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Attractor Thu, Nov 2 & Fri, Nov 3 | Royce Hall CAP UCLA presents Dancenorth, Lucy Guerin Inc, Gideon Obarzanek and Senyawa Attractor Thu, Nov 2 & Fri, Nov 3 | Royce Hall Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti East Side, MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR West Side, All Around LA Welcome to the Center for the Art of Performance Photo by Ian Maddox The Center for the Art of Performance is not a place. It’s more of a state of mind that embraces experimentation, encourages Welcome to Royce Hall and UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance. a culture of the curious, champions disruptors and dreamers and Tonight’s performance is born out of an extensive collaboration between two supports the commitment and courage of artists. We promote internationally acclaimed and prolific choreographers, Lucy Guerin and Gideon rigor, craft and excellence in all facets of the performing arts. Obarzanek. Both have long been interested in the elastic potential of contempo- rary dance, the social and cultural dimensions of the body in space and time, and the acute practice of crafting surprising frameworks to generate movement. With 2017–18 SEASON VENUES Attractor, Guerin and Obarzanek bring together two of Australia’s leading dance companies–Lucy Guerin Inc (Melbourne) and Dancenorth (Brisbane) - with the full Royce Hall, UCLA Freud Playhouse, UCLA integration of the renowned Indonesian music duo Senyawa, to produce an trans- The Theatre at Ace Hotel Little Theater, UCLA formational state of being both on stage and off. Will Rogers State Historic Park Attractor sets its sights on the gravitational potency of high velocity movement de- ployed within a unique sonic landscape created by Senyawa that blends the heavy UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) is dedicated to the advancement metal influence of bands like Black Sabbath, Metalica and Iron Maiden that they of the contemporary performing arts in all disciplines—dance, music, spoken word listened to in their youth with sounds found in sacred Javanese musical traditions. and theater—as well as emerging digital, collaborative and cross-platforms utilized by The music is carried through hand-made electric instruments designed to evoke today’s leading artists. Part of UCLA’s School of the Arts and Architecture, CAP UCLA the experience of an Indonesian folk ritual. Taken in combination with the dancers curates and facilitates direct exposure to contemporary performance from around the (who are joined on stage by a group of participants sourced from the audience), globe, supporting artists who are creating extraordinary works of art and fostering a the choreography grows organically out of a unique conjoining of cultural practices, vibrant learning community both on and off the UCLA campus. The organization invests eventually surrendering the structural elements of the art of dance to the ecstasy of in the creative process by providing artists with financial backing and time to experiment a completely liberated communal experience. and expand their practices through strategic partnerships, residencies and collaborations. As an influential voice within the local, national, and global arts community, CAP UCLA Tonight is a rare chance to experience a remarkable choreographic collaboration that celebrates the power of human beings to cross national and cultural borders in serves to connect audiences across generations in order to galvinize a living archive of service to artistic exploration where different languages and vernaculars–both in art our culture. and life–find powerful through lines of transformation. cap.ucla.edu —Kristy Edmunds, Executive and Artistic Director #CAPUCLA ARTISTIC CREDITS Direction & Choreography | Gideon Obarzanek and Lucy Guerin Music | Senyawa - Rully Shabara & Wukir Suryadi Dancers | Kyle Page, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Georgia Rudd, Mason Kelly, Samantha Hines, Jack Ziesing and Felix Sampson Produced by Dancenorth Dancenorth Artistic Director | Kyle Page Dancenorth General Manager | Deanna Smart Lighting Designer | Ben Bosco Shaw Audio System Designer | Nick Roux Audio Engineer | Andres Salcedo Sanchez Lighting Realisation | Samuel Doyle Participant & Rehearsal Director | Amber Haines Costume Designer | Harriet Oxley Production Managers | Murray Dempsey and Melanie Stanton Company Manager | Kellie Williams Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti A NOTE ON THIS UNIQUE RITUAL Center for the Art of Performance presents Indonesia’s tour-de-force music duo Senyawa and Melbourne’s choreographic luminaries Lucy Guerin and Gideon Obarzanek join forces with two of Australia’s leading dance companies, Lucy Guerin Inc and Dancenorth. Together they take you on Dancenorth, Lucy Guerin Inc, a unique music/dance ritual. Gideon Obarzanek and Senyawa Senyawa reinterprets the Javanese tradition of entering trance through dance and music as a powerful, secular, present-day ritual. Their unusual sound borrows from the Attractor metal bands they listened to as teenagers – Black Sabbath, Metallica, Iron Maiden – A Unique Music/Dance Ritual and Indonesian ritual and folk idioms. As the performance unfolds, Senyawa’s unique fusion of hand-made electrified stringed instruments with operatic melodies and Thu, Nov 2 and Fri, Nov 3 @ 8pm heavy metal vocals slowly builds to a euphoric pitch while the dancers are propelled into wild physical abandonment and ecstatic release, creating a visceral, empathic Royce Hall experience for the audience. Running time: Approx. 