MUSIC
PERLA BATALLA continues to wow audiences around the world. Her recent performance at Soka brought tears and standing ovations, and it was so fun to see Maria Muldaur as well. Check Perla's dates here and let us know if you want to see a show; including CAPUCLA's Discoteca Batalla on April 18, and Live Climate in NYC on April 23! Fill-in dates through mid-October, and taking requests for 20/21. Perla tours Europe in November!
"Onstage, offstage, digital, or analog, I love Perla Batalla." -Leonard Cohen
ADAAWE' celebrated Martin Luther King Day in Leimert Park with local radio legend Aundrae Russell, they premiere new works at the World Stage on March 14th, and are looking forward to raising awareness and funds for Jewish World Watch's "March to End Genocide" in Beverly Hills on April 26. They are available for fill-in dates in Southern California for summer 2020, and nationally for the 2020-21 concert season.
"This is something rare: a work which is both entertaining and educational." -Tasmin Grainger, The Wee Review
ARTES LATINAS: Calle Sur celebrates its 20th anniversary! Ed and Karin will commemorate this landmark with the creation of a new album, “Cancún,” which mixes traditional and original tunes with jazz piano (https://youtu.be/wQk-BP1SQkM). Los Llaneros and Americas3 invite you to their joint show at the Old Town School of Folk music on May 20 in Chicago. Americas3 is seeking block booking partners Oct 22, 23, or 24.
EL VEZ launches El Vez for Prez, 2020 and has fill-n dates this spring and summer, Day of the Dead, and Christmas, 2020. He is also available to emcee events. Additionally, Robert Lopez's new show The Unhappy Hour is gaining traction!
"Elvis con salsa" -People Magazine
"When can you come back?" That's the word from our presenters after hosting BLUES IS A WOMAN this January on our Central California Tour - Montgomery Theater (San Jose), Gallo Theater (Modesto), Fox Theater (Visalia). Thank you Turnaround Artists! Next stop Seattle and Port Angeles in May.
Just in: PAMELA ROSE will co-curate a month of educational concerts for SFJAZZ in March 2021 - celebrating women songwriters from 1900 to Joni Mitchell.
"Pamela and her crew created a magical show that was fun, educational, and kick-ass!" -Tim Jackson, Artistic Director, Monterey Jazz Festival
VAL VIGODA, offers her PEAK Aliveness Musical Keynote, and Just Getting Good for all ages. Ask about her outreach offerings, and 1-minute Songs. She will be heading east for Live Climate in 2020, and has openings for East Coast states in the spring!
"Valerie Vigoda unleashes a diva-worthy torrent of passion..." -The Washington Post
JOSELYN WILKINSON & DON BARAZZO released their Americana single, "All it Takes is Time" on Spotify and iTunes, watch the music video premiere. Their song uses the Missouri River in their native Montana as a metaphor for the forces that unite or divide us, from our closest relationships to partisan differences too big to cross. They are available for fill-in dates in California for summer 2020, and for the 2020-21 concert season in the western region.
"This is music for the ears and heart, but also the mind and the soul." -Taran Schindler, Grand Annex Music Hall
YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE played a sold out concert of its Soul of Spain concert program with guest gypsy flamenco artists at Corazon Performance Arts in Los Angeles. The concert described on NPR KCRW was: “An extraordinary testament to music’s transforming power and inspirational reach.” See highlights.
"In his compositions all differences disappear, even for just a moment, to let the real soul of peace, shalom, salaam enter the heart." -Rabbi David Zaslow
SPECIAL PROJECTS
FLYAWAY PRODUCTIONS The Wait Room tours to the Boom Arts Festival in Portland, OR on June 26-28th. Part 2 of the Decarcation Trilogy — Meet Us Quickly With Your Mercy— premieres October 9-17, 2020 in San Francisco. Mercy is a public art project that asks the question, “How can Black and Jewish Voices amplify the call for racial justice via an end to mass incarceration?”
