Alonzo King ‘s celebrated LINES Ballet from San Francisco opens its season Tuesday (subsequent performances

Jan.21-23)with a program featuring King ‘s “Before the Blues.” The work features music by saxophonist and composer

Pharoah Sanders,based on raw archival field recordings from the Deep South soon after the Civil War.Skirball Center for the

Performing Arts,566 La Guardia Place,at Washington Square South;(212)992-8484.