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…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Ovation Award Nominees
The L.A. Stage Alliance’s Ovation Award nominees were announced on Monday evening at a ceremony at A Noise Within theater in Glendale, Calif. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Experimental Music Yearbook Festival This Weekend
This weekend (Oct. 24-25), The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts launches a new experimental music concert series to showcase recent musical works from both American and international composers….
Continue reading »Animator, Artist Sun Xun Screens Work at REDCAT and CalArts This Week
[nggallery id=19] Chinese animator and gallery installation artist Sun Xun, born in Fuxin Liaoning Province, China, in 1980, is making a name for himself within the genres of experimental animation…
Continue reading »Feldstärke International 09 Group Show at CalArts on Saturday
The Feldstärke International Program set up shop at CalArts this week, bringing together students from programs in Germany, France and CalArts to foster international collaboration and interdisciplinary work among the…
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: Choreographer Meg Stuart at the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts
[nggallery id=18] Renown choreographers Meg Stuart and Philipp Gehmacher presented their work Maybe Forever during a three-night performance run at REDCAT last month. Stuart, a New Orleans native who launched…
Continue reading »Photography of Janet Sternburg Opens at Skidmore Contemporary Art Next Week
[nggallery id=16] A solo photography exhibit that features the work of Janet Sternburg opens Oct. 24 at Skidmore Contemporary Art in Santa Monica, Calif. A true renaissance woman, Sternburg, who…
Continue reading »Experimental Filmmaker Ken Jacobs at REDCAT, CalArts This Week
Experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs returns to Los Angeles this week for the program Ken Jacobs, Recent Youthful Indiscretions: A 5-Part Los Angeles Residency. Curated by Steve Anker, dean of the…
Continue reading »Pedro Eustache: A CalArts-Dudamel Connection
This week, Los Angeles has been celebrating the arrival of wunderkind conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who officially took the reins as conductor and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Composer…
Continue reading »Graphic Design Students Tackle Crime and Punishment Tonight
Crime and Punishment is a one-night group show that takes place tonight at CalArts and features the work of approximately 20 current graphic design students. The event caught our attention…
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