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CalArts Dance Ensemble Presents a Tribute to Nina Simone at REDCAT

December 12, 13
8:30 p.m.
$20 general admission

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Los Angeles, November 28 - The Calarts School of Dance's resident faculty ensemble celebrates the artistry of the late Nina Simone with a series of specially created new works in two performances at Calarts' REDCAT theater, located in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Guest artists include choreographer former faculty and honorary alumnus Donald Byrd, and alumna Teri Weikel. Performances begin at 8:30 p.m. each evening. Tickets are $20.00 for general admission seating. Tickets may be purchased at the REDCAT box office located at the corner of 2nd and Hope streets, calling 213-237-2800 or online by clicking here.

The program features ten new works all created in tribute to the spirit of Nina Simone, whose music will be an integral component of many of the pieces. Choreographers include Donald Byrd; Cristyne Lawson, long-time dean of the CalArts School of Dance; Colin Conner, Lyndon Branaugh and Tina Yuan Lems of the CalArts School of Dance faculty. Guest performers include school of dance alumni Iris Andersen, Diana Mehoudar, Teri Weikel and Qi Zhang, as well as Myshia Moten.

The specific program includes:

WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES
Choreography by Cristyne Lawson
Performed by Iris Andersen, Nathifa Cox, Jessica Emmanuel, Diana Mehoudar, Katiana
Rush, Teri Weikel and Qi Zhang

IMAGES
Choreographed by Cristyne Lawson
Performed by Nathifa Cox, Myshia Moten and Katiana Rush

PLEASE READ ME
Choreography by Colin Connor
Performed by Qi Zhang

NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE
Choreographed by Lyndon Branaugh
Performed by Jonathan Fredrickson, Kerry Sneed and Kenji Yamaguchi

BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY TRUE LOVE'S HAIR
Choreography by Lyndon Branaugh
Performed by Diana Mehoudar

FUNKIER THAN A MOSQUITO'S TWEETER
Choreographed by Colin Connor
Performed by Bela Shen and Brooke Smiley

UNDER THE LOWEST
Choreographed by Tina Yuan Lems
Performed by Iris Andersen

COTTON EYED JOE
Choreographed and performed by Kerry Sneed

MISSISSIPPI GODDAM
Choreographed by Donald Byrd
Performed by Teri Weikel

FOUR WOMEN/WHEN I WAS IN MY PRIME
Choreographed by Cristyne Lawson
Performed by Nathifa Cox, Jessica Emmanuel, Myshia Moten and Katiana Rush

REDCAT, a technologically advanced black box performance space, 3,000 sq. ft. art gallery and lounge located within Walt Disney Concert Hall complex in downtown Los Angeles, is a natural extension of CalArts, an institution that has been long known for challenging artistic traditions and enabling young artists to learn from--but also to question--some of the world's top practitioners in each artistic discipline. This same spirit of heightened cultural and civic discourse is what brings REDCAT to life.

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