Pilipina/o American Writers/Visual Artists in LA - Call for Submissions
Please spread the news! Thanks much!
Issue # 9 Editorial Board
Los Angeles
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2001 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - DISORIENT JOURNALZINE-ISSUE 9
Disorient, an Asian Pacific American literary arts publication invites
submissions for an upcoming issue devoted to Pilipina/o American writers &
visual artists from Los Angeles. This issue's aim is to provide a showcase
for the diverse and emerging talents of writers and visual artists from the
LA Pilipina/o American community. Submissions will be accepted through
e-mail and postal mail.
DEADLINE
Submissions must be postmarked/sent to Editorial Board member's e-mail In
Boxes by May 1st, 2001. Targeted release date is July 2001.
CATEGORIES
1) Poetry & Prose
… We invite traditional and experimental work and highly encourage
submissions from new voices & emerging writers.
… Submit two typewritten copies of each prose or poetry submission if sent
by post.
… Prose maximum word count: 2,500 words
2) Critical essays, commentaries or nonfiction narratives
Reviews of poetry publications, performances, or performance spaces
Interviews of poets or organizers of poetry events
… All submissions should ultimately help illustrate the diversity as well
as the distinctiveness, comprising the landscape of Pilipina/o poetics in
Los Angeles.
… Submissions are encouraged to address any of these topics: Histories,
Evolution and/or adaptation, Specific styles, genres and themes, Diversity
and/or "common threads," Poetry in the context of margins and mainstreams.
3) Black and White Art (photographs, sketches, drawings, paintings, graphic
art, doodles on napkins)
… Visual Artists & Photographers must submit original work.
… Photographs/Photocopies of artwork are acceptable, as well as high res
scans (please no 72 dpi jpegs).
… Submissions must lend themselves to black & white reproduction.
… Please attach title(s) to your submission(s).
4) Special Section - Discourses is a literary project that seeks to
de-essentialize questions of Asian Pacific American identity though
collaborations between APA writers and those beyond the APA community.
Because this issue of the journal is devoted to LA Pilipina/o American
writing, Discourses will reflect the breadth of our diasporic communities
by encouraging a global dialogue.
… Emerging and established writers and artists dealing with issues related
to the local and global Pilipina/o community are encouraged to submit work
that addresses any of these topics: Place, Body, Time, Masters & Slaves,
Possession, Imagining, Emergence, Memory, Territory, Labor, Gender &
Protest. There can be numerous sites of address & the themes merely serve
as an interstice between texts from one side of the globe and another.
… Writers and artists must be from either Los Angeles or outside the United
States.
… Please specify which topics the submission addresses.
… All fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry submissions under 3000 words
will be considered.
… Visual Art (to be published in black and white) may be submitted
electronically.
… Preference will be given to unpublished material. Simultaneous
submissions to other publications are unacceptable.
… Please send submissions to:
Michelle Dizon
Discourses Editor
Disorient Journalzine
2008 S. Robertson Boulevard #1
Los Angeles, CA 90034
GENERAL GUIDELINES
… Geographic restrictions: writers and visual artists must be from Los Angeles.
… Non- English writing is welcome if accompanied by English translation.
Work will be published in both original language and translation.
… Unpublished material is preferred. Simultaneous submissions to other
publications are unacceptable.
… Submissions must include a cover letter stating your name, category of
submission, the title(s) of your piece(s) contact address, telephone
number, e-mail address (if applicable) and a brief 2-4 sentence author bio.
… Materials will be returned if a self-addressed envelope and appropriate
postage accompanies the submission, otherwise it will be recycled.
… Rights revert to the author upon publication with the provision that
Disorient receives credit.
… Please allow six to eight weeks for editorial consideration of submissions.
… As a non-profit journal, we do not offer payment for accepted submissions
but will provide contributor's a complimentary copy of Issue 9.
CONTACT INFORMATION
… E-mail submissions by category/editor:
Allan Aquino
Non-Fiction
arevalo1905@...
