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4 Performances by Blue13 for Western Arts Alliance
Blue13 will perform in three independent showcases for the Western Arts Alliance conference in Los Angeles, August 29th-31st.
LA DanceFest Monday August 29th, 9pm at Downtown Dance & Movement, just a few blocks from J.W. Marriott. Greeters will be in the lobby to walk with presenters to the performance venue. Open to WAA attendees only.
Also performing: BrokusRED, Anais Dance Opera, Down Around Brown Town, and more. Food, Drinks, Merriment included! CLICK FOR CALENDAR LISTING.
Downtown Dance Showcase Tuesday August 30th, 8:30pm & 9:30pm at Downtown Dance & Movement, blocks from J.W. Marriott. Greeters will be in the lobby to walk with presenters to the performance venue. Free and open to the public, though WAA attendees will take seating preference.
Also performing: LACDC, Ate9, Jacob Jonas Company. CLICK FOR CALENDAR LISTING.
DRC Homegrown Wednesday August 31st, 8:58pm at Los Angeles Theater Center.
Transportation: Shuttle buses will be available from REDCAT, after the Juried Showcase, as well as from the J.W. Marriott Hotel. Other options: Uber, discount code (up to $22) for first-time riders is Feeling22; by foot from the hotel is about a 30min. walk via W Olympic and S Spring Street; by car from the hotel is about a 9min. drive. FREE badged WAA attendees, $15 public, $10 DRC members. CLICK FOR CALENDAR LISTING.
Also performing: Helios, Pony Box, Antics, Versa Style, Troupe Vertigo Circus and more.
Kiran Gandhi (M.I.A. Drummer) Joins Blue13 this August DTLA
For Immediate Release: July 15, 2016
Drummer Kiran Gandhi joins Blue13 in Moves After Dark at the Music Center this August in Los Angeles. An American drummer/ percussionist based in Los Angeles, Gandhi
has toured internationally with Grammy nominee M.I.A as well as electronic DJ-duo Thievery Corporation. Her styles range from hip-hop and pop to drum’N’bass and latin jungle, and she plays both drum set and various forms of standing percussion. She has been featured in publications like Rolling Stone, Tom Tom Magazine, The Drummer’s Journal, VICE and Mic.com. She has performed at SXSW, Pitchfork Music Festival, OFFF Barcelona, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Bestival and Daybreaker. She has spoken at Ableton LOOP, NAMM, SXSW, SF Music Tech and The Future of Music Coalition Summit in DC. Gandhi collaborates with drummer Dave Lewis and Violinist Alma Cielo for Blue13’s new piece “Among Whispers,” premiering at Moves After Dark August 8th.
has toured internationally with Grammy nominee M.I.A as well as electronic DJ-duo Thievery Corporation. Her styles range from hip-hop and pop to drum’N’bass and latin jungle, and she plays both drum set and various forms of standing percussion. She has been featured in publications like Rolling Stone, Tom Tom Magazine, The Drummer’s Journal, VICE and Mic.com. She has performed at SXSW, Pitchfork Music Festival, OFFF Barcelona, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Bestival and Daybreaker. She has spoken at Ableton LOOP, NAMM, SXSW, SF Music Tech and The Future of Music Coalition Summit in DC. Gandhi collaborates with drummer Dave Lewis and Violinist Alma Cielo for Blue13’s new piece “Among Whispers,” premiering at Moves After Dark August 8th.Moves After Dark features 4 different dance companies including Blue13 at various sites around the Music Center and Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. Shows: August 8, 15, 16, 17, 8:30 pm.
Violinist Alma Cielo to Join Blue13 in Moves After Dark this August!
For Immediate Release: July 15, 2016Violinist and Sarengi player, Alma Cielo joins Blue13 in Moves After Dark at the Music Center this August in Los Angeles. Alma Cielo is a cross-genre violinist, dancer, performing artist. A graduate of Yale University, she is part of a wide variety of ensembles and theater groups and has performed in venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, Disney Hall, California Plaza, and in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She performed with Blue13 at one of its first shows in Los Angeles in 2004, and is thrilled to be collaborating again with this wonderful company. Cielo joins forces with longtime collaborator Dave Lewis (drums), and M.I.A. drummer Kiran Gandhi in this special Blue13 show at the Music Center. Blue13 premieres “Among Whispers” at Music Center’s Moves After Dark with these talented musicians on August 8th, with additional shows on August 15th, 16th, and 17th, 8:30 p.m.
For information and tickets: YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.
