REDCAT Presents Studio: Fall 09 New Works Series Curated by Neil Greenberg and Chi-wang Yang

REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) proudly presents Studio: Fall 09, the latest edition of its ongoing series focusing on new work and works-in-progress in dance, theater, multi-media and music by Los Angeles area artists. Studio: Fall 09 performs at REDCAT for two nights, Sunday, November 1, 2009 and Monday, November 2, 2009.

Offering adventurous audiences the opportunity to experience original, ambitiously offbeat performances by an interdisciplinary mix of experimental Los Angeles artists, Studio: Fall 09 features work by Rae Shao-Lan Blum, The Lippy Lou's, Prumsodun Ok, Armen Ra, UEM with Jasmine Orpilla, and Kendra Ware and Bill Mark.

This edition of Studio was curated by choreographer Neil Greenberg and director Chi-wang Yang, and includes the following six original works:

RAE SHAO-LAN BLUM: SYSTEMS OF US?
Shaped by looping and loose dancing exquisitely performed by Erin Beneze and Amada Furches, this formally intricate duet by Rae Shao-Lan Blum cycles through intimate sequences, phased gestures and beautifully synchronized interdependence.

THE LIPPY LOU'S: KITCHEN WINDOW?
This raw multimedia musical cabaret uses potent imagery, revved-up performances and hand-crafted props to stage a first-time encounter between an institutionalized woman and the son she was forced to abandon at birth.

PRUMSODUN OK: ROBAM LOM AROM?A
Virtuosic dancer and contemplative filmmaker, Prumsodun Ok recasts the serpentine vocabulary of classical Cambodian dance and layers it with filmic images of longing to navigate the ambiguous terrain between spirit and form.

ARMEN RA: METAL (AN EXCERPT)?
Masterful thereminist Armen Ra performs a haunting tribute to famed opera diva Maria Callas, projecting manipulated stock footage from her 1958 Paris Opera debut as he conjures the vocal melodies from her legendary repertoire.

UEM WITH JASMINE ORPILLA: THE TYPHOON, THE ROPE AND THE SLIPPERS?
Backed by tiger gongs, circuit-bent toys, wind instruments and fluttering newspapers, singer Jasmine Orpilla turns journalistic reporting into harrowing vocals in UEM's gripping three-movement song cycle based on true events.

Kendra Ware AND BILL MARK: SCRATCHER?
Collaborators Kendra Ware and Bill Mark construct a Hip Hop-Butoh performance language that warps the physicality, rhythms and idolatry of Hip Hop culture to offer a distilled journey from the periphery to the spotlight to ritualized deification.

REDCAT's Studio series is supported by a grant from The James Irvine Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

GENERAL INFORMATION

REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater) opened by CalArts in 2003, introduces diverse audiences, students and artists to the most influential developments in the arts from around the world, and gives artists in this region the creative support they need to achieve national and international stature. REDCAT is the newest partner in an international network of adventurous art and performance centers, which together are playing a vital role in the evolution of contemporary culture. REDCAT is a center for experimentation, discovery, and lively civic discourse.

REDCAT is located at the corner of W. 2nd and Hope Streets, inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex (631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012).

For tickets and additional information, call REDCAT's Box Office at 213-237-2800, or visit www.redcat.org.

REDCAT sponsors include The Standard, Yamaha, Ovation TV, Los Angeles magazine and KCRW. For REDCAT acknowledgements, visit www.redcat.org/acknowledgements.

 

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