Rebecca Baroma
Prose
rebecca.e.baroma@...
Michelle Dizon
Discourses
discourses@...
Wendell Pascual
Visual Art
wpascual@...
Irene Suico Soriano
Poetry
isoriano@...
… Please send all submissions (except Discourses submissions) and general
correspondence to:
Disorient - Issue 9
Editorial Board
PO Box 486
Glendale, CA 91209
… For general inquiries about Issue 9, advertisement space, etc. please use
AisaremaLit@...
Disorient is sponsored by Aisarema, a non-profit Asian Pacific American
literary arts organization made possible through funding from the
California Arts Council (CAC).
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L.A. Theatre Works is presenting a special performance of Radio
Mambo:Culture Clash Invades Miami at the Skirball Cultural Center
Saturday, March 31, 2001 @ 8pm. Tickets are specially priced @ 22.50
and include a post show reception with food and wine. If you have not
seen Culture Clash or this particluar performance, think about coming
and/or spread the word. The performance is recorded for a future
broadcast on NPR.
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Update regarding mural by Hector Ponce featuring Emiliano Zapata and
Chiapas leader Marcos at 6th and Westlake.
Thanks to all who called Joe Smoke at Cultural Affairs.
I have now learned that the Dept. of Building and Safety is planning to
paint out the mural any day. The Senior Inspector is Brad Neighbors at 213
738-5674. His reason is that it has no permit and he can't reach the owner.
I reached the owner's representative and discovered the building owner has
no problem with the mural. The original complaint was made by someone at
the Ramada Hotel down the street who objects to there being a gun in the
mural.
Since the owner is ok with the mural, I am trying to submit an application
for a permit right away.
We need people to call Brad Neigbors at Bldg and Safety to postpone
destruction of the mural so that the permit application can be submitted by
the beginning of next week.
Also, letters of support for the mural wouldn't hurt to submit with the
application, says Joe Smoke at Cultural Affairs.
Please fax letters of support on organization stationary, if possible, to
the Mural Conservancy of L.A. at 818 763-7647.
Thank you.
Robin Dunitz
MCLA
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Conversations on Roots & Identity: Iraq, March 29
Ivri-NASAWI presents
Conversations on Roots & Identity 5: Iraq with Joyce Dallal, Lev Hakak and
Salaam Yousif.
Thursday, March 29 L.A. 7:30 pm
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd., Venice CA 90291
Tickets $7 general, $5 members of Ivri-NASAWI, Beyond Baroque.
RSVP: (323) 650-3157
This popular series raises issues of cultural roots, literary explorations
and adjusting to a bicultural American and Middle Eastern identity. Part five
of the series features American-born multimedia artist Joyce Dallal, who
reflects on the journey of her Iraqi Jewish parents from Baghdad to the
U.S.A., her father's past as a member of Iraq's Communist Party, and her own
struggle to find the meaning of home.
Lev Hakak is a Baghdad-born fiction writer and UCLA professor of Hebrew whose
work reflects his journey from Iraq to Israel and on to the States. A poet,
novelist and critic, among his many works are the novel, "Strangers Among
Brothers." His poetry appears in the anthology, "Keys to the Garden, New
Israeli Writing" (City Lights 1996) Hakak was one of the first Mizrahi
writers of the generation that grew up in Israel to confront the social
issues confronting Mizrahi Jews through his academic and literary activities.
Salaam Yousif is a Baghdadi-born scholar and essayist who reflects on Iraqi
writing, at home and in exile.
Tickets $7, $5 members of Ivri-NASAWI and Beyond Baroque. Seating is limited;
you must reserve by phone or email. Call for directions. RSVP to (323)
650-3157 or email
ivrinasawi@...
Ivri-NASAWI, founded in 1996, is a national grassroots organization which
promotes the arts and cultures of Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews and other cultures of
the Middle East. Visit www.ivri-nasawi.org.
