UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance Announces 2019–20 Season
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance is the campus's public arts unit for the presentation and scholarship associated with performing arts. They curate and facilitate the direct exposure to the art of performance by supporting acclaimed artists who create extraordinary work in the dedicated practices of contemporary dance, theater and music, in addition to emerging genres.
"UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) today unveiled the 2019-20 season lineup honoring "We, the People" -- as artists, performers, thought leaders, change-makers and spectators. CAP UCLA continues to bring bold programming from around the world to the Los Angeles community to advance social justice conversations through contemporary dance, music, theater, and literature.Executive and Artistic Director Kristy Edmunds, in her eighth season leading UCLA's public performing arts program, also announced collaborations with The Theatre at Ace Hotel DTLA, The Ford Theatres, Ucross Foundation, REDCAT, UCLA's Powell Library, Fowler and Hammer Museums, UCLA Library Special Collections, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, and UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture. The new season runs from September 19, 2019 through May 10, 2020, and offers eight special events and 61 performances, with one U.S. and two West Coast premieres.
"Our programs are designed to engage audiences wholeheartedly in the artists' exploration," Edmunds said. "Each performance is illuminating, connecting us, and disconnecting us, from the way we see history. Each time we're offered a new lens in which to examine our place in the culture of LA and in the culture of the world. Our goal is to provide experiences that allow individual reflection within a communal environment."—May 2, 2019
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