“Vestiges of Creation” by Michael Sakamoto (World Premiere)

November 20-21, 2009, 8pm – UCLA Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater

“Sakamoto creates expressionist theater that evokes the mysterious, the withering, and the tongue-in-cheek.” – San Francisco Bay Guardian
“A commanding performer…a dramatic tour de force.” – Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles, CA – Vestiges of Creation is the first full-length stage work in three years by acclaimed Los Angeles-based, dance theater artist, Michael Sakamoto. Presented by the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures MFA Upstarts Series at the Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater, 120 Westwood Plaza on the UCLA campus on Friday-Saturday, November 20-21 at 8pm. Tickets are $15 general, $8 students, available through the UCLA Central Ticket Office, 310-825-2101 and www.cto.ucla.edu. More info at www.michaelsakamoto.com. Parking in Lot 4, enter Sunset Blvd. and Westwood Plaza.

THE TOTAL PICTURE SEMINAR

A two-day Immersion into the Collaborative Experience of Filmmaking .

Academy Award winning actor Martin Landau, Oscar-nominated director Mark Rydell and noted playwright/screenwriter Lyle Kessler, who have more than a century of leadership of The Actors Studio program between them, will conduct The Total Picture Seminar, an immersion course in the inter-relationship of the three critical disciplines of narrative film-making – writing, acting and directing. Participation is a key. Writers will submit five minute scenes for consideration, those selected are directed and staged for the camera by Mark Rydell working with a renowned cinematographer. Actors will be cast from the audience and coached by Martin Landau. The scene content will be analyzed and discussed by Lyle Kessler. Clips from movies such as Ed Wood, On Golden Pond, The Rose, Orphans, Crimes and Misdemeanors will also be discussed with the audience.

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