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Kitty McNamee: ‘The Yellow Room’ Beautiful Dualities
In director/choreographer Kitty McNamee's first film, a series of increasingly lush and intimate encounters force two dancers to confront each other and themselves, exploring the expansion of identity beyond solely masculine or feminine. ...
LA Opera: Philip Glass’s ‘Satyagraha’ Relevant, Resonant, Rewarding
LA Opera has another hit on its hands with Philip Glass’s Satyagraha, the term Mohandas K. Gandhi designated for nonviolent resistance, often translated as “truth force.” It was the composer’s first opera created for "traditional" operatic forces, and,...
Verdi’s Wall of Sound: LA Opera’s ‘Don Carlo’ An Unforgettable Royal Tragedy
With rich orchestrations, thundering choruses and an endless flow of rapturous melodies, one of Verdi’s grandest and greatest works is an enthralling tale of morality and mortality. Mega-tenor turned baritone, Plácido Domingo, and maestro James Conlon...
Ghost Story An Excerpt From Sarah Elgart's Dance Film
Ghost Story follows four dancers in search of a narrative as they prowl the interiors and exteriors of Bjarke Ingels’ new DAM Award-winning VIA 57 West in NYC, responding to the building’s architecture and scale with movement. Artist Stephen Glassman’s...
For The Love Of Verdi Love, Sacrifice, Revenge
What happens when more than 50 singers gather together from all walks of life to become the Verdi Chorus? In a word: magic! This wide swath of folks includes singers aged 22 to – gasp – 80, all coming from a variety of professions, and yet they have one...
Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young’s “Betroffenheit” The Shocking Power of Art
Tragedy is laid bare on the stage in the critically acclaimed Betroffenheit, a word that describes the overwhelming feeling of shock and torment in the wake of disaster. Internationally renown choreographer, Crystal Pite, and actor-playwright Jonathon...
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Cultural Ambassadors To the World
They’re back!! Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the company founded in 1958 by Alvin Ailey, a recent posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the nation’s highest civilian honor - forays to Southern California for its yearly series of...
Opium Moon A Musical Trek To Enlightenment
Opium Moon has been described as Kama Sutra music – a sensual and groovy collaboration of master musicians – Lili Haydn (violin/voice), Hamid Saeidi (Santoor – Persian hammered dulcimer/voice), MB Gordy (ancient percussion) and Itai Disraeli (fretless...
Taylor Mac: ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music’ Genius At Work - In Skyscraping Stilettos
Run, walk or do anything you can to see Taylor Mac at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in this mind-blowingly original, drag-queeny and politically queer love fest, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. And please note: All genders welcome! Mac's multi-year effort...
Shepard Fairey & Vhils: “American Dreamers” Up Against The Wall in Silver Lake
Mack Sennett Studios, Eastside Los Angeles' premier production studio and event space, celebrates the unveiling of famed American activist and street artist Shepard Fairey's latest work, a collaborative mural entitled American Dreamers. The 60 x 30ft mural...
