CAP UCLA Presents Jerome Bel's GALA

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) and the Ford Theatres present Jérôme Bel's Gala, a collective dance, on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. at The Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles. Tickets for $29-$59 are available now at cap.ucla.edu and theatre.acehotel.com, 310-825-2101 and The Theatre at Ace Hotel box office.

The French choreographer Jérôme Bel creates provocative pieces that challenge the audience's thinking of what they are meant to experience with dance. Conveyed tastefully, Bel brings together professionals and amateurs for Gala.

In Gala, there is not one specific way to perform a dance move, the performers are asked to approach the same dance step with their own interpretation and imagination. Empathy will be engaged as the audience reflects on how critical judgment is used in a transnational culture. Gala is joy; joy of dancing, joy of watching people transform, joy of failure, and joy of success.

Twenty performers from a range of generations, backgrounds, and abilities will execute a series of routines and phrases. Bel elicits the best from his performers, each individual routine is haphazardly touching. Gala has made dance accessible to all dance lovers.

Funds for this performance provided in part by The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.

CAP UCLA's dance programs showcase continues with Ohad Naharin/Batsheva Dance Company: Venezuela (March 15 and 16, Royce Hall), and Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event (April 16, Royce Hall).