by Colleen M. McLellan | Nov 14, 2009 | Theater and Dance |
This weekend, REDCAT is presenting a 1960s performance re-created. In much the same vein, Hana van der Kolk is presenting something new. “Once More, Again, One” is reminiscent of the original postmodern performances. But it stands on its own as a...
by Colleen M. McLellan | Nov 12, 2009 | Theater and Dance |
“Parades & changes, replays” is low-tech. It is also very, very colorful. If you’ve studied postmodern art, music, or dance, it’s best that you head to REDCAT for one of the performances this week. When Anna Halprin first presented the...
by Colleen M. McLellan | Nov 7, 2009 | Theater and Dance |
It is an art to let an audience forget about “dance” or “performance” and instead submerge it in a vision so thorough, so absolutely clear-sighted that town hall meeting, support group, feature film, and personal journal meld into each other onstage. It is this art...
by Colleen M. McLellan | Nov 5, 2009 | Theater and Dance |
If there’s one thing LA has to brag about in the arts, it’s range: local groups, global tours, and venues large and small around the city consistently offer a variety of events, suiting tastes from silly to serious. The dance calendar for early November...
by Colleen M. McLellan | Nov 2, 2009 | Books and Lectures |
What are comics? The Sunday funnies are one thing; franchised superheroes are certainly another. Between World War II and the rise of television, a pastiche of super-heroism and sexy, gory pulp fiction made the heyday of widely read comics, but the period was quickly...
