Sharon Chohi Kim is a voice artist, performer and composer and a 2023 R+D artist. Haenyeo is an emerging interdisciplinary performance reflecting on the relationship between the decline of the free-diving women of Korea called haenyeo and the rise of industrial development and marine habitat loss.
Dear friends, thirteen years ago, I encountered numerous artists in our community who needed help. They were creating new, exciting performances while being burdened with all the risks. My desire to build an infrastructure for them ultimately led to the founding of Los Angeles Performance Practice.
We are thrilled to be part of the L.A. County Arts & Culture Internship program this year! Through L.A. County Arts & Culture, we are able to offer a paid internship to a currently enrolled undergraduate college student or recent graduate.
Shauna Davis is a creator, dancer, and filmmaker and a 2023 R+D artist. Her emerging work SEEDS is an investigation of her family’s history against the backdrop of Miami, posing questions of collective dreaming. Through Shauna’s R+D fellowship, she began to record interviews with her family while seeking out clues in the archives that will inform the next project phase of film and performance
Jennifer Bewerse is a multi-media performer and a R+D For Parents/Guardians artist. Her work in progress, Double Spaces, is an ongoing, posthumous collaboration with artist and close friend Heather Barnes. Jennifer investigated more of inner-workings of the piece through a residency and workshop performance at Antaeus Theatre as part of her R+D fellowship.
Applications have closed! Thank you to all who submitted an application!