60 mins. | No Intermission Selected members of the audience will be called onto the stage to join the dancers, dissolving the demarcation between dancer and non-dancer, audience and performer, professional and the amateur in a cross-cultural, shared ritual. By crossing these NightCAP : Thu, Nov 2 thresholds, we collectively succumb to the inherent power of music and dance, and Sponsors: experience how they can propel each other into heightened states of energy. CAP UCLA Artist Circle Members are invited to a celebratory toast with the artists in the Royce Hall Donor Lounge after the performance. MESSAGES FROM THE ARTISTS ABOUT THE COMPANY As a major champion of the arts in regional North Queensland Dancenorth balances a dynamic I first met Indonesian music duo Senyawa in Yogyakarta in 2014, when we set off on regional presence with a commitment to creating compelling contemporary dance that tours the globe. Led by Artistic Director, Kyle Page, Dancenorth is an integral part of the Australian a long journey to a remote village in far eastern Java to observe a traditional trance dance ecology making a significant contribution to the dance sector and building literacy around ceremony. After two nights of prayers and offerings to the dead, dancers entered contemporary dance nationally. a state of trance through a series of vigorous performances. Now possessed, they were considered vessels for immortal spirits come to visit the living. To prove this Dancenorth is fast becoming one of Australia’s leading contemporary Dance Company hav- extraordinary transition from human to non-human, they performed shocking acts of ing presented work under Kyle Page’s Artistic Direction (since 2015) in over 11 International Arts pain and strength before being exorcised by Shamans. Festivals and venues around Australia and the world. As a model for making outstanding art in a regional community, Dancenorth has received several accolades including; Australian Dance Award (Best Community Dance Award), a Greenroom Award (Best Ensemble If_Was_) and two While in the village, I reflected on my many years of creating virtuosic stage Helpmann awards for the MFI Commissioned work Attractor, (Best Dance Production and Best productions with highly trained dancers and my own contrasting early experience Choreography in a Ballet, Dance or Physical Theatre Production) along with numerous other in dance. This happened on kibbutz in Israel as a child doing folk dancing where nominations. participation was privileged over performance. I am an atheist but have always been interested in religious art and traditional ceremony. While my folk dancing background Dancenorth empowers and supports artists by providing a creative hub for many artistic voices is not religious, it shares a similar traditional relationship where watching and including a diverse range of choreographers, guest collaborators, artists in residence and dancers. participating, performing and experiencing are all interchangeable. Alongside our professional ensemble and touring productions sits an equally vital pillar of focus, the Enrichment Projects. Dancenorth works with diverse and minority communities across Queensland using dance to support, enhance, inspire and heal—bringing communities together. As contemporary artists performing to secular audiences, Rully, Wukir and I discussed our contradictory interest in traditional music and dance. We pondered why we Dancenorth is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the and other seemingly non-religious people are drawn to this type of ceremonial Arts, its arts funding and advisory body; the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland; performance. We concluded that dance and music can create transcendent states for Townsville City Council; and the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation. participants, through which they become a part of something bigger than themselves. Making Attractor comes from a shared interest to construct rituals for non-believers. ABOUT THE ARTISTS —Gideon Obarzanek, Director Lucy Guerin | Director and choreographer Born in Adelaide, Australia, Lucy graduated from the Centre
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