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From Al Maitland, CEO, CALAA
"ALL ARTS ALL AGES ALL PEOPLE"
The Joint Congress of Arts will take place on June 7 and 8, 2001 in
Sacramento and invitations will be mailed and distributed over the next two
weeks. There are two messages: 1)The arts are important to California's
future- to its economy, the education and job preparation of its children
and to the civic health of its communities; and 2) the arts are everywhere.
CALAA is facilitating the conference in cooperation with California Arts
Council and numerous arts and education organizations statewide. The CALAA
Board of Directors meeting and the CALAA District Chairs conference will
take place at the Joint Congress on Friday. The rally on the Capitol steps,
coordinated by California Arts Advocates will take place on Thursday.
Every artist, arts organization, arts education program, regional dance,
theater and music coalition and service organization needs to be at the
Joint Congress of Arts to support the development, the diversity and
expansion of the arts in California.
OPEN STUDIOS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
CALAA is coordinating two "Open Studio" pamphlets, one for Northern
California and one for Southern California, that publicizes the open studio
programs taking place May, 2000 to October, 2000. All counties , visual arts
studios and organizations will receive an inquiry form, which can be faxed
or e-mailed to CALAA. The response time must be at super speed to enable the
publication to be issued in April. Contact Kristen at CALAA.
YEAR OF THE ARTS AWARDS NOMINATIONS NEEDED
CALAA is coordinating the nominations for awards in every discipline
honoring achievement and contributions by artists, patrons and
administrators and setting up monthly award presentations throughout the
state. These presentations could be be part of another existing major event
or festival or celebration. Contact Kristen@....
LAST NOTES
Please remember, if there is a time to invest in a conference and a time to
make the arts visible, the Joint Congress is our opportunity to unite to
make the work of local arts agencies, the California Arts Council, the
numerous artists and organizations who create our artistic heritage and the
many donors, foundations and corporations visible and intrinsic to our
lives. This is the time for you to invest in making the case for the arts in
return for the many grants and support we have all received over the years.
See you at the Joint Congress of Arts.
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Japan's most outrageous dance/theater Co. March 23
Reserve your tickets and DON'T MISS CONDORS FRIDAY MARCH 23 at 8pm! The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
(JACCC) proudly presents
The U.S. Premiere Tour of JAPANS Most Outrageous
Dance Theater Troupe!
C O N D O R S
"Conquest of the Galaxy: Jupiter Love You Live"
Friday, March 23, 8pm at the Japan America Theatre
Los Angeles, CA The Japanese American Cultural &
Community Center (JACCC) proudly presents Condors,
Japans most outrageous dance theater company, in
"Love You Live," on Friday, March 23, 2001 at 8pm at
the Japan America Theatre (JAT) in Little Tokyo in
Downtown Los Angeles. The performance is part of
the
first U.S. tour of the wildly playful, all-male
group
that Dance Magazine Japan describes as "eros with
madness and joyfulness." The JAT is located at 244
S.
San Pedro St. Tickets are $20/$18 reserved, $17/$15
JACCC Members, $12 Students/Seniors/Groups.
"Both mysterious and nuttyIf there had been an
applause meter on the premises, the needle would
very
likely have swung off the high end for Condors."
NEW
YORK TIMES
WHO: CONDORS - This crowd-pleasing, all-male "bad
boys" of comedic dance theater from Japan premiered
their signature brand of sexy, spoofy dance theater
to
rave reviews in NYC in January 2000. With a corps
of
"utterly untrained and vicious" dancers, the company
consists of a dozen neer-do-wells who perform
hilarious and high-energy skits as sumo wrestlers,
bowling pins, and smirking bald brides and grooms,
among other iconic images. Director/choreographer
and
lead dancer Ryohei Kondos weightless and razor
sharp
movement is combined with unique and kinetic
stagecraft, taking the audience on a wild, rock and
roll ride through pop culture. Utilizing a casual,
free-form, streetwise, movement style reminiscent of
Stomp!, most of the dancers are formally untrained
but
all possess unique stage personalities. The groups
standard costume is the gakuran, a traditional
military-style uniform worn for decades by most
Japanese schoolboys. The use of the gakuran within
the context of performances that subvert Japans
patriarchal male identity has gained them much
fashion/style publicity in their home country. The
company performs regularly to enthusiastic audiences
throughout Japan. This performance is part of their
U.S. premiere tour, which begins in New York.
