The Japan America Theater and UCLA¡¯s Center for Intercultural
Performance co-presents "Creating Across Cultures: An APPEX Experience,"
on Saturday, June 9 at 8:00 p.m. at the Japan America Theater, located
at 244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles (Little Tokyo).
This special event will be an evening length concert of dance, theatre
and world music, reuniting artists who have participated in the 1999 &
2000 Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX) program. APPEX was
created by the UCLA¡¯s Center for Intercultural Performance and the
Department of World Arts & Cultures as an international artists
residency program that promotes cross-cultural and interdisciplinary
research.
The evening will include exciting and diverse works from dance
choreographers Pichet Klunchuen (Thailand), Eko Supriyanto (Indonesia)
and Cheng-Chieh Yu (Taiwan and the United States), theater directors
Peng Jingquan (China) and Dan Kwong (United States), and composers I
Dewa Putu Berata (Indonesia) and Kenny Endo (United States).
"Creating Across Cultures¡" includes three world premieres. The first,
"One Hundredth Day" by choreographer and director Pichet Klunchuen
(Thailand), is a meditation on the cycle of death and rebirth, created
in collaboration with four Los Angeles dancers during his Spring 2001
residency at UCLA. The second, a new version of "Sleeping with
Strangers" by performance artist Dan Kwong (Los Angeles) and theater
director Peng Jingquan (China), is a theater piece illustrating the
ironies and miscommunications that occur when 35 artists live in the
same house.
The third is the APPEX Music Ensemble, making its world premiere with
three new works by composers I Dewa Putu Berata (Bali), Kenny Endo
(Hawaii) and Lenny Seidman (Philadelphia), with guest artist I Nyoman
Wenten (Bali/Los Angeles). These composers are
known for their work in traditional music, dance and theater forms as
well as for their creative East-West fusion of composition and
performance work.
The evening¡¯s program features the West Coast premiere of "My Father¡¯s
Teeth in My Mother¡¯s Mouth," a dance solo created and performed by
Cheng-Chieh Yu (Taiwan/Los Angeles). The piece is based upon the
artist¡¯s own conflicted dental identity and inspired by her journey
through its reconstruction. The scenic designer is Peter Melville.
"Sosok," a new work by choreographer Eko Supriyanto (Java), has an
original score by I Dewa Putu Berata (Bali). Using traditional and
contemporary dance forms, five dancers and eight musicians journey into
the world of Javanese village life in this celebration of women.
Tickets for orchestra seats are $20 for general public, $18 for Japanese
American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) members and $15 for
students and seniors with valid ID; balcony seats are $18 for general
public, $16 for JACCC members and $10 for students and seniors with
valid ID. Parking is available across the street from the theater on San
Pedro Street (between 2nd and 3rd Street) for a flat fee of $3. For
ticket information, please call the Japan America Theater Box Office at
(213) 680-3700.
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