, with La Bête in the background, gazing at Belle as she sits in a chair, wearing a somber expression.
    Stories Reimagined: Six Performances Explore Traditional Tales with a Creative Twist!
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    Stories Reimagined: Six Performances Explore Traditional Tales with a Creative Twist!

    25-26 Season Feature, How It's Made

Stories Reimagined: Six Performances Explore Traditional Tales with a Creative Twist!

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Stories Reimagined: Six Performances Explore Traditional Tales with a Creative Twist!2025-04-23T10:19:03-07:00
  • Defining Courage's documentary playing in the background in front of David Ono onstage and a choir performing onstage.
    Defining Courage Through Music and Theater: The Story of America’s Nisei Soldiers
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    Defining Courage Through Music and Theater: The Story of America’s Nisei Soldiers

    How It's Made, Illuminations

Defining Courage Through Music and Theater: The Story of America’s Nisei Soldiers

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Defining Courage Through Music and Theater: The Story of America’s Nisei Soldiers2025-03-18T12:09:36-07:00
  • Alex Pines, an older white man with gray hair and thin round wire glasses, smiles slightly into the camera in front of full bookshelves
    Mahler Chamber Orchestra Performance to Be Dedicated to Alex Pines
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    Mahler Chamber Orchestra Performance to Be Dedicated to Alex Pines

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Mahler Chamber Orchestra Performance to Be Dedicated to Alex Pines

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Mahler Chamber Orchestra Performance to Be Dedicated to Alex Pines2025-02-14T16:53:01-08:00
  • Two actors of "The Great Yes, The Great No" wearing dresses onstage, covering their faces with large black-and-white masks with images of women.
    The Spasms of History: Inside William Kentridge’s The Great Yes, The Great No
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    The Spasms of History: Inside William Kentridge’s The Great Yes, The Great No

    How It's Made, Illuminations

The Spasms of History: Inside William Kentridge’s The Great Yes, The Great No

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The Spasms of History: Inside William Kentridge’s The Great Yes, The Great No2025-03-17T06:35:50-07:00
  • Members of the Kodo Troupe, wearing traditional Japanese attire, sit in front of numerous large drums on stage during an enthusiastic performance of Warabe.
    Q&A: The Making of Kodo’s One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe
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    Q&A: The Making of Kodo’s One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe

    Artist Spotlights

Q&A: The Making of Kodo’s One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe

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Q&A: The Making of Kodo’s One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe2025-01-16T19:32:32-08:00
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