WHAT:"Conquest of the Galaxy: Jupiter Love You
Live"
The newest stage show from Condors.
WHEN: Friday, March 23, 2001 at 8pm
WHERE: Japan America Theatre, 244 S. San Pedro St.
in
the Little Tokyo area of Downtown Los Angeles
TICKETS: $20/$18 reserved, $17/$15 JACCC Members,
$12
Students/Seniors/Groups.
Call the JAT Box Office, 213-680-3700, Mon.Sat.,
12-5pm or Sun. after 12pm on show days.
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Hello LACN folks,
I'm hoping you can help spread the word that the city is about to destroy
(for the 2nd time) a mural of Chiapas's heroic Sub-Commandante Marcos (it
also shows Zapata). It's at 6th and Westlake and was painted by Salvadoran
sign painter, Hector Ponce.
Joe Smoke, representing the city, should be flooded with phone calls. His
number is 213 473-8346. Last week he told me I could fill out some paper
work for Hector to get him a permit for the mural. Now he says that won't
do as the owner of the building wants it gone. It's been there for weeks
if not months and not a word from the owner.
The Zapatista struggle in Mexico has broad popular support. They've just
marched to Mexico City as part of their struggle for indigenous rights. I
hope there are enough people in L.A. who support their struggle who can be
called upon to rally to save this symbol of that struggle, the only mural
of its kind in L.A. It was already quietly destroyed once before. Let's
not let it happen again.
Judy Baca of the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC)(310
822-9560) has been notified and is talking about putting out a press
release to the local papers.
Please pass this on to others.
Robin Dunitz
Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles
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ALL STARS OF PERF ART SUN MARCH 18!
Don't miss out! PRESS RELEASE The Series Continues........Join KCET TV's "Life & Times" taping of the... All Stars of LA Performance Art Part V - Hosted by The Dark Bob March 18 John FLECK Andy DICK Erika SCHICKEL Rochelle FABB Michael SAKAMOTO The DARK BOB Los Angeles performance artist, The Dark Bob, returns to host the Fifth installment of the ongoing series, All Stars of LA Performance Art. These events have spotlighted some of LA's most renowned and influential Performance Artists - artists whose innovative and groundbreaking work helped establish Los Angeles as one of the most dynamic breeding grounds for this important movement in contemporary art. Here's what the press says about the series: "witty, often riveting...something for everyone" - Philip Brandes, Los Angeles Times "That's PERFOTAINMENT!" - Peter Frank, LA Weekly "Pick of the Week" WHEN: Sunday, March 18, 7:30pm Sharp Doors open at 7pm TICKETS: $10 RESERVATIONS : 310-581-5369 WHERE: KNITTING FACTORY, HOLLYWOOD MAIN STAGE 7021 Hollywood Blvd. (one blk W of Mann's Chinese Theater @ Galaxy Cineplex) Easy/safe parking __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.
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Middle Eastern Concert Tuesday, March 20
On the day recently-elected Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon visits the
White House
for a talk with George W. Bush, Israelis/Jews and Palestinians/Arabs and
their friends
will express their solidarity together at a performance by one of Israel's
foremost
musical peacemakers...Yair Dalal.
March 20, Tues., 7/8 pm., L.A.
***Yair Dalal Performs with Houman Pourmehdi in a Concert Benefit for Peace***
"Yair Dalal takes you on a captivating journey," writes the Jerusalem Post. An
Israeli musician who performs in the Mizrahi tradition, Dalal is a natural
peacemaker
through his cross-cultural collaborations on the world music scene. He was a
featured
performer at the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize Gala Concert honoring the late
Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat. Houman
Pourmehdi, cofounder of the Lian Ensemble, is one of the most amazing Persian
percussions now living in Los Angeles. The evening includes a reception with
fine art by Lidia Shaddow, Nahid Hagigat and Daphna Shalom.
