performance

"Barely There"

This new performance is inspired by the late conceptual artist Fred Sandback, who created works indicating the volume of sculpture, without the mass. With materials such as yarn, wire and string he made outlines in space and compared his art making to the eating of an artichoke - something you peel away until nothing is left. He felt that although the inside was missing, the interior represented hope. “I’d rather be in the middle of a situation than over on one side either looking in or looking out”

Architects Judit Fekete and Zoltan Pali will employ similar materials to create an environment in the SPF gallery that acknowledges a close relationship with the space. Collage Dance Theatre performers, Marissa LaBog and Rob Lambaron will inhabit these minimalist forms and breathe life into the architecture of the installation. The dancers will occupy the same site as the viewer, altering the forms as they inhabit them, making connections between performance, spectator and site. Are these dancers the link to missing information?

Collage Dance Theatre (CDT) redefines the relationship between audience and art by presenting bold choreography in extraordinary places. CDT initiates collaborations with artists and cultivates community engagement to create meaningful, multidisciplinary public art experiences with exceptional artistic standards.

Heidi Duckler is the Artistic Director and founder of Collage Dance Theatre. Since its inception in 1985, she has choreographed over 60 original dance works at unique sites in Hong Kong, New York, Miami, Las Vegas, Portland, Oregon and throughout Southern California including the Lincoln Heights Prison, the Los Angeles River, the Subway Terminal Building, the Herald Examiner Building, the Ambassador Hotel and the L.A. Police Academy. Called “the reigning queen of site-specific performance,” by the L.A. Times, her work has been commissioned by Miami Light, Grand Performances, REDCAT, Aben Dans in Denmark, Brookfield Properties, the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation, among others.

"Barely There" takes place on
Saturday, February 13, 2010
2-4 p.m. a live installation running continuously
Tickets: $10

This project is made possible in part by the Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment.

8-10 p.m. live installation and benefit dinner for CDT
El Salvadorian feast and cocktails
Tickets: $100

This evening is sponsored by Studio Pali Fekete Architects (SPF:a).

Tickets can be purchased online at www.collagedancetheatre.org or by calling (818) 784-8669.

Dates:
Feb 13 - 8:00 pm
Feb 13 - 2:00 pm

Pricing Info:
2-4 p.m. live installation running continuously, Tickets: $108-10 p.m. live installation and benefit dinner for CDT El Salvadorian feast and cocktails, Tickets: $100

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