A convening of ideas, new work, and conversations in performance.
September 25th – 29th, 2019
The Vortex // 2341 E Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90021
All events are wheelchair-accessible, personal aids/care-givers admitted free of charge, service animals are welcome. Please contact us in advance for further information on entry and accessibility [email protected]
CASUAL
Hosted by d. Sabela grimes
Wednesday September 25, 2019 // 8:00p
It’s the launch of our new work-in-process series, a program that aims to fill the void in Los Angeles of opportunities to show new work that lives between the spark of an idea and a full presentation. With regularity and community support, CASUAL is about creating space for critical feedback that feels useful to the artist’s practice and the creation of new work.
Featuring work from Maya Gurantz, Kate Ladenheim, Jinglin Liao, & Isaac Schankler
The Hybrid Lab: Conversations in Merging Dance Cultures
Curated by Amy O’Neal
Friday September 27, 2019 // 7:30p
An evening of short works in development by artists who embody a practice of multiple dance cultures with hip hop and house dance at the center.
Featuring work from Aisha and Stephen, Tom Tsai, Alex and Jesse from SyntheSoul, and Amy O’Neal
Open Space LA: Making Performance in Los Angeles
Saturday September 28, 2019 // 12:00p – 6:00p
Artists, designers, technicians, administrators, presenters, and advocates of performance are invited to join this radical problem-solving forum. An Open Space is a creative conferencing process in which the topics and outcomes are determined entirely by the participants. We’ll gather together at The Vortex for conversations based around making new performance work in Los Angeles.
For more information on Open Space Technology please visit the resources below:
https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/about-open-space-technology
https://transitionnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/How-to-run-an-Open-Space-event.pdf
“In Open Space meetings, events and organizations, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance, such as: What is the strategy, group, organization or community that all stakeholders can support and work together to create?”
– Michael Hermon, openspaceworld.org
BITE
Curated & developed by Austyn Rich
Saturday September 28, 2019 // 8:00p
BITE is a new event curated and developed by dancer/choreographer, Austyn Rich. Music, food, and performance are blended together in an interactive evening designed to unwind and elevate.
Featuring Austyn Rich, Sensational Bobbi, Julian, Algorhythm Code, and Mallory Fabian
Food by Vegan Eatz with Ray
WORKSHOP: Cultural Work is Work
Led by Cordelia Istel & Chris Tyler
Sunday September 29, 2019 // 12:00p – 2:00p
So, you’re thinking UNION but don’t know where to start? This session will share tools necessary to begin organizing your colleagues, examine intersections between cultural work and the labor movement, and explore alternative systems of accountability to keep us all empowered.
WORKSHOP: Speculative Human-Machine Choreographies
Led by Selwa Sweidan in collaboration with Michael Coty
Sunday September 29, 2019 // 3:00p – 5:00p
A hands-on workshop engaging in play with miniature and rudimentary bots. Collaboratively play to create mini-bot choreographies.
Work in Progress: I’m just happy to be here
Cristina Fernandez
Sunday September 29, 2019 // 6:00p
An exploration of the
Maybe’s
The
What If’s
And the
In Between
Legacy,
Rebellion,
And
Losing your Matria
When does an image no longer serve and how does the word become flesh?
The more things change do the more they stay the same?
Is a thing about a thing the thing; Or is the thing the thing?
Conceived/Performed by Cristina Fernandez
in Conversation/Collaboration with Jennie MaryTai Liu
Work in Progress: Portals to the Alter-Culture
Scarlett Kim and Parch Es
Sunday September 29, 2019 // 8:00p
What if there was an entirely separate set of inhabitants in Los Angeles, with completely different and non-overlapping cultural references? They may watch TV, but they’ve never seen any of the shows we know about. They love music, but they’ve never heard of Michael Jackson. You would never encounter any of them, as they only go to places you would never in your life think or know to visit. Who are these people? Do they know about us? If you met them, would you know?
