“Beethoven in the City”: European Dances & String Quartet | SF City Hall

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“Rotunda Dance Series” San Francisco City Hall Performance Festival

The “Rotunda Dance Series” is a set of free monthly dance performances in San Francisco City Hall’s extraordinary rotunda, Dancers’ Group and World Arts West have once again partnered to bring audiences lunchtime glimpses into movement and musical traditions from around the world.

Set amidst the grandeur of San Francisco City Hall’s Rotunda, these free lunchtime presentations bring dance forms from across the globe to this magnificent venue. All performances are free and start at noon.

Friday, May 13, 2016
“Rotunda Dance Series” San Francisco City Hall Performance Festival

In a very special performance this May, the Rotunda Dance Series presents both the Cypress String Quartet and the Academy of Danse Libre, who will open the show performing European dances from the 1890s, including the National Two-Step Lancers Quadrille. Cypress String Quartet will then perform one of Beethoven’s string quartets, before the Academy of Danse Libre closes out the day with dances from the 1910s, which were influenced by American Ragtime music.

In celebration of Cypress String Quartet’s 20th and final season together, and of the great city of SF and its people who have supported them through the years, the Quartet presents the complete string quartets of Beethoven in 16 free concerts all over San Francisco, May 4 through 19, 2016, entitled Beethoven in the City.

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