A portion of proceeds go to seed Open Tent's UCLA conference on the
Israeli/Palestinian crisis.
7 pm artist reception. 8 pm concert. $25 general admission, $20 members of
Ivri-NASAWI,
Open Tent, Levantine Center, $25 at the door, $30 limited Preferred seating.
Refreshments served.
RSVP (323) 650-3157.
March 29, Thurs., 7:30 pm, L.A.
***Conversations on Roots & Identity: Iraq, with multimedia artist Joyce
Dallal,
fiction author Lev Hakak and essayist Salaam Yousif. At Beyond Baroque
Literary
Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291. Tix $7 general, $5 members of
Ivri-NASAWI and Beyond Baroque. Refreshments served. RSVP (323) 650-3157.
for complete details visit www.ivri-nasawi.org
also Open Tent's web site at www.opentent.org
Ivri-NASAWI
New Assn. of Sephardi/Mizrahi Artists & Writers Int'l.
www.ivri-nasawi.org
1033 N. Orlando Ave
Los Angeles CA 90069
(323) 650-3157
Los Angeles
New York
SF Bay Area
Washington, DC-Baltimore
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"Focus on Asia" at the Luckman Gallery, Cal State L.A.
Luckman Fine Arts Gallery
California State University, Los Angeles
FOCUS ON ASIA / SPRING 2001
Please join the Luckman Fine Arts Gallery this spring for its special series
of programs
entitled Focus on Asia. Anchoring this series are TWO EXHIBITIONS that
highlight the people, histories, and cultures of this continent.
Indochina: The Art of War
Co-presented by the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery,
a facility of the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
Hei, Han Khiang; H. Lan Thao Lam; Din Q. Le; Hanh T. Pham; Sheila Pinkel;
William Short and Willa Seidenberg
Curated by: Tran, T. Kim-Trang
March 17 - April 28, 2001
Opening reception: Saturday, March 17, 4-6:00 p.m.
Curator's talk: Wednesday, April 4, 6:00 p.m.
Film presentation - Regret to Inform (by Barbara Sonneborn with discussion
by Chorswan Ngin):
Monday, April 16, 7:00 p.m.
April 2000 marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of Indochina and the end
of its war with America, inspiring this exhibition of works by artists with
connections to Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. Indochina: The Art of War
addresses the relationships between the East and West, history, personal and
institutional memories, and the complexities of experience and the place of
culture in our lives. Working primarily in photography, these artists aim
to remember and understand, and to make us aware of what took place during
the war and its aftermath.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland
Jacci Den Hartog, Gajin Fujita, Tom Knechtel, Joseph Lee,
and Sandeep Mukherjee
Curated by: Julie Joyce
May 26 - July 5, 2001
Artists' talk: Thursday, May 24, 6:00 p.m.
Opening reception: Saturday, May 26, 6-8:00 p.m.
Los Angeles is highly influenced by elements of Eastern invention, from
philosophy to technology to aesthetics and even cuisine. Regarding the
visual dialogue among Eastern convention and local contemporary art,
Hard-Boiled Wonderland focuses on five Los Angeles-based artists whose works
utilize traditional Asian art and culture in new, diverse, and engaging
ways.
This exhibition is funded in part by the Pasadena Art Alliance.
For further information regarding these programs, please call:
Julie Joyce, Gallery Director
Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State L.A.
5151 State University Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90032-8116
tel. (323) 343-6608 direct / fax (323) 343-6670
email: jjoyce@...
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summer arts program on catalina
Catalina Summer Arts Camp ( ) will take
place this year from June 17 through 24 at White's Landing on Catalina
Island, with programs in music, dance, visual arts and theater for
students entering 5th through 10th grades. Cost per child is $425 for
eight days and seven nights including transportation. Some scholarships
are available to non-profit organizations who work with low income
children; volunteer and employment opportunities as well; for more
information call the Catalina Island Performing Arts Foundation at (310)
510-7469, or arts@....
