WEST SIDE STORY
November 12, 2008 by admin
Filed under Dance, Featured, Openings, Performance, performing arts
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
CLAIRE TREVOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
The Claire Trevor Show
West Side Story
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Arthur Laurents
Directed by Eli Simon
Musical director: Daniel Gary Busby
Conductor: Stephen Tucker
Choreographed by: Tracey Bonner
Evenings: Nov. 14 - 22, 8 pm
Matinee: Nov. 16 & 22, 2 pm
For tickets go to: ticketmaster.com
Irvine Barclay Theatre
$28 general audiences/ $25 seniors & UCI staff & faculty/$12 UCI students & children
Join us for a 51st anniversary celebration of America’s greatest modern era musical!
This Claire Trevor School of the Arts production of “West Side Story” features Leonard Bernstein’s breathtaking score for full orchestra, with thrilling dance numbers and favorite songs including “Maria,” “Tonight,” “I Feel Pretty,” “One Hand, One Heart,” “Cool” nd “Somewhere.” “Something’s Coming” indeed, as a pair of star-crossed lovers face the gripping tension between the Jets and the Sharks. Bristling with the energy and passion of the streets of New York, UC Irvine’s vibrant production will stir your heart and bring a fresh appreciation for this unparalleled musical masterpiece.
UCI ARTS BOX OFFICE
(949) 824-2787
SOUND DOWNTOWN
November 11, 2008 by admin
Filed under Concerts, Dance, Eclectic, Events, Featured, Music, Performance, Restaurants, Special Events
SoundDowntown 2008 is a one-day music festival on Saturday, November 15, featuring a lineup of over 50 locally and nationally recognized bands, DJ’s and performing artists at various venues throughout the Artist’s Village of downtown Santa Ana.
Preferred advance tickets are $10 and general admission is $15 day-of. Event tickets will allow patrons to enter all local venues (some 21+) curated with entertainment. Venue capacity will range from 50 to 800, so suggested arrival times will vary. Advance tickets are now on sale.
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New Artists TBA!
Note: Some Performances are 21+
Please Check Schedule
Sponsored in part by the Downtown Santa Ana Business Council, OC Weekly, Karl Strauss Brewing Company, KUCI, Yelp and Splitends.
Participating Venues:
The Crosby, The Yost Theater, Bistro 400, Festival Hall, Gypsy Den, Jason’s Downtown, Memphis Santora, Proof, CSF Grand Central Art Center
Billing (More TBA):
Austin Hartley-Leonard - Bearded Baby - Blank Blue - Bobby Soul – Busdriver - Cheap Date - DJ Dan Oh - DJ Dan Sena – DJ J Hall - DJ Nobody - DJ Pubes - Faded Tequila Wormz - Flying Saucers - Free Moral Agents - Free the Robots - From Elsewhere – Inkblots - Living Suns - Look Daggers - Majic Bullet Theory - Mexican Institute of Sound – MODE - My Hollow Drum – Nalepa – Narodniks - No MSG - Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible - Nosaj Thing - One Way – Peanut - Protect Me – Satisfaction - Shepard Fairey - Sparrow Love Crew - Strange Fruit - Tea Long - Teton Songwriters - The Entrance Band - The Growlers - The Hattrix Project - The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Two Guns - Venus Infers - Zechs Marquise - Zutra
The historic—and historically progressive—Artists’ Village district in the city of Santa Ana gets into the groove this November 15, with the much-anticipated soundDowntown 2008. This day-into-night music and spoken word festival happens on Saturday, November 15, from 2pm-2am, featuring a lineup of 60+ locally and nationally recognized bands, DJs and performing artists hosted by more than a dozen of Santa Ana’s most famously intriguing landmark venues, all within a walkable radius of just a few square blocks in the downtown arts district. The streets of the area won’t be blocked off, instead audiences will be issued all-access passes that allow for a freeform, self-guided experience akin to a gallery walk, complete with printed programs containing maps and full schedules, and integrating the simultaneous performances to unfold within the vibrant nightlife of the neighborhood.
One of the Southland’s best kept cultural secrets, Santa Ana is a dynamic, evolving, and engaged arts community. The Bowers Museum, Orange County High School of the Arts, OC Weekly HQ, the revitalized Santora Building, the renovated Festival Hall and Yost Theater, dozens of independent galleries, and Rude Guerrilla Theater Company are just a few of the pillars of this naturally occurring culturati hub. The noted Grand Central Art Center with its small but salient regional museum vibe in the European kunsthalle tradition, and its edgy, ambitious programming, offers the quintessential example of the kind of cultural interplay soundDowntown 2008 is engendering, as it invites radio station KUCI to program a full night of local indie buzz bands inside its galleries, including some explosive special guests to be announced soon.
In fact, each of the dozen plus venues participating share not only the organizers’ love of progressive culture, but also their passion for the breathtaking architectural preservation and innovation that gives the community its compelling, eccentric, and almost literary flavor.
soundDowntown 2008 signals the return of Koos Art Center, whose presence laid the groundwork for Santa Ana’s cultural vibrancy, as founder and soundDowntown producer Dennis Lluy reopens Koos at the Yost, once a Mexican movie house and Vaudeville theatre, and who for soundDowntown host a bill featuring; the politically-charged, anthemic rock from Rick Rubin-produced buzz band International Noise Conspiracy; Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible, a collaborative effort in furhterance of dirty TJ techno; the Entrance Band’s psychedelic avant-freedom rock; and Free the Robots blend old-school/avant-garde hip-hop.
