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Arts & COVID

Break the barriers of physical distance as the arts re-connects the broken lines between us.

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Live from her home, Tehillah delivers a stirring performance of "Give You Blue" by Allen Stone that she arranged for her a capella ensemble of one.
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St. Mary's Academy students present a joyful dance performance facilitated by the Heidi Duckler Dance education residency program.
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Southland Sessions Presents: From high school operas and drive-thru art exhibitions to Chicano comedies and underground DJ sets—we are showcasing the…
Clockwise from top left: Ann James, Tamara Perry, LeVanna Atkinson-Williams and Yolanda Snowball in “Water.” | Skylight Theatre Company
Skylight Theatre in Los Feliz found a way around the quarantine. It’s staging 10-minute plays on Zoom instead of on stage.
 Martha Graham in Immediate Tragedy. Photograph by Robert Fraser, 1937. Courtesy of Martha Graham Resources, a division of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc.
Martha Graham’s reaction to the Spanish Civil War, the lost “Immediate Tragedy” performance is reimagined for the digital age and presented online as a way to reflect on today’s tragedies.
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"Duet" is a study in making dance for the camera. In testing the new medium, dancers explore light, space and environment, cinematography, body, composition and story.
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"Illuminating the Chandelier" was a Zoom-specific live performance inspired by Clarice Lispector's novel "The Chandelier," about a woman living in isolation.
Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, Los Angeles | Denys Nevozhai/Unsplash
The efforts of the creative community point to the importance of the arts. First responders save people from immediate situations. Second responders like those in the creative community save lives after, or during, a crisis in sometimes immeasurable ways.
Helder Guimarães in the Geffen Stayhouse production of The Present, directed by Frank Marshall. | Geffen Playhouse
Extended thrice, “The Present” at the Geffen Playhouse could be described as live theater that comes to you, but some might call it enhanced television. 
Juan-Salvador Carrasco incorporates a roll of toilet paper in his performance of “The Swan,” by Camille Saint-Saëns. | Courtesy of “The Red Gate Will Open Again" and the USC Thornton School of Music
Though remote learning circumstances have greatly disrupted Thornton’s performance-based curriculums, “Live! From Somewhere” offers students an outlet to continue their creative processes.
Todd Gray's juxtaposition of a dark-skinned boy atop a pedestal with the cosmos over his head on Crenshaw Boulevard in Leimert Park. | Carol Cheh
Amidst “Safer at Home” orders and racism, Drive-By-Art shows art’s power to move, inspire, make us think and bring us together as we work toward a better world.
LA Master Chorale - The Promise of Light
High School students from all over Los Angeles submitted their videos as part of the Virtual High School Choir Festival.
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