CAP UCLA 2018–19 Season Features Legacy Artists and Diverse Global Perspectives
Highlights include Joan Baez, ‘Barber Shop Chronicles,’ Bill T. Jones, Emmylou Harris, Zakir Hussain
The Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP UCLA) is dedicated to the advancement of contemporary performing arts: dance, music, spoken word, and theater; as well as emerging digital, collaborative, and cross-art platforms inspired by today's leading artists and creators. CAP supports the creation, presentation, and critical dialogues vital to the innovation and expressive potential of artists who inform the dynamic and evolving heritage of contemporary performance. The CAP UCLA 2018-19 season includes 40 productions which will take place on the UCLA campus, downtown at the Theatre at Ace Hotel, and at the Ford Theatres.
"UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance 2018–19 season lineup honors heritage artists and features pioneering champions for social justice and diverse world views in bold programs by leading innovators and acknowledged masters in contemporary dance, music, theater and spoken word.
Executive and Artistic Director Kristy Edmunds, in her seventh season leading UCLA’s performing arts presenter, also announced collaborations with Center Theatre Group, Ford Theatres, Music Center, Ucross Foundation and The Theatre at Ace Hotel, following last season’s inaugural success. The new season runs from September 22, 2018, to May 10, 2019, and offers 42 events and 59 performances, with one U.S. and seven West Coast premieres, plus two exclusive programs.
“Our programs are designed to bring you closer to the artists who offer us their creative intelligence and deeply considered perspectives,” Edmunds said. “Each performance is distinct, frequently surprising and potentially alive. Through their projects they offer us a creative lens to imagine or reimagine our place in the world, our connectivity across cultures and the experience of thinking our different thoughts while finding points of resonance and meaning together.”— UCLA Newsroom, May 16, 2018
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