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March 19th 2022 8:00pm | March 20th 2022 4:00pm
Stomping Ground L.A.
5453 Alhambra Ave. Los Angeles CA 90032
MUSIC: Armandos Rumba (Chico Corea)
& Bučimis (Bulgarian Traditional)
- Saturday Only -
Performance: Garrit Tillman, Inna Karsheva-Tillman and Julian Lampert
Garrit Tillman, Inna Karsheva-Tillman and Julian Lampert are freelance/studio musicians based in LA. All three work with children in different music settings. Their newly formed trio performs mostly Latin and Balkan music.
A Surrender
Performance and Choreography: Jennifer Rose
Music: Primavera by Amalia Rodrigues
Jennifer Rose; choreographer, movement director, performer and educator is a disciple of two MacArthur Fellows; Shen Wei and Bill T Jones. She has worked with choreographers Manuel Vignouelle, Stephen Petronio, Stefanie Batten Bland and has performed at venues such as Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Festival du Cannes and The Olympic Theatre in Beijing. Jennifer creates film and dance theatre productions in collaboration with flamenco dancers and musicians, Balinese actors, Bulgarian Choirs, Mexican folklorists and Arabic singers all who carry the force of their cultural identity at the forefront of art making. Jennifer uses sensual and visceral movement to tell stories of unrest, desire, carnality and the thrill of self- expression. Jennifer’s work celebrates the body, music and storytelling with cultural integration as its backbone.
POEMS: Trigger Warning & I Believe
Text and Performance: Marvin Jordan
Former captain & coach of the 2x time ACUI Regional Champion CSUN Poetry Slam Team, Marvin Jordan was born and raised in South Los Angeles, Long Beach, and neighboring communities to a family fighting to sustain whilst beneath the backdrop of LA's inner-city. Schooling in Compton from Pre-K to 12th, Marvin found writing, sports, and games as ways to get lost, even while at home.
SERIES: Arc of Atmospheres, 2022
Choreography: Keith Johnson in collaboration with the dancers*
Sound: John Cage Four2
Costume: Keith Johnson
Dancer: Kevin Williamson
Lighting: Erik Speth
*Keith would like to acknowledge and thank the 2017 BFA Technique class at CSULB for creative contributions to this work.
SERIES is a collection of solos that uses the same material but is performed to different scores with an emphasis on different elements within the structure of the dance. The collection of dances touches upon ideas of family, death, environment, race, religion and the LGBT community. Currently there are 25 versions of this work either completed or in process. They have been premiered in New York, California, Arizona, Oregon, Utah, and Korea.
Keith Johnson has danced for Ririe/Woodbury Dance Company, Creach/Koester, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and Doug Varone and Dancers. In addition, he has performed with Bili Young/Colleen Thomas and Dancers, Nancy Bannon, and Victoria Marks. Keith is the Artistic Director of Keith Johnson/Dancers and the Co -Director of Fistbomb Films with Gregory R R Crosby. He was named the Distinguished Alumni for 2012/13 from The Department of Modern Dance at the University of Utah. He has been awarded two Lester Horton Awards for Choreography, been a Djerassi Artist Resident, has taught at ADF, Doug Varone and Dancers Summer Intensives, Beijing International Dance Festival and has performed in major venues internationally. Keith is on faculty at CSULB.
Fault | Lines
Choreography and performance: Members of The Rock Collection - Arletta Anderson, Erik Speth, Finn Murphy, Jamar Morris, Nguyễn Nguyên and Sarri Sanchez
Text: Jamar Morris
Sound Design and Engineer: Joseph Kraft and George Malek
Music: Ran Bagno, Colleen
Lighting Design: Erik Speth
*The Rock Collection would like to acknowledge and thank Talia Moreta for creative contribution to this new work.
The Rock Collection (RocCo) is a dance collective founded in 2012. Current members include Arletta Anderson, Erik Speth, Finn Murphy, Jamar Morris, Nguyễn Nguyên, and Sarri Sanchez. RocCo’s works are theatrically driven by personal interests in psychological and socio-political issues, and characterized by use of physicality, text, video and film, live music, sound design and new media arts. RocCo’s creations reflect their integrative, multidisciplinary and collaborative approach between dancers, animators, film makers, musicians, composers and media artists. RocCo has produced and presented work at the RenArts Theater Space, Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Marsee Auditorium and ARC Pasadena. https://www.therockcollection.org/