John King’s Dice Thrown begins its two-day run at CalArts tomorrow (April 23-24). Based on the visual poem “Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard” by Stéphane Mallarmé, the…
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Petits Mondes: A Dance Installation at CalArts
Petits Mondes, a dance installation piece performed at CalArts last week, was inspired by the works of visual artist Joseph Cornell (1903-72), best known for his boxes of found objects…
Continue reading »Highlights from the Spring 2010 Student Choice Concert
Last month, The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts held its Spring Student Choice Concert featuring 11 dance pieces choreographed by CalArts’ BFA students. Here are two clips…
Continue reading »World Premiere of John King’s Dice Thrown Opera to Bow at CalArts in April
Composer and CalArts alumnus John King (Music BFA 76) returned to campus last week to help prepare for the World Premiere of his contemporary opera Dice Thrown, scheduled for April…
Continue reading »Rosanna Gamson Brings Tov (good) to REDCAT this Week
Rosanna Gamson, founder of the LA-based, dance-theater company Rosanna Gamson/World Wide and faculty member of The Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance, brings Tov to the REDCAT stage this week….
Continue reading »Choreographer Sahar Javedani Explores ‘Emotional Territories of Allegiance’
Az Dehlam from Sahar Javedani on Vimeo. Choreographer Sahar Javedani (Dance MFA 03) concludes her 100-hour creative residency at Dance Theater Workshop in New York with two work-in-progress performances of…
Continue reading »Grupo de Rua Takes Hip-Hop and Modern Dance to New Levels
Rising Brazilian choreographer Bruno Beltrão and his company Grupo de Rua will perform at REDCAT next week as part of The Sharon Disney Lund Dance Series. The Rio de Janeiro-based…
Continue reading »CalArts Winter Dance at REDCAT
[nggallery id=30] At REDCAT tonight and tomorrow (Dec. 18-19), students from the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance present three brand-new works by choreography faculty Colin Connor, Rosanna Gamson and…
Continue reading »Choreographers at REDCAT Discuss Bringing Dance Off Stage
Alpert Award-winning choreographers Joanna Haigood, David Rousseve and Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance Dean Stephan Koplowitz visit REDCAT tonight for a panel discussion on site-specific works. They”ll discuss their…
Continue reading »South African Dancer Brings Beautiful Me to REDCAT through Sunday
Dancer Gregory Maqoma was born in Soweto during apartheid—the policy of segregation as well as economic and political discrimination against Black South Africans and other non-Europeans in South Africa. Out…
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