Renowned Drummer Dave Lewis Joins Blue13 at Music Center
For Immediate Release: July 16, 2016Drummer Dave Lewis joins Blue13 in Moves After Dark at the Music Center this August in Los Angeles. Dave Lewis is easily one of the most exciting drumming talents in the world today. Born in 1983, Lewis grew up playing piano and began composing at the age of 8. By twelve, he was given his first drum set and never looked back. Influenced by jazz, latin, rock and East Indian classical music, Lewis‘s ingenuity took him well beyond his years. He received a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music, where he graduated in December of 2005. A solid, articulate and dynamic musician, Lewis has worked with some of the biggest names in music, including Vince Neil (Motley Crue) Robby Kreiger (The Doors) George Thorogood, Mike Stern, Richard Bona, Joe Lovano, Sheila E., Deepak Ram, Kai Eckhardt, Taufiq Qureshi, George Brooks, Arohi Ensemble, Paul Livingstone, Abhijit Banerjee, Pedro Eustache, Peter Jacobson, Salar Nader, Alam Khan, Sheila Govindarajan, Maiya Sykes and Mirror Talk. Aside from maintaining a high profile as one of the most in demand live and studio musicians in Los Angeles, Lewis also brings music to the big screen as a composer, where his works range from commercials to films. Whether creating lush soundscapes or thunderous drums, Lewisbrings breathtaking emotion to his creative works. More info at www.davelewisgroup.com. In Blue13’s new piece, “Among Whispers,” Lewis collaborates with Sarengi player and violinist, Alma Cielo, and percussionist Kiran Gandhi, of M.I.A. fame. See the piece at Moves After Dark August 8, 15, 16, 17 at the Music Center in Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.
Bollywood Children & Family Show at the Ford August 13th
BLUE13 DANCE COMPANY LIVE AT THE FORD AMPHITHEATRE
BIG! WORLD! FUN! is a Family Show including Interactive Elements and Featuring Youth Performances by Baby Blue13 and Blue Thirteens.
Explore the history and progression of Indian dance from folk styles like Punjabi Bhangra to today’s popular Bollywood dance. Energetic colorful and theatrical, Blue13’s mix of energetic jazz, hip-hop and modern dance with traditional Indian dances are impossible to resist.
Pre-show activities start @ 9:00 AM – Make a contact paper keyring using authentic Indian fabric! Activity presented by Mama Earth.
Children 12 and younger: FREE
Adults: $5
Open Seating | Advanced reservations recommended
Parking: $1
Radio Interview on K-USC FM
Listen to the interview of Achinta S. McDaniel on K-USC 91.5, “Arts Alive” with Brian Lauritzen! She discusses growing up as a South Asian American art maker, her history in the dance world, Blue13, and the upcoming Dance Downtown at The Music Center of downtown Los Angeles. (Scroll about 16 minutes through for Achinta’s segment.)
Moves After Dark Music Center DTLA this August
See Blue13 Dance Company’s new piece, “Among Whispers,” created for the site specific Moves After Dark™ at the Music Center August 8th, 15th-17th in Downtown Los Angeles. Featuring Live Music by renowned artists: Alma Cielo (Violin, Sarengi), and on Percussion, Dave Lewis and Kiran Gandhi, M.I.A’s drummer!
Moves After Dark returns for a second season, featuring Blue13 and three other contemporary dance companies that will provide compelling and inventive performances in a variety of non-traditional performance spaces around The Music Center campus.
Moves After Dark asks audiences to travel to where the dancers are performing and select their own vantage point. Audiences will be guided in rotating groups, watching separate performances simultaneously, and then joining together at the end of the evening for the final performance.
Approximately 2 hours. Each evening will feature the same companies and works.
Monday, Aug 8 | 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Aug 15 | 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug 16 | 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug 17 | 8:30 p.m.
OTHER PERFORMANCES BY:
Decadancetheatre
Invertigo Dance Theatre
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Achinta Off to Michigan to Set a Piece on Young Ballet Dancers
I’m so excited to fly to Michigan tomorrow morning bright and early (send me good traffic vibes, LA). I’m honored to be setting a Bollywood piece on a group of talented dancers from the Young People’s Ballet Theatre in Flint. My family/friends from the Grand Rapids Ballet, Nick and Laura Schultz, asked me to come out and choreograph the grand finale of their student group, and I of course, happily accepted. Can’t wait to work with this young dancers, and to show you all the finished product. Look out for my tweets and instagrams all weekend!
-Achinta S. McDaniel
Grand Finales & All That Jazz
What a fabulous Los Angeles Dance Festival it was this year! We were so honored to perform alongside LA’s ROCKING DANCE COMPANIES, and so proud to be a part of this incredible community of dancers. Catch a snippet of our new piece, “the lion. the dragon.,” which served as the grand finale in the Friday, April 15, 2016 evening performances at the beautiful Diavolo space near downtown LA.
Brokus Project should be commended for a job well done, as should, of course, the outstanding choreographers and performers throughout the weekend. AND there’s more: Classes will continue as part of the LADF April 23 and 24, including Blue13’s own Jon Paul teaching a Bollywood/Contemporary Indian class AND AUDITION CLASS FOR BLUE13.