Celebrate the work of legendary choreographer Trisha Brown. In collaboration with visual art institutions across the city of LA.
In a work that resists the conventions of both dance and theater, director Tamara Cubas and her cast of four women excavate the elusive history of La Brisa, an infamous bar in Ciudad Juárez that served as a haven of cultural resistance and fierce activism in the 1990s.
There are things that we have not figured out.
There are things that many have chosen to not want to figure out.
Some may argue these things are better off not figured out.
Or even worse, believe they are figured out.
There are things that must, at all costs, be figured out
Questioning contemporary dance’s predisposition towards neutrality, authenticity and the de-sexualization of the female body, ANTHEM embraces theatricality, virtuosity and sass.
Created by Mexico City based ensemble Pentimento, PLAY is an interactive audio-guided performance that invites 10 audience members into a playfully accelerated process of actor training. In just eight brief lessons PLAY asks: Can an untrained viewer be transformed into a prepared actor in a mere 45 minutes?
WHYTEBERG explores visceral memories, creating a personal reflection of perception. As the audience moves through various scenes, we see the effect of false memory — how consistently revisited moments become obscured from reality.
The performance involved six performers exploring Lily Kwong’s indoor garden at the 14th Factory, an interactive, multi-disciplinary art space in Lincoln Heights during summer 2017.