UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance expands into downtown Los Angeles
CAP UCLA announces an exciting partnership with the Theatre at Ace Hotel for the upcoming season
“Frankly it is a bit like finding your sibling after being separated at birth, who went off into dizzying heights of success,” CAP UCLA Artistic and Executive Director Kristy Edmunds said. “And to find they are as inspired by what you are doing as you are by what they are doing. It’s like ‘getting the band back together’ in some ways, and then figuring out what the set list is going to be.”
"UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance will team up with the Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles for the center’s 2017–2018 season, which launches in September. Conceived and curated under the direction of Kristy Edmunds, artistic and executive director of CAP UCLA, the season will showcase maverick work with a downtown vibe, presented in the heart of an increasingly vibrant city hub where artists and art-lovers regularly connect.“This alliance has sympatico written all over it,” Edmunds said. “We have been able to forge a collaboration that has shared aims around community cause and unfettered creativity. We have a passion for connecting people, and for being a creative home for the ever-adventurous artists of our time.”
The CAP UCLA collaboration with the Ace Hotel stems from a creative relationship between Edmunds and the Ace Hotel founders that dates back to the late 90s. All parties share deep ties to the Pacific Northwest, and a desire to build an ethos of support for contemporary artists. In Los Angeles, Edmunds and the Ace have embarked on a long-term alliance that melds their sensibilities, serves contemporary performance and brings UCLA’s creative footprint into downtown Los Angeles." — UCLA Newsroom, Apr. 5, 2017
Read the full article at the UCLA Newsroom website.