Adam Linder
THE WANT
“Perhaps more than an exploration of mercantile activity or the transaction of late-night cruising, Koltès’ play is a speculation on the individual’s capacity to know another.” —Adam Linder
Adam Linder is a choreographer who works between Los Angeles and Berlin. His performances are shown in both performance and visual arts contexts. In 2016, he was awarded the Mohn Prize for artistic excellence from the Hammer Museum for his work in Made in LA.
Inspired by the Client/Dealer relationship from Bernard Marie-Koltès play In the Solitude of The Cotton Fields, The WANT is a contemporary opera—with music by Ethan Braun and lighting design by Shahryar Nashal—that fuses vocal expression with a rich physicality. The libretto, littered with interjections from Jacques Derrida to Missy Elliott, contemplates the desire, vulnerability, and cunning at the heart of any transaction. The singers, actors, and dancers—Jess Gadani, Justin F. Kennedy, Jasmine Orpilla, and Roger Sala Reyner—are ‘Offerors’ and ‘Offerees’ enrobed as the key archetypes of mercantile Europe and the spiritual tradition of constant trade between a reflexive mind and a sensuous being.
This event is co-presented by UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance in association with REDCAT.
Event Date: Sep. 19–21, 8:30 p.m.; Sep. 22, 7 p.m.
Venue: REDCAT
Price: $35
REDCAT is housed in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex, located at 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
Parking is available in the Walt Disney Concert Hall parking garage.
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