Dance at TRK

 

Sous le poids des plumes

May 1, 2024

Choreography: Fouad Kouchy
Set design: Olivier Borne 
Dancers: Yann Crayssac, Mounir Kerfah, Benjamin Midonet, Mounir Touaa
 

Four hip-hop dancers plunge us into a dreamlike world where their different memories of life collide.

In a succession of sketches set against a fantastical backdrop, mime, hip-hop, and physical theater melds and intertwines with every movement.

Each moment conjures a dreamlike world where memory is interrogated and the passage of time is reflected. The audience is invited to question their own memories as the dancers strip the fragmented feathers of the past away bit by bit, until only a raw canvas remains.

BrockusRED’s Extractions

December 7, 2023

Choreography: Deborah Brockus

Discover (or re-discover) the dance company BrockusRED, (based in Los Angeles and founded in 1994) in a program of excerpts specially designed for TRK. Labeled ‘the single most important person in Southland dance” an “impresario”, ‘ the mother superior of LA dance” and ”tireless” by the Los Angeles Times, Deborah Brockus is renowned for her involvement in establishing the local dance scene as a producer, choreographer, and teacher.  

We Love Arabs

April 20, 2023

Text & choreography: Hillel Kogan

Dancers: Mourad Bouayad (French) and Hillel Kogan (Israeli)

“We Love Arabs” brings together dance and theatre to explore coexistence, brotherhood, and peace. Witty and completely politically incorrect, Kogan’s work goes straight to the heart of national and religious identities, clichés and prejudices, and offers us a demonstration, sometimes hilarious, sometimes provocative, of the ever-present power dynamics on stage, in the wings and beyond.

 

Kybele Dance Theater

November 3, 2022

Kybele Dance Theater is dedicated to using contemporary dance to build bridges between cultures and genders. Turkish-born Seda Aybay draws upon her Turkish heritage to create innovative works that showcase the power of storytelling and stretch the boundaries of modern dance.

Artemis Danza - Pasolini Secret Fires

October 18, 2022

This event is presented by the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, in collaboration with TRK. Artemis Danza presents Pasolini - Secret Fires, a contemporary dance performance celebrating #Pasolini100, produced by Monica Casadei. The language of dance, merging body and soul, is a powerful tool to revive the complexity of his thought.

Dance Camera West Film Festival

Thursday, March 31 through Friday, April 2nd, 2022

Dance For The (Big) Screen | An exclusive selection of films from the 2022 DCW festival. We present the entirely new discipline of short dance film, combining the best elements of dance, cinematography, and choreography. With refreshing new work from around the world, the artistically-minded 3-day festival promises a balm for the mind.

 

International Dance: Los Angeles - Night Three

January 9, 2021

The third night “New Inspiration”, offers up a night of experimental dance shorts for those on the bleeding edge of dance appreciation, with a package of eight shorts made by choreographers pushing boundaries around the world. This series of shorts includes Marlene Millar (France), Mathieu Mondoulet (France), Quinn Wharton (USA), Paulo Filipe Monteiro (Portugal), All or Nothing (UK), Cass Mortimer Eipper (Australia), Bertrand Guerry (France), Hofesh Shechter (UK).

Margie Gillis Project “Evolutions” (Quebec Dance Company)

October 25, 2019

Evolutions offers a new tour concept: a transcendental and transformative adventure for audiences, with the fluidity and distinctiveness associated with Margie Gillis. In each show, Margie will be accompanied by eight Legacy Project dancers. Audiences will be offered an entirely singular experience, depending on the composition of the group performing. Spectators will be transported through a selection of works from Margie’s prolific repertoire, both in solos and group dances, interpreted acknowledging the individuality of each dancer’s experience. Every show will include new choreographies and a Margie Gillis solo performance.

International Dance: Los Angeles - Night Two

January 8, 2021

On the second night, TRK and DCW present a package that contains a collection of eight short dance films “L’amour! And more…”, inspired by questions of love, gender, loss, intimacy, domestic violence, and the objectification of women, with work by Ismaël Mouaraki (Canada), Lois Norman (UK), Alayna Jennings (US), Amélie Gagnon (Canada), Desi Jevon (US), Cati Jean (France), Tuixén Benet (Spain), Matthew McKee (US) and Marcat Dance (Spain).

Cas Public – Not Quite Midnight

November 8, 2019

Cas Public summons up the magic of Cinderella. The spectators are invited to witness the tales of the Brothers Grimm, the operas of Rossini and Prokofiev (refashioned by the composer Martin Tétreault), but also the magic of a hundred lesser-known stories that are secretly passed mouth-to-mouth, ear-to-ear. Hélène Blackburn’s choreography becomes a portal to the emotions. Compassionate yet stern, brittle yet powerful, this new production pays tribute to the qualities of heart and mind which give us the strength to overcome hardship, better ourselves and find fulfillment.

International Dance: Los Angeles - Night One

January 7, 2021

A package of three documentary shorts. In “CHEN”, Orit Novak (Australia) recounts the story of a Chinese-Australian dancer, who at the age of 10 was thrown into the strict and rigorous training world of the Beijing Dance Academy. Talia Woodland (Canada) in “All It Gives” follows the story of Kosi Eze, a Nigerian immigrant who moved to Canada when she was 14. And Stephanie Owens (USA) in “Downstage” tells the 11-year old Aedan and the challenges and rewards of ballet.

Cas Public

October 26, 2018

Theater Raymond Kabbaz  is pleased to present Quebecois Dance Company Cas Public “9” (premiere in Los Angeles), on Friday, October 26, 2018 at 7:30pm. “9” is a dance performance for young audience age 9 +. In coproduction with Kopergietery, the work is sure to appeal to all generations by pushing back the limits of silence, to rise above difference and transform the body into language.

 
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LA Dance Festival (LADF) - Women Rising

March 1,2,3, 2018

Along with Brockus Project Dance, we are proud to present LADF 2018 to celebrate the Women’s History Month with the Women Rising performances, featuring contemporary dance through the lens of female choreographers.

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Kybele Dance Theater

October 5, 2017

The LA-based dance company, performs a show of three intriguing parts: Sonsuz, Noir and Kina that explore themes from living without regrets to life in an oppressive society. By fusing contemporary dance with Turkish imagery, Kybelle Dance Theater awakens the audience with designs that accent the forgotten moments of life. Choreographer Seda Aybay approaches movement with quick weight shifts, the use of momentum and gravity and refined versions of daily gestures. With the clean lines of classicism, the earthiness of modern dance and the gutsiness of contemporary, Aybay creates a show unlike any other.