New Works Festival 2010

New Works Festival 2010
Thursday, May 13th – Saturday, May 15th

For More Info: https://sites.google.com/site/newworksfestival2010/

Brown Fever
Written & Directed by Ajala Bandele
E106
Thursday, May 13th – 6:00pm
Friday, May 14th – 8:00pm
Saturday, May 15th – 2:00pm

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Teatro en el Blanco | REDCAT

February 24, 2010 – February 27, 2010

TEATRO EN EL BLANCO: DICIEMBRE

West Coast premiere

“One of the most brazen plays of Latin American theater in recent years.” Festival di Internacional de Buenos Aires

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APPLY NOW FOR THE BEUTNER FAMILY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS

Beutner Family Award for Excellence in the Arts APPLICATION PDF

Austin Beutner, Chair of the CalArts Board of Trustees, and his wife Virginia made a gift of $1 million to help twenty extraordinary CalArts students complete their studies and make strong entrances to professional life.  The primary consideration for this award is the applicants’ excellence in pursuit of their métier and potential for promising careers in the arts.

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Student Discounts at UCLA Live! and around town.

Student price tickets are available for CalArts students at UCLA live for the following shows and Dates:

Nov 11-15: Druid Ireland The Walworth Farce
Nov 18-19: TR Warszawa T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.
Dec 1-3: Teatr Zar Triptych
Dec 2-6: Druid Ireland The New Electric Ballroom

Tickets Cannot be puchased online at all. They are only available in person at the box office and via phone. Students must have a valid CALARTs Student ID to take advantage of this offer.

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RAMAYANA: AN INDIAN EPIC

November 6, 2009 – November 8, 2009

RAMAYANA: AN INDIAN EPIC

Balinese music and dance by Gamelan Burat Wangi
Co-presented with The Music Circle
An ensemble of 25 gamelan players and 14 dancers enacts an exquisite Balinese adaptation of the Ramayana, the ancient Hindu epic brought to Bali from India more than a millennium ago. Directed and choreographed by the distinguished duo of I Nyoman Wenten and Nanik Wenten, this dance drama of lust and abduction, of war and faith, is filled with characters who look like birds, monkeys and warriors but who may turn out to be kings and gods. Among the many distinctive refinements of the Balinese Ramayana are the electrifying dances of Hanoman, the monkey general who helps Rama rescue Sita from the clutches of Rahwana. The production features three special guest artists from Bali: drummer I Wayan Budha and dancers I Made Dwi Putra Yoga as Rama, and Anak Agung Gede Rahma Putra, as Hanoman. With a pre-show presentation on the aesthetics of Hindu-Balinese performing arts by ethnomusicologist Sue Carole DeVale.

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Belarus Free Theatre | REDCAT

West Coast premiere

“Free to say what they want, where they want, and to whom they want.” The Times (London)

Established in 2005 in response to repression in “Europe’s last dictatorship,” the award-winning Belarusian company—now outlawed at home—stages a gripping original drama based on the true story of dissident Irina Krasovskaya and her husband Anatoly, who was “disappeared” 10 years ago. Their wrenching story is interwoven with parallel instances of political intimidation and violence in Asia and South America. Belarus Free Theatre is devoted to presenting dramas by banned Belarusian playwrights, whose work it also translates and publishes abroad. The troupe first began performing in private apartments and has since won the backing of prominent playwrights such as the late Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard and Václav Havel, as well as numerous artistic and human rights organizations. Discover Love is written by Nikolai Halezin and Natalia Koliada, and directed by Halezin. Choreography by Olga Skvortsova, with music by DJ Laurel. Performed in Russian with supertitles in English.

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letter at year’s end from erik ehn

Dear All:

A moment to connect on all that’s going on in the school in the closing days of the term. In CalArts fashion, what might otherwise be an occasion for nostalgia is a report on all that’s unfolding and on the way.

More information about what’s pointed at below can be found at www.theatercalarts.com; an official season launch will take place when we return in September.

And there will be an All-School meeting to talk about this information at the Year End Picnic on the front lawn adjacent to the Mod Bridge immediately following All-School clean-up Tuesday, May 12th at 2:00 pm

Year End Picnic
+ All School Meeting Tuesday, May 12th at 2:00 pm

There are a number of projects taking place at the end of the semester that deserve our collective focus; they add life to the school, and expand our relationships with the world around us. Read more on letter at year’s end from erik ehn…