WILL RAWLS — [SICCER] AT ICA LA AND REDCAT
As a corrective to a corrective, [siccer] utilizes choreographed movement, video installation, green screen, and stop-motion photography to plot paths by which Black performance can reject Western forms of classification without resolution—a state of continuous evolution and becoming.
FAYE DRISCOLL — WEATHERING
“I think that when you feel connected and are not distracted, there is a greater increased possibility that you will feel joy.” And the possibilities of feeling joy are particularly desired right now in these harsh days of early 2025.
DIMITRI CHAMBLAS AND KIM GORDON — TAKEMEHOME
Shortly before the recent pandemic, and picked up afterward, choreographer Dimitri Chamblas organized a participatory dance program for male inmates in the California State Prison system. As part of the Embodied Narrative Healing initiative, Chamblas’s work with the men is
NACERA BELAZA — L’ONDE
It starts with a music loop, a hypnotic sound that fills REDCAT’s darkened theater. From this obscurity forms slowly emerge, four bodies turning on themselves, as if in a trance. They are dancing to the beats and the whispers of
EDGAR ARCENEAUX — BONEY MANILLI
“Boney Manilli,” Edgar Arceneaux’s dark comedy with music, was inspired by the tragic story of Milli Vanilli. The play’s main character, Edgar (Alex Barlas), is an artist tormented by self-doubt, frustration, and the unbearable feeling that he is an imposter.
MARK GOLAMCO — THE GHOST OF TED DRAGON
“A musician inspired by a painter who loves a dancer and what moves a dancer? Music! THE GHOST OF TED DRAGON shows this cycle of creativity with the stage as its playground.” — Mark Golamco
OKWUI OKPOKWASILI AND PETER BORN — ADAKU, PART 1: THE ROAD OPENS
ADAKU, PART 1: THE ROAD OPENS—a new work by performing artist Okwui Okpokwasili, with music by Okpokwasili and Peter Born—makes its way to Los Angeles this week with three performances at REDCAT. The artist’s practice of “speculative mythology” in sight
DORIAN WOOD — CANTO DE TODES
Dorian Wood: “The idea of impermanence can be frightening for many of us. We enter spaces that can offer familiarity and comfort, and in doing so we accept the relative briefness of what these spaces offer us. With CANTO DE
OCTAVIO SOLIS — SCENE WITH CRANES
A death in the family, a mother's anguish. Join playwright Octavio Solis and his cast at REDCAT for the world premiere of SCENE WITH CRANES. Directed by Chi-wang Yang and set in East Los Angeles, the production marks the twentieth anniversary
FAYE DRISCOLL — THANK YOU FOR COMING: SPACE
The third part of Driscoll’s “Thank You for Coming” series—following “Attendance” and “Play”—THANK YOU FOR COMING: SPACE is the artist’s “solo” collaboration with the audience and an interactive set, presented this week at REDCAT in Los Angeles for three performances.
