“an elegant execution of multi-disciplinary art in a disruptive mixed environment.” —Citizens of Culture
Our Los Angeles Exchange [LAX] Festival launches its fifth year of programming on Thursday, October 5th, 2017 with the return of THE SERIES, a performance/party curated by Nicole Disson. THE SERIES is a multi-disciplinary live performance event that infuses social experiences with the performing and visual arts, and has previously taken place Upstairs at Ace Hotel, The Rooftop of The Standard DTLA, and as part of the first and second iterations of the LAX Festival.
THE SERIES will feature at least three dozen local and remarkable artists as the point of departure for the rest of the festival. The singular event will premiere new contemporary dance works from, Hexagon Dance Collective and Micaela Taylor. There will be live musical performances by composer Lewis Pesacov (Fools Gold), Nick Thorburn (Islands), singer Zsela Thompson, harpist Alison Bjorkedal, angelic vocalist Jodie Landau, and bands Moded and Night Cruise.
An array of performance art and installations will take shape throughout the Bootleg Theater’s space with new work from The Series writer-in-residence, poet Mandy Kahn (Collage Culture and Math, Heaven, Time), performance artist D’Arcy French Myerson, video artist Jesse Garrison and DJing by Dublab. The list is growing.
Nicole Disson is an producer, actor and curator known for her cross-genre career and ability to cultivate talent. Nicole’s producing work ranges from film to live performances and special events. She has collaborated with renowned artists, including Lita Albuquerque, Zoe Cassavetes, Quentin Dupieux, Benjamin Millepied and activist Ariana Delawari, and worked with brands ranging from Mercedes-Benz to The Getty Museum. As an actor, she has performed at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum), REDCAT and the SOHO House and in numerous films and commercials. She is proud to call Los Angeles home.
About THE SERIES
A multi-disciplinary community driven event, THE SERIES cross-pollinates a social experience with performing and visual arts. Founded by Nicole Disson in 2010, THE SERIES pairs top and emerging talent in the fields of contemporary dance, sound art, music, playwriting, poetry, theater and other performance and art disciplines—most of whom haven’t worked together previously—to collaborate on original pieces. Inspired by rule-breaking productions of surrealist theater and experimental immersive contemporary dance, THE SERIES is part show and part event that blurs the line between audience and performer.
During the five plus years since its inception, THE SERIES has brought together a huge number of celebrated artists to participate in its shows, including its writer-in-residence, poet Mandy Kahn, choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project, HAIM, IO ECHO, experimental theater troupe Poor Dog Group, artist Alia Penner, choreographer Kitty McNamee’s Hysterica Dance Co., choreographer Danielle Agami’s Ate9, writer Jacqueline Suskin and POEM STORE, TEARIST, Julia Holter, Mia Doi Todd and actors Tessa Thompson, Jena Malone and Jason Ritter, to name just a few.
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