Sneak Peek at L.A. Contemporary Dance Company's THEN. NOW. ONWARD!

L.A. Contemporary Dance Company (LACDC) presents their Spring Repertory Concert THEN. NOW. ONWARD! April 4-7, 2013 on Thursday - Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 7pm at the Diavolo Dance Space in the Brewery in downtown L.A., located at 616 Moulton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90031. The concert features new work by L.A. choreographers Arianne MacBean, Lindsey Lollie, and Artistic Director, Kate Hutter. The performance will also feature live performance of original music by composers Peter Gonzales and Austin Wintory. Tickets are $20 online or $25 at the door. More info and tickets: onward.brownpaperticket.com

"100 Times is Not Enough" choreographed by Arianne MacBean is a dance-theater work about the arduous difficulties and fleeting moments of grace inherent in the creative process featuring text written by Arianne and solo performances by LACDC Artistic Director, Kate Hutter.

In "In the Dust", choreographed by Lindsey Lollie, the dancers create an atmosphere that is constantly building and disintegrating with an impulse to move forward. When the initial feeling of something is lost, other pathways present themselves to lead to something new and stir a change in direction. Energy is often manipulated and dispersed, but will eventually find a way to synch back up again. In this work, Lindsey continues an ongoing collaboration with musician Peter Gonzales, in which the music and movement come together to create a unique voice for the dancers and the environment in which they coexist.

"Prite Oef Stringh" choreographed by Kate Hutter is inspired by the 100^th anniversary of The Rite of Spring with original music by award-winning composer, Austin Wintory. Together they draw on the themes of the original rite and focus on the sacrifice of the individual to the group mentality - turning the idiosyncratic melodies and off-beat rhythms of the score into a wall of sound overpowered by a monstrous, mechanical beat.

Kate will also perform a duet titled "Unravel" with guest artist, Charlie Hodges of L.A. Dance Project. Kate and Charlie are life-long friends and dance partners, and this will be the first piece they have created together since 2003.

The L.A. Contemporary Dance Company (LACDC) is a non-profit repertory dance company that offers Los Angeles professional and innovative dance experiences throughout the year. LACDC performs a diverse repertoire of modern, ballet and jazz influenced works reflective of L.A.'s vibrant culture. By affording choreographers and dancers the opportunity to create concert length work in an experimental and collaborative environment, LACDC strives to foster the development of new forms in the contemporary dance genre relevant to today's audiences. Lean more about our programming and opportunities to connect with the company at www.LADanceCo.org.

Kate Hutter is co-founder and Artistic Director of the L.A. Contemporary Dance Company. Kate is an alumnus of the Walnut Hill School and a graduate of the University of Southern California with a BFA in Theatrical Design, and a MFA in Dance / Choreography from Purchase College, SUNY. Kate has won awards from the USC School of Theatre for Outstanding Choreography 2001-2004 as well as the Stanley Musgrove Award and the James and Nony Doolittle Award for her unique contributions in the theatre, and received the MFA award for excellence in her program at SUNY. Kate's work has also been nominated for two Lester Horton Awards for "Best Small Ensemble." Kate continues to create new works for the L.A. Contemporary Dance Company, choreograph for Theater Productions, commercials and university concerts, and teach at the Brockus Project Space in downtown L.A.

Arianne MacBean is a choreographer, writer and educator. MacBean has received numerous Cultural Arts Grants from the City of Los Angeles to produce the Dance Moving Forward Festival and was an Artist-in-Residence with the city of Los Angeles twice. In addition, she was awarded a grant from the California Council for the Humanities, the DURFEE Residency Award and the Clifton Webb Award. Recently, she was awarded the year-long CHIME Mentorship Grant, produced by the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company in San Francisco. MacBean has taught at CalArts, Scripps College and Los Angeles Valley Community College. She has been a featured presenter at the National Dance Education Organization Conferences in cities across the country. MacBean holds a B.A. in Dance from UCLA, and is a graduate from California Institute of the Arts with a double Masters of Fine Arts degree in Dance and Critical Writing. She is currently the Director of the Dance Program at Oakwood School in North Hollywood.

Lindsey Lollie is a contemporary choreographer and dancer currently living in Los Angeles. She was born and raised in Altadena, California. She studied dance at California Institute of the Arts where she began choreographing and collaborating with other artists. Lindsey has performed her solo, "The Next Step Is", at venues such as the ARC (A Room to Create), Mix Match Dance Festival and Pasadena Dance Festival Choreographer's Showcase. It was later adapted for dance on camera by film maker Victoria Sendra, and was chosen for the Dance On Camera Film Festival at the Lincoln Center. Her piece "Pro", was an evening length work presented at the ARC in summer 2012. Lindsey has danced for choreographers Hassan Christopher, Lydia Zimmer, Liz Hoefner, Stephanie Zaletel, Natalie Metzger and Jordan Saenz. Creating a new work with LACDC has been a great way to experiment with different movement ideas and make something from scratcH. Lindsey is very honored to be working with such a collaborative and generous group of artists.

Charlie Hodges (Guest Artist) graduated Valedictorian from Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts where he earned the Arnold C. Taylor Award for Artistic and Academic Excellence. He spent four years dancing soloist and principal roles with the Sacramento Ballet, performing works by Ron Cunningham, Balanchine and deMille. Charlie has spent the last ten years working for and alongside Twyla Tharp. Dancing in her touring company, he was nominated the Best Male Dancer of 2003 by the European Critic's Choice Awards. In 2006, he made his Broadway Debut in the Tharp/Joel musical Movin' Out. He assisted in the creation of, and performed in, Tharp's subsequent Broadway musical The Times They Are A-Changin'. And in 2010, he won the Fred Astaire Award for Best Male Dancer on Broadway for the creation of his role, Marty, in the Sinatra musical Come Fly Away. He has had the thrill of staging works of both Tharp and Millepied on companies in France and Australia as well as in New York, Seattle, Michigan and California. And, he has guested with Lar Lubovitch, Westside Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. He is currently the ballet master and dancer with the L.A. Dance Project directed by Benjamin Millepied.