En Aparté (photo courtesty Theatre Raymond Kabbaz)
For Immediate Release:
Theatre Raymond Kabbaz Presents
Two Nights of Contemporary Dance
By Compagnie Étant Donné From France
• En Aparté on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
• TU on Friday, April 5, 2013
In West Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA – February 18, 2013 – Theatre Raymond
Kabbaz (TRK) presents two evenings of contemporary dance by
Compagnie Étant Donné, with family show En Aparté on
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 and TU, an exercise of view, on Friday,
April 5, 2013. Étant Donné explores dance as a conceptual art
form, with performances that interpret the world through gesture,
incorporating elements of independent film, Dadaism, literary
theory, and humor. Both shows start at 7:30pm. Adult tickets cost
$25, with student tickets $15, available at
https://www.vendini.com/ticketsoftware.html?m=241d6077b39728479d58e072170e1c6f&t=tix.
Theatre Raymond Kabbaz at Le Lycee Francais de Los Angeles is
located at 10361 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310.286.0553). To learn more about Theatre Raymond Kabbaz,
please visit http://www.theatreraymondkabbaz.com.
“In a nutshell, Compagnie Étant Donné explores concepts related
to human communication,” says Pierre Leloup, Theatre Raymond
Kabbaz Director, “These contemporary dance pieces are gestural
interpretations of the playground that is life, from the ridiculous to
the sublime.” • Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 7:30pm
En Aparté (45 min.)
A duet for the whole family (ages 6 and up)
This family show explores the beauty, poetics, and inspiration in
daily life. The work reveals the unique in everything around us.
Through the bodies of the performers, movement becomes dance,
noise becomes song. Household events, like a shower and the
cacophony of dishes, are transported into the marvelous. En Aparté
translates roughly to “in separate.”
• Friday, April 5, 2013, 7:30pm
TU (45 min.)
TU (or “you”) is an exercise of view. The piece features hooded
dancers in a ghostly environment. Hoods hide the faces and
expressions of figures who, ultimately, all walk the same path. An
awakening reveals the differences behind everything that looks
alike. TU (photo courtesy Theatre Raymond Kabbaz)
Compagnie Étant Donné – Founded in 1997 by classically trained dancers Frédérike Unger
and Jérôme Ferron, Étant Donné blends elements of independent
film, Dadaism, literary theory, and humor into contemporary dance
performances. The Company, based in Rouen, France, is
committed to staging conceptual movement that explores the world
through gesture. At turns absurd and poetic, the works never
forget life beyond the stage. Among the Company’s influences are
Jim Jarmusch, Roland Barthes, Pierre Desproges, Sonic Youth, and
Peter Handke.
Étant Donné (which roughly translates to “given”) takes its
name from Marcel Duchamp’s last project, which he created in
secrecy from 1946 to 1968. Generally credited as the first known
art installation, Duchamp’s final work requires viewers to peek
through peepholes to look at a plaster model of a naked woman in
front of a waterfall. Étant Donné is supported by the French
Cultural Ministry, the Région Haute-Normandie, the City of
Rouen, and the Conseil Général de Seine-Maritime.
Theatre Raymond Kabbaz–
Theatre Raymond Kabbaz is a non-profit institution dedicated to
the promotion of art and culture in the West Los Angeles area.
This 220-seat theatre welcomes multidisciplinary and
multicultural shows. TRK’s mission is to be an open window on
French and international cultures, as well as to inspire and sustain a
lifelong appreciation for the arts.
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For more information, press passes, photos, or to schedule an
interview, please contact Green Galactic’s Lynn Tejada at 213840-1201 or lynn@greengalactic.com.