More Information About Dismantling Self

Website

http://www.highwaysperformance.org/

Description

Inspired by the by the writings of OSHO, emerging artist Yalj navigates a team of collaborators in an expedition of the dichotomy of self in an evening filled with suggestive and illustrative ideas, manipulating the clichés with both humor and sensitivity. Collective Movement develops a unique style of performance combining live music with a recorded sound score. These profound meditations on an ever-changing human landscape mix abstraction and stylization, surrealism and realism, dance and theater.

Dismantling Self is a Collective Movement Project with multimedia attributes in collaboration with Artist’s Gone Awry director Annika Kay and direction by Vincent Tula. It features live original music by Alex Sadnik. Sadnik’s music is political and irreverent, thoughtful and simplistic, grooving and meditative. Although rooted in jazz, he gains inspiration from classical, rock, hip-hop, and ambient electronic. The movement is enacted by Yalj, Lavinia Findikoglu, Jodie Mashburn, Rachel Butler-Green.

About the Ticket Supplier: Highways Performance Space

Highways Performance Space is Southern California's boldest center for new performance. Founded in 1989, Highways continues to be an important alternative cultural center in Los Angeles that encourages fierce new artists from diverse communities to develop and present innovative works.

Highways promotes the development of contemporary socially involved artists and art forms. Our mission is implemented through four programs (the performance space, workshop/university program and two galleries). Annually, Highways co-presents approximately 250 performances by solo dramatic artists, small theater groups, dance companies and spoken word artists; curates and exhibits approximately 12 contemporary visual art exhibits per year with work that explores the boundaries between performing and visual art forms; commissions and premieres new work by outstanding performing artists; organize special events, curate festival, offer residency and educational programs that engage community members in the arts while providing access to professionally-directed instruction.