Robert Wilson's Letter To A Man, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nov. 18 & 19, Royce Hall
Iconic director Robert Wilson and legendary performer Mikhail Baryshnikov have joined forces to create a new performance work based on the famous diaries of Russian dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky. In his prime, Nijinsky was recognized as the most celebrated male dancer in the Western world, performing with Sergei Diaghilev’s renowned Ballets Russes.
Of Nijinsky’s diaries, first published in 1936, American author Henry Miller wrote: “It is a communication so naked, so desperate, that it breaks the mold. We are face to face with reality, and it is almost unbearable...had he not gone to the asylum we would have had in Nijinsky a writer equal to the dancer.” Letter to a Man is a theatrical work performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov, who enters the fragmented mind of the great dance artist as he descends into madness. As always in Wilson’s works movement, text, light, set and music are equal parts of the same creation where "all theatre is dance".
Event Date: Nov. 18 & 19, 8 p.m.
Venue: Royce Hall
Price: $99 ($25 for UCLA Faculty & Staff, $15 for UCLA Students)
Royce Hall is located in North Campus off of Sunset Boulevard.
Parking is available in lots 4 & 5.