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JACOB JONAS — FALL SEASON AT THE WALLIS

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This week, Jacob Jonas The Company will present five premieres at the Wallis’ intimate Lovelace Studio Theater.

The nightly program includes three world premieres choreographed by company founder and director Jacob Jonas: MAKE A TOAST, CRASH, and the opening number TRANSFER, in which Jonas—joined by company veterans Lamonte Goode, Jacob “Kujo” Lyons, Mike Tyus, and Jill Wilson—will dance.

Also on the bill are the world premieres of Donald Byrd’s UNKNOWN TERRITORIES and Omar Román De Jesús’ CUPIDO.

CRASH, which closes the evening, features a live score composed and performed by Okaidja Afroso.

JACOB JONAS THE COMPANY

Wednesday through Saturday

October 24, 25, 26, and 27, at 8 pm.

Saturday, October 27, at 2:30 pm.

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Lovelace Studio Theater

9390 Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills.

From top:

Jacob Jonas, Crash, Joy Isabella Brown and Emma Rosenzweig-Bock in top photo, and Lamont Goode—with Okaidja Afroso in background—in photograph second from top.

Jacob Jonas, Transfer, Jonas and Jill Wilson.

Donald Byrd, Unknown Territories, Jacob “Kujo” Lyons at center.

Transfer, Wilson and Mike Tyus.

All photographs by Lawrence K. Ho.

LULA WASHINGTON AT THE WALLIS

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Lula Washington Dance Theatre will bring three programs of modern dance to The Wallis this week.
Program A features excerpts from Washington’s THE MOVEMENT (2004) and Donald Bryd’s COMMUNION (1994), as well as work by Christopher Huggins, Rennie Harris, and a new piece by Anthony Burrell titled TEMPORARY SPACES (2017).
Programs B and C will open with the complete THE LITTLE ROCK NINE & THE MOVEMENT, and the closing night features THE MESSAGE (2017), a new work by Washington and her dancers.
Marcus L. Miller and his ensemble Freedom Jazz Movement will accompany the dancers on all three nights.
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LULA WASHINGTON DANCE THEATRE
Program A—AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE VOICES, Thursday, January 11, at 7:30 pm.
Program B—DANCE, JAZZ, AND SOCIAL MEANING, Friday, January 12, at 7:30 pm.
Program C—MOVEMENT FOR THE SOUL OF IT, Saturday, January 13, at 7:30 pm.
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Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
9390 Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills.
Christopher Frazier, Lula Washington Dance Theatre. Image credit: Lula Washington and The Wallis.