Your Neighborhood Studio is proud to be the home for Helios Dance Theater. Over the past year at our new location, this contemporary dance company has stretched their movement boundaries and spent hundreds of hours preparing their most recent dance repertoire, Beautiful Monsters. This performance premiers at UCLA's Royce Hall next weekend for one exclusive showing. We are so excited to watch this amazing choreography come to life on stage through their 7 elegant dancers, including Melissa Sandvig, top finalist from So You Think You Can Dance: Season 5.
Click here to see a sneak preview of the show!
Beautiful Monsters explores the boundaries of both the beauty and horror of our dreams. Artistic Director, Laura Gorenstein Miller, grew up in a haunted house and wanted to take her audience on a journey through her childhood fascination with the myths behind vampires. Her choreography investigates the confrontation with such nightmares, in which "becoming the monster is the only safety." This performance also showcases Miller's unique neutral gender partnering style: women to women, men to men and women lifting the men - testing the strength of a female and exploring the power of genders. Helios also teamed up with Chris Miller (Director of Shrek the Third), whose animations and sound collages will appear through out the show, taking the audience deeper into this dark dream world.
Helios Dance Company was founded by Ms. Miller in 1996. Her dance collective combines ballet, jazz and modern styles but extends its dance styles far beyond the boundaries of a traditional contemporary dance company. The Los Angeles based Helios is committed to their city's art scene, actively partnering with local schools bringing masterclasses and lecture demonstrations as well as educational workshops. Their works have been seen not only locally at Royce Hall, Schoenberg Hall, REDCAT, The Getty and The California Institute of Art, but also nationally at The Joyce Theater and Lincoln Center in New York City, and internationally at the Royal Opera House in London, the Mid Ocean Amphitheater in Southampton and the Bermuda and Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica in San Jose.
Beautiful Monsters
WHERE:
UCLA Live! Royce Hall
Directions
WHEN:
Saturday, October 23, 2010
8pm
PRICE:
$28, $38, $48 & $63 ($15 UCLA students)
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***Helios Master Class***
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Time: 5pm-6:30pm
Location: Royce Hall Rehearsal Studio (click here)
Participation is open but limited, please email mlfriedman@arts.ucla.edu for info and to reserve a space.
Helios Dance Theater Website
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