"intimidatingly creative" -The San Francisco Chronicle
GEORGE CHAKIRIS, Academy Award Winner, is available for appearances and to do Q&A's in front of any of his movies, especially West Side Story.
He will be at Redford Theater in Detroit at the end of March.
"What a special night. George knocked it out of the park.. He was so gracious!.. He's just a gem... The happiness he brought to so many last night was delightful."
-Jen Maxcy, Skirball Cultural Center
Wonderful TOMÁŠ KUBÍNEK is preparing a road-trip across America. His travel-companion is a little Coast Redwood he's been watering 3 years since it sprouted. He will plant it in a grove once he reaches northern California to live out it's 2,000+ years.
Other trip highlights include touring his solo-show through the wilds of Alaska, as well as collaborating with Iowa City's Hancher Auditorium to mastermind this summer's Big Splash! extravaganza.
Stay tuned!
"Hilarious and enormously talented."
-Time Out Magazine, London
DANCE
AXIS DANCE COMPANY is making connections and sparking joy in audiences across the world, as they redefine dance and disability in 2020. They recently completed a fantastic run of performances and workshops at the Holland Dance Festival in the Netherlands, where they presented their work alongside acclaimed companies including Nederlands Dans Theater & Batsheva Dance Company. They then headed back to the US and performed to standing ovations in Austin and Colorado Springs. This April and May, they're gearing up for a series of performances across four cities in Switzerland and engaging their local Bay Area community with their annual Dance Access Day and Family Matinée.
"Fearless and contemporary...inventive and reinvigorated."
-San Francisco Chronicle
International, British-Israeli sensation Rachel Erdos is in residence with BACKHAUSDANCE for a month-long incubation period to create her acclaimed work Q&A [The 36 Questions]. They will tour the 50-minute, interactive dance-theater work in 2020-2021.
"A fluid, unforced fusion of classical and contemporary dance." -The Brooklyn Rail
CITADEL + COMPAGNIE is happy to see that conference season was successful with touring in early 2021 in the works to the U.S.. In the meantime, they are preparing for two audience favorite remounts in their home theatre: James Kudelka’s Four Old Legs in April and Laurence Lemieux’s Les Paradis Perdus / Remix in May.
"Sophisticated and highly self-aware." -Fjord Review
HIP HOP FUNDAMENTALS
Hip Hop Fundamentals is an award-winning team of diverse professional Breakdancers dedicated to Hip Hop Education,
combining academic and social content. As certified teaching artists, seasoned performers, and battle-tested dancers, they are passionately driven to inspire audiences/participants of all ages. They work with schools, community sites, cultural/social organizations, museums, educational conferences and government agencies.
PACIFICO DANCE COMPANY celebrates its 29th season this summer with a new program! This journey through Mexico’s past is a cultural explosion of movement, music and color that crystalizes ancient folk traditions into a dynamic and captivating vision for today. Joining Pacífico on this journey is Mariachi Los Toros. A Western block is in process for Latin Heritage month this fall. Day of the Dead is still available.
"...elegant, beautifully costumed dancers...the evening reached its peak of visual and aural entertainment." - Los Angeles Times
RIRIE-WOODBURY DANCE COMPANY ended February with a sold-out performance with Ballet West and members of American Ballet Theatre and the Royal Ballet in Salt Lake City and two sold-out performances at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta in Ivins, UT. The Company is currently seeking performance and residency partners in the West and Northwest during the spring of 2021.
NIKOLAIS DANCE THEATRE is available for 21/22 touring.
"The experience was powerful and transformative for our community--and the impact will be long lasting." -The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College
Santa Barbara's renowned STATE STREET BALLET, in it's 25th year, are looking forward to The Sleeping Beauty in the spring! CHAPLIN is looking for a SoCal date April 18-21, 2021, en route to its debut in Switzerland! The Jungle Book is available as well! Stay tuned for a new production of The Little Mermaid....
"Full-throttle modern choreography in the service of narrative art."
-Santa Barbara Independent |
