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Born in England and having danced with Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet and the Dutch National Ballet, among others, Lustig had not seen or danced in “The Nutcracker” while growing up. “In Europe, those companies don’t do the show but here in the United States, dancers have been dancing it since they were 8 years old,” he said. To make the ballet his own, Lustig moved it from Victorian times to the Edwardian period. “I wanted the ballet to be emotionally free as well as to free the choreography from having to deal with dancers in hoop skirts and bonnets,” he said.

California International Antiquarian Book Fair: 3-8 p.m, Feb, 8, 11 a.m.-7 p.m, Feb, 9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m, Feb, 10, Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, Notable items include a $40,000 crayon drawing by Picasso, a first edition of Ansel Adams’ first book, an 1835 caricature of womens fashion, a 130 year-old German pop-up book, the 1515 first use of Greek typography in Rome, and more, $15-$25, www.cabookfair.com, El Cerrito Jazz Festival: 7 p.m, Feb, ballet slippers photo 9, El Cerrito High School Performing Arts Center, 540 Ashbury Ave., El Cerrito, Featuring Chris Potter (saxophone), James Francies (piano) and Nate Smith (drums), $20, www.echsbands.com/festival..

The resolution by the city’s Peace and Justice Commission also urges the United States lift its ban on allowing former Guantanamo detainees to live in the U.S. Federal law bans former detainees from living in the U.S., making Berkeley’s resolution symbolic. Danny Gonzalez, spokesman for a “pro-troop” organization Move America Forward, proposed in a statement that Berkeley council members “go live in GITMO where they can hang out with hundreds of terrorists.”. The Peace and Justice Commission has a mandate to “promote peace and justice locally, nationally and internationally,” according to its report to the City Council. The report said the men probably will face torture, imprisonment and death if they are sent to their home countries, “based on knowledge of what has happened to others who returned home.”.

Once winter passes, Thumbelina finds her way back to the forest, where she earns her fairy wings and lives happily ever after, The show runs about an hour and fifteen minutes with no intermission, “We find that’s a good amount of time for young kids to make it through,” Petzel said, adding that the performance is a great opportunity for people to experience ballet ballet slippers photo for the first time, “You’re not watching a four-hour ballet, It’s an introduction to the ballet,” she said..

The Black Brothers: St. Patrick’s Day just wouldn’t be the same in the Bay Area without The Black Brothers. The beloved Celtic act, led by Shay and Michael of Ireland’s legendary musical Black family, always performs locally this time of the year. Their highly anticipated shows feature historical ballads, music hall numbers and other traditional Irish, Scottish and English songs. The brothers, whose sister Mary Black ranks as one of the greatest Irish vocalists of all time, have four gigs in the Bay Area. The band performs Friday at the Trinity Cathedral in San Jose (7:30 p.m.; $20-$24; www.eventbrite.com), Saturday at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley (8 p.m.; $26-$28; www.thefreight.org), Sunday at Keane’s 3300 Club in San Francisco (noon; admission price TBA; www.3300club.com) and April 5 at Pacifica Performances (7:30 p.m.; $12-$20; www.pacificaperformances.org).