Pastoral
The world premiere of Pastoral by choreographer Victoria Marks—in collaboration with visual artist/designer Isla Hansen and composer Daniel Corral—re-imagines “the frontier” depicted in dominant 19th- and 20th-century narratives about America. The cast of six performers, who have their own legacies of migration, replace old and frequently told stories with constructed, shared visions and cherished moments of connection.
Victoria Marks, an Alpert Award winner, Guggenheim and Rauschenberg Fellow, and Fulbright Distinguished Scholar, has been practicing knowing and unknowing, making dances for stage and film, for the past 38 years. Marks’ creative work migrates between choreo-portraits and action conversations for individuals who don’t identify as dancers, and dances for dancers that fuel her inquiries into movement. Victoria is a professor at UCLA and serves as Associate Dean in the School of Arts and Architecture, and as the Chair of UCLA’s Disability Studies minor.
Isla Hansen is an artist working to reinterpret and complicate the relationship between the human body and technological progress. Her solo and collaborative installations, systems, and performances have been exhibited at the Akron Art Museum, the Columbus Museum of Art, MOCA Cleveland, the Hammer Museum, the Parrish Art Museum, Guild Hall Center for Visual and Performing Arts, and the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Isla has been the recipient of a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency, the Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship, and Frank-Ratchye Fund for Art at the Frontier grants from The Studio for Creative Inquiry. Isla has taught in the department of Design Media Arts at UCLA, and currently teaches sculpture, installation, and systems in the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University.
This event is presented by UCLA Department of World Arts & Cultures/Dance Professor Victoria Marks.
Event Date: Feb. 7 & 8, 8 p.m., Feb. 9, 2 p.m.
Venue: Odyssey Theater
Price: $15–$25*
*UCLA Student discount UCLADANCE
The Odyssey Theater is located at 2055 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. 90025.
There is parking directly in front of the theatre for $5 as well as ample street parking.
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