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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