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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.

PILOBOLUS TO THE SEA

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The great Pilobolus dance company will perform at this year’s DANCE CAMERA WEST—TO THE SEA weekend, joined on Friday night by Jacob “Kujo” Lyons, Vincent Paterson, and TO THE SEA organizers Jacob Jonas The Company.

 

PILOBOLUS—TO THE SEA, Friday, April 13, at 6:30 pm.

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TO THE SEA, Friday through Sunday, April 13, 14, and 15.

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Pilobolus in performance.

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JACOB LYONS

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“Jacob ‘Kujo’ Lyons didn’t intend to start out a career in dance. As an international b-boy, circus acrobat, and choreographer, it’s surprising to learn that his entire life path happened by accident. After a bit of bad teenage behavior landed him in a new school, a group of classmates he mistook for a gang ‘hit him up.’ Assuming they wanted to fight, Lyons was happy to discover they meant dance, and he agreed to give it a try….”*

See the complete Endpain interview with Lyons—who danced in the premiere of Jacob Jonas‘ ON ME in August, 2017 at the Ford Amphitheatre—and Alison Hersel:

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Jacob “Kujo” Lyons Pictame.

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JACOB JONAS PREMIERE

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ON ME, dancer/choreographer Jacob Jonas’ new work, will premiere this weekend at the Ford Amphitheatre.

Commissioned by The Music Center On Location, ON ME is set to the music of Tim Hecker—who will perform live, joined by Kara Lis-Coverdale.

The artists performing Saturday night are: Joy Isabella Brown, Lamonte “Tales” Goode, Jacob “Kujo” Lyons, Brooklynn Reeves, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock, Keanu Uchida, Nicolas Walton, and Jill Wilson.

JACOB JONAS THE COMPANY—ON ME

Saturday, August 19, at 8:30 pm.

Ford Amphitheatre

2580 Cahuenga Boulevard East, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.

Jacob Jonas The Company, from top: Nicolas Walton (left) and dancers in On Me at the Ford Amphitheatre, August 19, 2017; Jonas (foreground right), Walton (left) and dancers rehearse On Me, 2017; On Me rehearsal pile-up; On Me performance, Ford Amphitheatre. Ford photographs by Matthew Brush, rehearsal images courtesy Jacob Jonas The Company.