Contact: Jessica Wolf, Communications Manager [email protected] 310.825.7789 Image Library: cap.ucla.edu/press CENTER FOR THE ART OF PERFORMANCE AT UCLA 2013-2014 SEASON 2012-2013 Venues Royce Hall 340 Royce Drive Parking: Lot 5 Schoenberg Hall 445 Charles E. Young Dr., East Parking: Lot 2 Freud Playhouse at Macgowan Hall 245 Charles E. Young Dr., East Parking: Lot 3 Little Theater at Macgowan Hall 245 Charles E. Young Dr., East Parking: Lot 3 Fowler Museum at UCLA 308 Charles E. Young Dr., North The Actor’s Gang at The Ivy Substation 9070 Venice Blvd. Culver City 90232 Parking: Street/Lot Ticket information : UCLA Central Ticket Office 310.825.2101 Subscription packages on sale April 23. Individual tickets on sale July 11. Ticket prices listed are advertised price. Season subscriptions in Theater, Dance, Spoken Word, Jazz, Roots/Folk, Global Music, Contemporary Music, Tune-In Festival L.A., Family and Royce Choice include a 15 percent discount off advertised price. Create-Your-Own subscriptions of five or more performances include a 10 percent discount. *Indicates no-discount shows. **Indicates UCLA student ticket price. All prices and programs are subject to change. Calendar of Events SEPTEMBER The Moth: Saints and Sinners Spoken Word/ Royce Hall Tues., Sept. 10 – 8 p.m. $50/40/$35/$40/$25/$15** Outlaws and angels, on the cusp of darkness or drawn to the light. Join us for true stories of haloes and horns, good and evil, the naughty and the nice and those who dabble on both sides of the spectrum. The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling, and a recipient of a 2012 MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 1 of 18 Institutions (MACEI). The Moth has presented more than 3,000 stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. The Moth podcast is downloaded more than 15 million times a year, and the Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour, produced by Jay Allison and presented by PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, airs weekly on radio stations nationwide. Directed by Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns and Sarah Austin Jenness LACO 1: Mozart - Violin Concerto, Turkish Classical Music / Royce Hall Sun., Sept. 22 – 7 p.m. $90/$55/$25 Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Benjamin Beilman, violin Beethoven Twelve Contredanses for Orchestra Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, "Turkish" Lutosławski Chain 2 Kodály Dances of Galánta Complicite: Shun-kin Theater/Freud Playhouse at Macgowan Hall Thurs., Sep 26 – 8 p.m.(Performance and Benefit Gala) Fri.-Sun., Sept. 27-29 at 8 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., Sept. 28-29 at 2 p.m. $85/$50/$20 WEST COAST PREMIERE Based on the writings of Jun’ichiro Tanizaki; Directed by Simon McBurney ; Original Music by Honjo Hidetaro; In Japanese with English surtitles The mysterious world of shamisen player Shun-kin and her dutiful servant Sasuke sets the backdrop for a tale of devotion, passion and power, where beauty is unforgiving and love is blinding. This powerful performance from a Japanese cast—including film actress Eri Fukatsu and celebrated actor Yoshi Oida— is based on texts of Japanese author Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, who examined the sequestered lives of women in pre-modern Japanese society. He compared them to the traditional bunraku puppets which were designed mainly in the shape of a long kimono— only a head, feet and hands animate them. The suggestion, said Tanizaki, was that “for a woman who lived in the dark it was enough if she had a faint, white face—a full body was unnecessary.” Through intricately executed puppetry and Complicite’s inimitable physical style, Shun-kin explores the connections between beauty and violence, amplified by the singular craftsmanship of the company’s long-running exploration of theatrical animation. Founded in 1983, London’s Complicite is an internationally acclaimed theater company led by artistic director Simon McBurney . The company has won more than 50 major theater awards worldwide. September 26, 2013 CAP UCLA will host a fundraiser and benefit performance of Complicite’s Shun-kin . Proceeds go to underwrite CAP UCLA’s 2013-2014 theater series. Shun-kin is presented in association with RADAR L.A., an international festival of contemporary theater. Supported in part by the Royce Center Circle Endowment Fund. Deer Tick Roots/UCLA Bruin Plaza Thu., Sept. 26 – 12 p.m. FREE Deer Tick is an alt-country band from Providence, Rhode Island—the brainchild of John McCauley, principal songwriter and front man. McCauley evolved the band from a solo project after years of do-it-yourself touring. He has honed his voice and sharpened his playing and now CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 2 of 18 leads one of the most interesting bands in the very crowded intersection of rock and roots music. The band is well-versed in a broad range of styles—roadhouse country, honky-tonk, the Bakersfield sound and more—and they use all of these languages to render a singular voice of rocking intensity. Live, the band is known for high-energy performances that combine the prolific original catalog of McCauley with a few well-placed (and perfectly executed) covers. Presented in association with the Student Committee for the Arts (SCA) as part of UCLA Welcome Week. Free and open to the public. Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette, Gary Peacock: 30th Anniversary Tour Jazz/ Royce Hall Sat., Sept. 28 – 8 p.m. *$95/$90/$55/$45/$35/$15** Comprising what is irrefutably one of the most important jazz trios of all time, pianist Keith Jarrett , drummer Jack DeJohnette and bassist Gary Peacock have been interpreting standards and writing originals for three decades. In the process, they’ve reached musical heights that only true masters attain. Live, they straddle the line between straight ahead and free jazz like no other ensemble, using classic repertoire as a launching pad for spellbinding virtuosity, stunning rhythmic counterpoint and thoughtful solo work. With a near-psychic connection between them, Jarrett, DeJohnette and Peacock can lock into a groove or an idea where anything is possible. OCTOBER Lucy Guerin Inc: Weather Dance/ Royce Hall Thu.-Fri., Oct. 3 -4 at 8 p.m. *$50/$45/$40/$35/$30/$20** From Lucy Guerin, one of Australia’s most renowned choreographic talents, comes an atmospheric new dance work that embodies human patterns within those of the elements. Guerin has toured her work extensively in Europe, Asia and North America as well as to most of Australia’s major festivals and venues. She has been commissioned by Chunky Move, Dance Works Rotterdam, Ricochet (UK), Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project and Lyon Opera Ballet among many others. Her awards include the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award, a New York Dance and Performance Award (a ‘Bessie’), several Green Room Awards, a Helpmann Award and an Australian Dance Award. Commissioned by Lucy Guerin Inc., Melbourne Festival, Brisbane Festival and Place des Arts Montréal. Supported in part by The Australia Council for theArts, Arts Victoria, Besen Family Foundation and Ian Potter Foundation. Dave Holland Prism and The John Scofield Überjam Band Jazz/ Royce Hall Sat., Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. $60/$50/$40/$35/$30/$15** Dave Holland—one of the greatest upright bass players in jazz history—debuts his aptly-named Prism project in Los Angeles with this performance. The band features ingenious keyboardist Craig Taborn , former SFJAZZ Collective drummer Eric Harland and Kevin Eubanks , a brilliant guitarist who led The Tonight Show band for years. Combining the celebrated virtuosity of Taborn on electric and acoustic pianos and the soulful fire of Eubanks in the frontline with Harland’s matchless finesse and expressiveness, this decidedly plugged-in quartet is an explosive outlet for Holland at his best. Electric guitarist John Scofield returns to Royce Hall. This time around, he presents his raucous, electronic-infused Überjam Band featuring Andy Hess on bass, rhythm guitarist Avi Bortnick , and Tony Mason behind the drum kit. Together they create a dizzying fusion of jazz, funk, atmospheric and electronic music. CAP UCLA 2013-2014 Chronological Calendar Page 3 of 18 Presented in association with The Jazz Bakery and the Angel City Jazz Festival–L.A.’s only non- commercial jazz and new music festival – a celebration of cutting-edge jazz at four exciting venues stretching over two weekends. Visit angelcityjazz.com for the complete lineup. Idan Raichel Project Global Music/ Royce Hall Thu., Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. $75/$55/$40/$35/$30/$15** Idan Raichel began his musical journey by inviting collaborations from artists across generations and ethnicities—singing in languages as diverse as Hebrew, Spanish, Arabic, Amharic and Swahili. The resulting albums exceeded sales records in Israel, made Raichel his country’s biggest musical breakthrough, and sold more than half a million records worldwide. The Project was honored as the “Musical Group of the Decade” in Israel in2010. As described by The New York Times : “His arrangements bind the voices together in somber minor-mode anthems paced by electronic beats, earnestly seeking to uplift.” The Project’s blend of African, Latin American, Caribbean and Middle Eastern sounds, coupled with a spectacular live show, captivates audiences worldwide. Robert Wilson, Philip Glass, Lucinda Childs: Creating Einstein on the Beach Spoken Word/Royce Hall Sat., Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. $50/$40/$35/$30/$25/$15** In 1976, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson and Lucinda Childs premiered their epic non-narrative operatic collaboration entitled Einstein on the Beach . It has since been hailed as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century.