by Benn Widdey | Apr 4, 2014 | Theater and Dance |
It takes a place like REDCAT to discover performance that is just as much out there on the margins — wild and crazy, unexpected, unique — as it is important and significant in today’s dance and performance world. Bringing acclaimed New York-based choreographer Trajal...
by Benn Widdey | Apr 4, 2014 | Theater and Dance |
It’s not often that a touring production from New York City reaches us here in Los Angeles within the same calendar year. Rare, too, that it brings the original cast to the local stage. Nevertheless, Angelenos will get an up-to-the-minute glimpse of what’s happening...
by Benn Widdey | Jan 27, 2014 | Theater and Dance |
It’s always exciting to see an artist realize her very unique vision of performance. On Jan. 17 and 18, choreographer/director Kristen Smiarowski did just that in premiering “Sleep, Staring, Well” at Automata in Chinatown. Described as an immersive multimedia...
by Benn Widdey | Jan 19, 2014 | Theater and Dance |
This weekend, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA is presenting one of today’s hottest choreographers on the international circuit in the prestigious Royce Hall. Multi-award-winning British dance maker Wayne McGregor and his company, Random Dance, will offer...
by Benn Widdey | Jan 14, 2014 | Theater and Dance |
Choreographer Kristen Smiarowski has a mission. Since 2008, the multi-faceted artist has been reflecting on a fictional short story by Polish writer Ida Fink, “The Key Game.” In a three-phase response to the text about a Jewish family’s impending doom in the...
