Milka Djordjevich // ANTHEM

THUR–SUN, JUNE 7–10, 2018

“Perfectly unleashed… with a brazen, sensual and blessedly chaotic force.” —The New York Times

Questioning contemporary dance’s predisposition towards neutrality, authenticity and the de-sexualization of the female body, ANTHEM embraces theatricality, virtuosity and sass. The work weaves together existing and imagined vernacular dance styles to explore labor, play, and feminine-posturing. Four women execute a repetitive yet complex movement vocabulary that evolves as they rotate hypnotically within the confines of a square. Over time, the meditative rigor of their steps dissolves into a tangle of commotion, blurring the distinction between the mundane and the glamorous.

PERFORMANCE TIMES
THUR, JUNE 7 at 10PM
SAT, JUNE 9 at 10PM
SUN, JUNE 10 at 3PM
SUN, JUNE 10 at 7PM

LOCATION
GHEBALY GALLERY // 2245 E Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles. CA 90021

// GET TICKETS //
$20 General Admission

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Choreography / Milka Djordjevich
Performance / Laurel Atwell, Jessica Cook, Dorothy Dubrule and devika wickremesinghe
Music / Chris Peck
Lighting / Madeline Best
Costume Design / Naomi Luppescu
Assistant Costume Design / Baille Younkman

ANTHEM premiered October 2017 at the Los Angeles Exchange (LAX) Festival and is commissioned by the Chocolate Factory Theater and Los Angeles Performance Practice. ANTHEM was made possible in part by the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, a Pennington Dance Group SPACE GRANT @ ARC Pasadena and the Z. Clark Branson Foundation.