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CONDORS-JAPAN'S HOTTEST NEW DANCE THEATRE CO. March 23
Don't miss out on the fun and frolic of CONDORS on
March 23 at the Japan America Theatre. Call box
office for tickets at 213-680-3700.
The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
(JACCC) proudly presents Condors, Japans most
outrageous new dance theater company, in "Love You
Live," on Friday, March 23, 2001 at 8pm at the Japan
America Theatre (JAT) in Little Tokyo in Downtown Los
Angeles. The performance is part of the first U.S.
tour of the wildly playful, all-male group that Dance
Magazine Japan describes as "eros with madness and
joyfulness." The JAT is located at 244 S. San Pedro
St. Tickets are $20/$18 reserved, $17/$15 JACCC
Members, $12 Students/Seniors/Groups.
"Both mysterious and nuttyIf there had been an
applause meter on the premises, the needle would very
likely have swung off the high end for Condors."
NEW YORK TIMES
CONDORS: This crowd-pleasing, all-male "bad boys" of
comedic dance theater from Japan premiered their
signature brand of sexy, spoofy dance theater to rave
reviews in NYC in January 2000. With a corps of
"utterly untrained and vicious" dancers, the company
consists of a dozen neer-do-wells who perform
hilarious and high-energy skits as sumo wrestlers,
bowling pins, and smirking bald brides and grooms,
among other iconic images. Director/choreographer and
lead dancer Ryohei Kondos weightless and razor sharp
movement is combined with unique and kinetic
stagecraft, taking the audience on a wild, rock and
roll ride through pop culture. The company will film
footage in L.A.s Little Tokyo for use in their West
Coast premiere production at the Japan America
Theatre.
Utilizing a casual, free-form, streetwise, movement
style reminiscent of Stomp!, most of the dancers are
formally untrained but all possess unique stage
personalities. The groups standard costume is the
gakuran, a traditional military-style uniform worn for
decades by most Japanese schoolboys. The use of the
gakuran within the context of performances that
subvert Japans patriarchal male identity has gained
them much fashion/style publicity in their home
country. The company performs regularly to
enthusiastic audiences throughout Japan. This
performance is part of their U.S. premiere tour, which
begins in New York.
RYOHEI KONDO (Director/Choreographer) Ryohei Kondo
was selected as one of the top 100 21st Century
Cultural VIPs by Japans SPA Magazine. Kondo is
credited as the new Messiah of the Japanese
contemporary dance by creating his own world of a
comedy dance theatre, which overturned the
pre-existing concept of dance in Japan. "He may be
the Messiah who turns Japanese contemporary dance
world into mainstream entertainment." Bridge
Magazine. Born in Peru and raised in Argentina,
Ryohei Kondo founded Condors in 1996 in Tokyo. He has
directed and choreographed nearly a dozen works for
the company while also working with other artists and
maintaining a solo performance career. His work,
"P-kies Summer Concert 1995," was created for Fuji
Television and toured to more than 40 venues in Japan.
He has also helped international screen and stage
star John Lone realize Lones stage show, "Night and
Day." Kondo made a major international debut as the
lead dancer in Kota Yamazakis "Inflection" in 1994 at
the prestigious International Choreographic
Competition in Bagnolet, France. He has also performed
with butoh pioneer Akira Kasai and such well-known
choreographers as Kuniko Kisanuki and Toshiko Takeuchi
among others.
DIRECTIONS & TICKETS: The Japan America Theatre (JAT)
is located at 244 South San Pedro Street (between 2nd
and 3rd Streets) in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los
Angeles. For tickets, call the JAT Box Office,
213-680-3700, Mon.Sat., 12-5pm or Sun. after 12pm on
show days.
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Selected Year 2000 PRESS QUOTES for Condors:
"A comfortable, harmonious world is instantly
overturned by the group who call themselves the
Condors, a rough gang of bad boys. They are
criticizing dance which heretofore exhibited a taste
for conventional beauty and emphasis on technique.
