As an artistic director of an international touring company — the dancers are based in Spain, the nonprofit company’s registration and representation is in the United States — Santangelo sees opportunity and challenge in an increasingly global community. “All arts or musical phenomena now have the possibility to influence one another,” he says. We are forced to find our function and identity within this. That is a gigantic change.”. Technological innovations have an impact as well: improving sound amplification capabilities while simultaneously escalating audience expectations.

The ballet “The Adventures of Alice,” is a whimsical take on the well-known story with all original choreography by Baratova, The score is composed by Karen Khatchaturian, “I have taken most of the beloved characters from both the book and movie versions and brought them to life onstage,” the dancer said, “including a 28 foot caterpillar! There will be approximately 110 dancers, All of the children in the school who wish to participate will be dancing in both ballets, along with some members of our young community in the character roles, The leading roles will be shared by our oldest teen company members.” Baratova said a tremendous amount of work has gone into the making of this production, Her creative costume team — Kay Tetzner, Valery Walsh, Julie Smith and Esther Crandall — began the design and construction of over 150 brand new costumes in January, Rehearsals started up in February, with daily practice for the advanced dancers and weekly rehearsals for the “tots.” The production’s sound and lighting team, Alfred Tetzner 4 pink enamel and silver metal ballet shoes charm pendants. che0034 and Pierce Soraco, have been fine tuning details for the past several weeks..

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale: A holiday program of Vivaldi and Zelenka; Dec. 3-7 in Palo Alto, San Francisco and Berkeley; $25-$100; www.philharmonia.org. “All Is Calm — The Christmas Truce of 1914”: Performed by the nine-man vocal ensemble Cantus and actors from Minnesota’s Theater Latte Da, presented by Cal Performances; 8 p.m. Dec. 4; First Congregational Church, Berkeley; $51-$56; 510-642-9988; http://calperformances.org. Schola Cantorum: The Silicon Valley chorus presents “Joyeux Noël”; 3 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts; $20-$30; www.mountainview.gov/mvcpa.

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Because of how chairs were arrayed, I spent much of the night viewing only fragments of the pairs’ bodies. No experience of them perching on audience’s legs or performing a headstand was fully visible, but then the creators of “The Way You Look (to me) Tonight” intended it to be that way. Even the clips of Rogers and Astaire dancing were fragmentary. Yet Noë, as talking head, urged us to celebrate all that we do see from our inevitably partial vantage points, and to recognize that, when aspects are missing from our visual field, like the back of the apple that faces away from us, we still “see” them.