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Margaret Jenkins Dance Company

Special Preview

HOME SEASON 2012 A cornerstone of the cultural fabric of San Francisco for four decades, the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company (MJDC) returns to the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco(JCCSF) for four evenings of intellectually and physically rigorous dance to preview Times Bones, a new work that will premiere in 2013 for the Company’s 40th Anniversary. With a prelude in the JCCSF’s exquisite Pottruck Family Atrium, these performances provide a unique opportunity to witness Jenkins’ new work in stunning and intimate detail.   Artistic Direction: Margaret Jenkins MJDC Dancer-Collaborators: Margaret Cromwell, Chad Dawson, Kelly Del Rosario, Chinchin Hsu, Steffany Ferroni, Risa Larsen, Heidi Schweiker and Ryan T. Smith Choreographic Assistant: Heidi Schweiker Visual Design: Alexander V. Nichols Composer: Paul Dresher Artistic Advisor and Text: Michael Palmer Sound Design: Gregory T. Kuhn Costume Design: David Draper   Photos (Top to bottom): photo of the MJDC in Light Moves by Margo Moritz; photo of The Pottruck Family Atrium courtesy if the JCCSF.   THURS - SAT, OCT 18 - 20 • 8 PM SUN, OCT 21 • 7 PM Kanbar Hall • Jewish Community Center of  San Francisco 3200 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94118   TICKETS:  1 Premium Seating / 6 Public / 3 JCCSF Student 8 / BOX OFFICE: (415) 292-1233 or  To purchase tickets, click here >>   FREE SPECIAL EVENT FOR TICKET HOLDERS: Post-show audience Q&A with the artists on  Friday, October 19, 2012. Times Bones is presented in association with Arts & Ideas at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. The activities of the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company are supported in part by: Fleishhacker Foundation, The Wallace A. Gerbode Foundation, Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, The Hellman Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, The Bernard Osher Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, The San Francisco Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation and generous individuals. Times Bones is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the MetLife Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.