LA C&D presents soulful, imaginative dance that takes audience members on a journey of self-discovery. At this year’s festival, we present the complete HEART Parts 1-4.
Inspired by seeing medical images of her own heart during a TTE, Artistic Director/Choreographer Louise Reichlin and the company have created HEART to explore our connected, hive-like universe, which to Reichlin is much like the heart itself. Part I was premiered at the Ivy Substation in Culver City in July, Part II, premiered at the festival last year, is now Part 4, and new this year are Parts 2 and 3.
HEART Parts I-4 (2022-25)
Music by Elbow, Secondo coro delle lavandaie(feat. Maria Violenza), Hedningarna, Black Violin
“The 6 performers begin with disjointed machinations and wordless vocalizations, which eventually lead into arcing and circling pathways, pulling each dancer into orbit as they interacted. The dance distinguishes the individual dancers through personalized shapes and gestures while also wrapping them together with the use of mutual partnerships, lifts, and supports. This connection continued to unfold as the dancers evoked the ebbing and flow of the pulsing heart while bleeding into different groupings.
Louise Reichlin continues to pursue stories and themes that are timeless and is not afraid to revisit her own creative history in order to evolve it as the world continues to change around her. This approach is something Modern Dance choreographers like Reichlin do very well. Rather than follow the immediate trend, they look for underlying currents that run deep into the human experience.” – LA Dance Review
Selections from The Tennis Dances (1979)
Music by Stravinsky, Mihaud, Haussman, Mayazumi, Gassman, Sala, Trad. arr. by Sprung, Fanshawe Choreography – Louise Reichlin
“Clever evocations of theatre dance styles…everything from Fokine and Graham to Bejart and beyond, all unified by rackets and nets and tennis balls.” – Los Angeles Times.
Dancers: Coree McKee Gonzalez, Alice Lousen, Carmen Tienda, Sophie Kim, Ashley Magana, Phia Sucevich, Mauricio La Fuente, Bogdan Shcherbakov, Anisa Johnson, Sydney Richardson
Company Information:
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Photo by Taso Papadakis
Photo by Taso Papadakis
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