But rather than loudly critiquing or laughing, they
snicker and play on the stage as though to say, "It's
more fun this way." (Dance Magazine, June 2000)
"Condors clearly are aware of "the second
possibility." Such limits as dance and what is not
dance, male and female, hairdo and physique, white and
black are critiqued along with laughter."
(Ballet, July 2000)
"They dash alone through the Japanese dance scene with
their unprecedented performance full of humor."
(Hanako, February 2000)
"For those who want to laugh all they want to and be
submerged in a little bit of nostalgia. For all those
who were once boys."
(Men's Extra, March 2000)
" They move ceaselessly, shed sweat, fill the theater
with their energy. Winds of frenzy and humor they
stir up as they prepare for their next performance
place, Europe."
(Dance Magazine, May 2000, "Contemporary Dance
Frontier")
"The distance between street dancers and dance on the
stage is far apart. But Condors have that feeling of
familiarity of the street dance. Their attitude of
giving preference to uncommon absurdity over formal
beauty
Is thrilling."
(Beyond Da Vinci, Color Lead Story)
"Full of a daring and lighthearted desire to laugh off
the idea of established dance, they continue to double
betray the audience's expectations and predictions.
Their sense of play communicates itself
to the audience, and the whole theater was enveloped
in laughter.
(Dance Magazine, October 2000)
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Organizers of UCLA conference seek performers for May 20
"The Israeli/Palestinian Crisis: New Conversations for a Pluralist Future"
is a day-long conference with six roundtables, a plenary session and
a reception, followed by a world music/Middle Eastern concert, all at UCLA.
We are seeking showcase performances from 5-20 minutes in length.
Middle Eastern, Jewish and other world music styles are welcome. Modern
and ethnic dance is also a possibiliy. Emerging performers and stars alike
will be
a part of this televised effort.
The concert is produced by Ivri-NASAWI (www.ivri-nasawi.org).
The conference is produced by Open Tent Middle East Coalition.
For more information, contact Munir Shaikh or Jordan Elgrably
at 323/650-3157, and visit www.opentent.org to read about the
conference in detail (from the home page scroll down below the
photo of Jerusalem).
Open Tent Middle East Coalition
*)+*)+*)+*)+*)+*)+*)+*)+*)+
www.OpenTent.org
323-650-3157
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I miss gave you our fax number!!! It's 323/906-8743. Is it too late to
change it?
Thank you!!!
-Amelia Norfleet
About Productions
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Art Center, thursday night
Reminder:
Russell Crotty will be discussing his astronomy-based drawings at Art
Center's Williamson Gallery, Thursday, March 8, at 7:00 pm. Free.
directions:
www.artcenter.edu/campus/visit
or
(626) 396-2246
The Universe: www.pasadena-universe.org
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looking for freelance writer for spec work
Greetings...
I am looking for a writer to work with on a story having to do with Broadway
Avenue in downtown LA. Broadway Ave. is on the verge of separating even
further from its past and some of those 'links', those that connect the
present to the past are breaking everyday as deals are being brokered to
revitalize the LA's 'Historic Core', as the area is called. The project I
am looking for a writer for has to do with one of those links that will be
broken on the 28th of March.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-redevelopment/revitalization/preservation,
I just see there is much to be lost in the transition, and as a photographer
my goal is to document this.
It is imperative that anyone interested contact me ASAP for a discussion on
the direction of this project and potential outlets for exposure and
publication. I am particularly interested in working with someone who is
just starting out and is interested in solidifying a name for themselves in
the area of urban development, 'street' history, or social/cultural issues
of contemporary LA. I am in a simliar nascent position, and believe that
for the write person, this opportunity I am advertising would be mutually
beneficial.
