A Thousand Thoughts
CAP UCLA | 8 p.m., The Theatre at Ace Hotel
A Live Documentary with the Kronos Quartet
Written and Directed by Sam Green and Joe Bini
“[Sundance] hit the jackpot this year with a film/performance combination called A Thousand Thoughts...It's as magical an amalgamation as anything you can imagine.” — Los Angeles Times
Oscar-nominated filmmakers Sam Green and Joe Bini have teamed up with Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet for a wildly creative multimedia performance piece that blends live music and narration with archival footage and filmed interviews with such prominent artists as Philip Glass, Tanya Tagaq, Steve Reich, Wu Man, and Terry Riley. As Green tells the multi-decade and continent-spanning story of the groundbreaking string quartet, Kronos revisits its extensive body of work, performing music by George Crumb, Aleksandra Vrebalov, and many others.
"Together on stage, Green and Kronos interact with the stirring cinematic imagery on screen to craft an important record and exploration of late 20th and early 21st–century music. Transcending the typical live music and film event, this collaboration quickly becomes a meditation on music itself—the act of listening to it closely, the experience of feeling it deeply, and the power that it has to change the world." —Sundance Festival
This event is presented by the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA.
Event Date: Friday, Dec. 7, 8 p.m.
Venue: The Theatre at Ace Hotel
Price: $26 - $56*
*UCLA Students: $15, UCLA Faculty & Staff $25
The Theatre at Ace Hotel is located at 929 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90015.
Valet services are available at Ace Hotel and several private parking lots can be found near the theater.
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