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Kathleen Johnson's multi-faceted performance "Brainchild" tells the story of a woman who explores the remnants of an alien civilization. The piece was recently staged at the Mars Desert Research Station -- a landscape with which it has clear associatio...
Performance artist John Fleck's latest one-man show "Blacktop Highway" takes inspiration from classic horror cinema and Freud's Theory of Mind. The stage production -- featuring Fleck playing a variety of characters, puppets and video -- runs at REDCA...
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Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre's "Sophie & Charlie" is being presented a chapter at a time in four locations around Los Angeles. The "dance telenovela" is part of the company's 30th anniversary programming.
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Blind from birth, 36-year old mezzo-soprano Laurie Rubin not only sings opera, designs a line of jewelry and is a memoirist, but recently collaborated on "Peace On Your Wings" -- a musical that commemorates the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Blending memoir and lyrical essay, Maggie Nelson makes an exploration of family, and the processes taken with her partner, transgender artist and performer Harry Dodge, to build one in new book "The Argonauts."
Photo: Garry Winogrand. © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
"Available Light" is being re-staged in celebration of the Music Center's 50th anniversary. Artbound revisits 1983 interviews with choreographer Lucinda Childs, architect Frank Gehry, and composer John Adams -- who brought the original production to life.
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Originally staged in 1983, "Available Light" is being revived in honor of the Music Center's 50th anniversary. The performance was a collaboration between choreographer Lucinda Childs, architect Frank Gehry, and composer John Adams.
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Made out of bulletproof Kevlar, Nao Bustamante's re-imagined Soldadera dresses protect the female body against violence.
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Sarah Elgart's site-specific projects in Los Angeles have transformed bus terminals, airports, and museums into veritable action paintings.
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From a theatrical project to a performance art group, My Barbarian's latest venture is "Double Agency," a performance about secret agents that was filmed in the galleries of LACMA.
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“Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser” considers the usage of “female Hysteria” throughout the decades in operatic form.
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Composer Lisa Bielawa discusses the inspiration behind Vireo and the historical context behind the episodic opera.
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