Please email me: alexyy9@.... I will respond to all emails I
receive, if you don't hear from me within a day after you reply, please
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JOB - Entry level at Ford Theatres Foundation
ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
JOHN ANSON FORD THEATRE FOUNDATION
Entry level position. Assist Managing Director with administrative tasks
including maintenance of financial and fundraising records, maintenance,
preparation, and coordination of all mailings and lists, preparation of
materials and reports, coordination of Board meeting materials and minutes,
liaison to "Friends of the Ford". Excellent communications, organization,
computer skills needed. Arts experience a plus. $22K plus benefits. Fax
resume & cover letter to (323) 464 1158 or send to Martin Kagan, Ford
Theatre Foundation, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood, CA 90068
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Israeli/Iraqi Performs for Peace March 20
Attention: Middle Eastern and world music aficionados and
devotes of the peace process (or lack thereof)
Israeli Artist Yair Dalal Performs L.A. Concert for
Peace on March 20 with Houman Pourmehdi
Don't miss this exclusive concert at Santa Monica’s Morgan Wixon Theater.
"Yair Dalal takes you on a captivating journey," says the Jerusalem Post.
Touring Israeli world music artist Yair Dalal will perform with Iranian-born
Houman Pourmehdi on Tuesday, March 20. A portion of the proceeds from this
evening benefit the May 20 peace conference, “The Israeli/Palestinian Crisis:
New Conversations on a Pluralistic Future,” sponsored by Open Tent Middle
East Coalition (www.opentent.org).
Born of Iraqi parents, Dalal devotes his talent (oud, violin, voice) to
reinvigorating Eastern Jewish musical traditions in Israel and abolishing
ideological barriers between Jews and Arabs. He was a featured performer at
the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize Gala Concert honoring the late Israeli prime
minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat. Dalal frequently
forms musical partnerships with international musicians of diverse ethnic
backgrounds, and appears on the forthcoming recording “One” with Omar Faruk
Tekbilek, Rabbi Haim Louk and Nabil Azzam. He refers to the Middle Eastern
music he performs as “a route of brotherhood between peoples living in the
region because peace is the most precious merchandise of all." His most
recent CD is “Perfume Road.”
A top-10 favored percussionist of world music critics, Houman Pourmehdi is a
cofounder of the Lian Ensemble and a master of daf and tombak. His Persian
and Middle Eastern repertoire includes Sufi music and a variety of world
music styles. He performed on “Syncopation” with percussive master John
Bergamo, and has recorded “Quest,” “The Name of The Beloved” and “Banquet
in the Tavern of Ruin.”
The evening begins with a reception at 7 pm featuring the art of Lidia
Shaddow (Israel/Iraq/Tunisia) and Nahid Hagigat (Iran). The concert will
begin promptly at 8 pm.
March 20, Morgan Wixon Theater, 2627 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. 7 pm artists
reception, 8 pm concert. Tickets are $30 preferred seating (limited
number), $25 general admission and at the door, $20 for all active members of
Ivri-NASAWI, Open Tent and Levantine Center. Call to reserve and for more
information, (323) 650-3157. Visit www.ivri-nasawi.org.
Ivri-NASAWI
New Assn. of Sephardi/Mizrahi Artists & Writers Int'l.
www.ivri-nasawi.org
1033 N. Orlando Ave
Los Angeles CA 90069
(323) 650-3157
Los Angeles
New York
SF Bay Area
Washington, DC-Baltimore
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To Whom it may concern,
We would like to place the following ad in your online newsletter.
Should you require anything further, please feel free to contact me at
323/906-8724 or via e-mail. Our address is included in the ad below.
Thank you!
Amelia Norfleet
Company Manager
About Productions
Ad:
Company Manager:
Small interdisciplinary theater company seeks an energetic and organized
professional to manage productions and maintain a production office on a part
-time basis (25-30 hours/week). Responsibilities include:
-organizing and co-producing original theater works
-assisting Artistic Director in artistic development of original theater
works
-coordinating with Artistic Director, all artists and technicians involved in
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Resumes may be faxed to 323/906-8724 or mailed to 3108 Los Feliz Blvd., L.A.,
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