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New Original Works Festival 2010 WEEK TWO

For three weeks REDCAT is a vibrant performance laboratory. Join us as Los Angeles artists gather to push the boundaries of creative expression in new dance, theater, music and multimedia performance works.



CHRISTINE MARIE & ENSEMBLE: GROUND TO CLOUD

Seamlessly integrating projected shadows, live actors and an innovative sound score, Christine Marie and her collaborators draw on the history of electric light to manifest a flickering world of natural phenomena and human intervention. Large-scale imagery from simple handheld lights and props takes on mythological proportions as scientific discovery, religious folklore and magical trickery blend into an incandescent work of expressionist theater.

"Christine Marie's shadow design conjures a literal ocean of surprise." —Los Angeles Times



RAE SHAO-LAN BLUM & TASHI WADA: SYSTEMS OF US

Through interdependent movement and musical scores, three dancers and five musicians build a work of spontaneous elegance as they delve into the complexities of intimacy interrupted. Choreographer Rae Shao-Lan Blum and composer Tashi Wada lay out intersecting compositions that weave repetition, disruption and transformation into a vigorous exploration of the nuanced negotiations that keep relationships alive.

“Her sensitivity to phrasing creates an image of raw emotion, with contortion and line functioning as feeling." —The Dance Insider



RAPHAEL XAVIER: BLACK CANVAS

Raphael Xavier is a finely tuned master of Breaking whose continued innovation has led the vanguard of hip-hop dance theater, first as a member of Rennie Harris Puremovement, then as choreographer and co-founder of olive Dance Theatre. In Black Canvas, Xavier shifts the rhythms of Rap and propels narratives through Breaking to draw parallels between the performer’s body, which is inscribed by life’s experiences, and the stage itself.

“Xavier abstracts the Hip-Hop vocabulary, loosening it from its usual musical moornings."
—Dance Magazine

Dates:
Jul 31 - 8:30 pm
Jul 30 - 8:30 pm
Jul 29 - 8:30 pm

Pricing Info:
$18 General, $14 Students

Location:
REDCAT
631 W 2nd St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012