Meanwhile, down the block, Mexican Institute of Sound’s boundary and border-blurring indie electronica and rough-riding feel-good beach Goth from the Growlers take the stageFestival Hall; The Living Suns infiltrate the Gypsy Den with their psychedelic prog rock;Bistro 400 opens their patio to host DJ Bobby Soul and Secret Affair and Jason’s throw their antes in with eclectic indie fare. Shepard Fairey aka DJ Diabetic, and DJ Pubes hold it down at the Crosby, an archetype of the lively college town coffee house offering books, art, music, food, drinks, and the kind of genre-blurring cultural fusion that defines Santa Ana society.
Among the most lively mash-ups of old and new is are the all-star spoken word jam by Hattrix Project, dancers, and music from the Magik Bullet Theory taking place at the Grand Central Art Center; DJ Nobody and Free Moral Agents at Memphis in the instantly classicSantora Building, kicking out the louder beats amid impressive surroundings that include three floors of art galleries; and Sparrow Love Crew’s soulful hip-hop and self-described “Ghettotech” draw dance-hungry crowds at Proof.
Summer Salsa Celebration
This Friday-Jason’s Summer Salsa Celebration!
Jason’s Downtown Restaurant will be hosting their annual Summer Salsa Celebration on Friday, August 22, 2008 starting at 6:00PM.
If you think you’re “hot stuff” with a killer salsa concoction, then bring a batch of it to the celebration and your dish can be entered into the tasting.
A bottle of “El Don” Tequila will be presented to the creator of the favorite salsa of the evening!
Jason’s Downtown Entertainment Line Up
THURSDAY - 08/21 (6:30-9:30PM)
Tammy Vigiletti
Tammy Vigiletti has been entertaining audiences for more than 20 years. She manages her family owned dinner theatre Tibbies which is located in Long Beach aboard the historic Queen Mary. Tammy is currently working on recording a cd featuring her top 10 favorite songs. Please join us for a engaging night filled with first-rate service, sumptuous dining, relaxing intimate and enchanting atmosphere, and stellar entertainment!
FRIDAY - 08/22 (7:00-11:00PM)
Ritmo, Sabor Y Estilo
Changing it up a bit this weekend, local percussionist Jesse Moreira adds a twist of Salsa to his latin jazz stylings in support of the salsa celebration-staying true to the cha chas, boleros, and bossas through dinner, and then kicking up the spicy flavor with some energetic Salsa rhythms. Come out and join the party!!!
THE OLD AND THE NEW
May 28, 2008 by admin
Filed under Dance, Entertainment, Performance, performing arts
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Department of Music
UCI Symphony Orchestra
presents
THE OLD AND THE NEW
June 6 & 7, 8 pm
Pre-concert conversation: June 6, 7 pm
Irvine Barclay Theatre
Stephen Tucker, conductor
Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ - Tuba Concerto, with Fred Greene, soloist
Manuel de Falla – El Amor Brujo - with the UCI Dance Department’s restaging of the 1944 version created by La Meri
UCI Arts Box Office (949) 824-2787 (noon – 4 pm weekdays)
http://www.arts.uci.edu/events
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI
April 30, 2008 by admin
Filed under Dance, Entertainment, Openings, Performance, Special Events, performing arts
UNDERGRAD CHOREOGRAPHERS CREATE “PHYSICAL GRAFFITI”
EVENT: “Physical Graffiti,” presented by UCI Department of Dance
WHEN: Opens 8:00 p.m., Thursday, May 8;
repeats 8:00 p.m., Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10;
matinee 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 10
WHERE: Claire Trevor Theatre, Claire Trevor School of the Arts
INFORMATION: Tickets: $11/$10/$9; UCIArts Box Office, (949) 824-2787;
www.ticketmaster.com
www.arts.uci.edu/events
BACKGROUND: Fifteen undergraduate choreographers present 13 original works – ranging from tap and ballet to modern/contemporary – in this annual showcase of talent. Assistant Professor Loretta Livingston serves as artistic director for this 90-minute program.
The UCI Department of Dance was founded on the principle that aspiring professionals need substantial experience in more than one form of dance and in more than one academic area to succeed in the field of dance. Dance at UCI reflects the research and preservation of dance history, the exploration of choreography in the present, and the cutting edge technology of the future. Student choreography, teaching, and scholarship benefit from exposure to many styles and approaches, all aiming to inspire and prepare the next generation of dance professionals.
Photo by Rose Eichenbaum
Linda McCrerey
Interim Director of Communications
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
UC Irvine
(949) 824-2189
Dance Escape 2008
April 16, 2008 by admin
Filed under Dance, Events, Featured, Performance, performing arts
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
Department of Dance
presents
Dance Escape 2008
April 24 - 26, 8 pm
matinee performance: April 26, 2 pm
Claire Trevor Theatre, $11/ $10/ $9
New works by UCI graduate choreographers
UCI Arts Box Office (949) 824-2787 (noon - 4 pm weekdays)
www.ticketmaster.com
For more events visit our Events Calendar
Tierrita Flamenca Live
April 2, 2008 by admin
Filed under Dance, Events, Fundraiser, Music, Special Events, performing arts
Claudia de la Cruz children dance company “Tierrita Flamenca” will be performing Saturday April 5th, 2008 at 7pm at the CSUF Grand Central Art Center.
Tierrita Flamenca is another Claudia de la Cruz’ project on an effort to preserve the passion of flamenco dance through children and teenagers. Tierrita Flamenca is the petite version of her formal Adult Tierra Flamenca Dance Company founded in 2004 with 4 of her most talented students. Currently formed with 11 members the company continues to grow with more choreographies and challenges every day!
FUNDRAISING EVENT
Sat Apr 5th, 2008
Tickets $20
7:00 pm
Limited Seating
CSUF Grand Central
125 N Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92701
RSVP 714.543.1370
info@culturalstageofart.org
