Posted Rosanna Gamson Mixes Poles with Horses At REDCAT to LAist
Tov Los Angeles-based interdisciplinary theater director Rosanna Gamson, whose previous works integrated high tech imagery, high end dancing and lots of collaboration with other media and artists is bringing her latest multi-media exploration to REDCAT for nine performances over the next two weeks. Opening this Thursday, Tov is performed by Ms. Gamson's hometown company of exquisite dancers/performers and the Polish theater group Stowarzyszenie Teatralne CHOREA (CHOREA Theater Association), who have also created the live...
Posted Grupo de Rua, 'the 9-Member, All-Male Movement Powerhouse,' to REDCAT to LAist
photo credit to Anns v. Koijj. Once again, REDCAT brings the outside world to Los Angeles when it brings Brazilian choreographer Bruno Beltrão and his nine-member, all-male movement powerhouse Grupo de Rua to its theater for five performances this week. With international acclaim celebrating its "raw" and "brilliant" mix of hip hop and contemporary dance (quotes from London's The Guardian), the company will perform H3 here in the City of Angels. Against a quiet...
Posted Legendary Anna Halprin at REDCAT to LAist
photo credit to Jerôme Delatour The illustrious downtown theater in the basement of Frank Gehry's iconic Disney Hall, REDCAT is bringing a dance classic onto its stage this week. But NOT ballet, to be sure! This week, the now near ninety year old pioneer Anna Halprin is presenting her 1965 masterpiece parades & changes, replays with an international cast of highly regarded performers and including the work's composer, the legendary electronic music trailblazer, Morton...
Posted DV8 Moves Into Town This Weekend! to LAist
Photo credit: Lisa Ffrench Directed by award winning choreographer and filmmaker Lloyd Newson, the internationally renown London-based DV8 Physical Theatre is bringing To Be Straight With You to UCLA's Royce Hall as part of the UCLAlive season this Friday and Saturday nights. In what promotional materials describe as "a poetic but unflinching exploration of tolerance, intolerance, religion and sexuality," the evening length production is based on hours of interviews with dozens of men and...
Posted Abraham Lincoln via Choreographer Bill T. Jones in Irvine to LAist
photo credit to Paul Goode, courtesy of the company MacArthur genius award winner and creative catalyst for this country’s contemporary dance and performance community, Bill T. Jones is bringing his highly acclaimed company to the Barclay Theater in Irvine for one outstanding night of performance this Friday. In one of the only five west coast presentations of the new evening length work—and the only one in the Los Angeles area--the Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane...
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