Dance at TRK
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.
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.
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.