Symposium

Thursday, September 26 to Friday, September 27, 2013

A GLORIOUS CONVERGENCE!
Contemporary Theater: An Interdisciplinary Art Form

Join influential artists, producers, presenters, scholars, cultural organizers and funders for an inspiring exploration of the future of contemporary theater and the performing arts in a Professional Symposium convening Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27 in conjunction with Radar L.A., an international festival of contemporary theater. The festival and symposium focus on contemporary performing arts with special attention to interdisciplinary approaches. Some of the world’s most influential artists and ensembles will gather for the event, which features new premieres and commissions by artists from Los Angeles, as well as Latin America and the Pacific Rim.

REGISTRATION

Your registration includes a five-performance Flex Pass (normally $75), plus admission to two other performances that are part of the Symposium schedule. To download the registration form and make performance selections: click here

For more information contact:
Deena Selenow, Symposium Coordinator
symposium.redcat@calarts.edu
213.237.2865

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Celebrate the changing landscape of the contemporary performing arts field as colleagues predict and provoke the future of the form(s). With a special focus on interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches, we investigate the ways to navigate the evolution of contemporary culture, and find ways to support the discovery of new platforms and approaches.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
LATC LOBBY
9:30 AM Welcome and Introduction
LATC: THEATER 3
Mark Murphy, Executive Director, REDCAT
Diane Rodriguez, Associate Producer/Director of New Play Production, Center Theatre Group
Olga Garay-English, Executive Director, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs
10:00 AM Artist Manifestos and Predictions
LATC: THEATER 3
Moderated by Diane Rodriguez (Associate Producer/Director of New Play Production, Center Theatre Group)

Basil Twist, Puppeteer and Theater Artist
Marleen Scholten, Wunderbaum
Mariano Pensotti, Director
Alice Tuan (playwright)
Claudio Valdés Kuri, Director, Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes

11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM Conversation: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Moderated by Mark Murphy

Claudio Valdés Kuri, Director, Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes
Angela Mattox, Artistic Director, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
David Roussève, Director, David Roussève/REALITY

12:30 PM Lunch: boxed lunches provided
LATC LOBBY
2 PM Pre-selected Performances
El Gallo
The Million Dollar Theater
307 S Broadway
— OR —
Hospital
The Tower Theater
802 S Broadway
4 PM Reception
LES NOCES DU FIGARO BISTRO
618 S Broadway, adjacent to the Palace Theatre
7:30 PM Avant Premiere of Stones In Her Mouth
THE PALACE THEATER
by Lemi Ponifasio/MAU
and other festival performances
10:30 PM Radar L.A. Late Night Lounge

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

9 AM Continental Breakfast
LATC LOBBY
10 AM Artist Talk: Lemi Ponifasio (MAU)
LATC 3
11 AM Break
11 AM Topic-specific conversations explore the blurring of boundaries

LATC 2
Creating Theatrical Content for Our Urban Centers – Location Matters
- Artists and field experts discuss the role of the arts in urban settings. The discussion will address the role that artists are playing in re-vitalizing urban centers: direct artistic interventions and creative place-making with an urban planning focus.
Manuel Orjuela (You Should Have Stayed Home, Morons)
and National Performance Networks' Elizabeth Doud, translator
MK Wegmann (President and CEO, National Performance Network)
Deborah Cullinan (Executive Director, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts)
Moderated by Olga Garay-English (Executive Director, Department of Cultural Affairs)
— OR —

LATC 3
Dramaturgy Across Disciplines: Approaches to Dance, Theater, Opera and New Forms
Moderated by Pier Carlo Talenti, Resident Dramaturg/Literary Manager, Center Theatre Group

Tobias Kokkelmans, Dramaturg, Wunderbaum
Tina Kronis, Artistic Director, Theatre Movement Bazaar
Jose Luis Valenzuela, Artistic Director, Latino Theatre Company

1 PM Closing Remarks
LATC 3
1:30 PM Closing Light Lunch Reception
LATC LOBBY

Read the Speaker Biographies

QUESTIONS?
Deena Selenow
Symposium Coordinator
symposium.redcat@calarts.edu
213.237.2865 (phone)
213.237.2811 (fax)

Download the registration form