CALARTS TO MAKE DISNEY HALL DEBUT.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - CalArts will present a Chinese opera of sorts next month as its inaugural production at the Walt Disney Concert Hall This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . ``Peach Blossom Fan,'' produced by the Center for New Theater at Valencia's California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. , will be staged at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater in the concert hall - space at the Los Angeles Music Center The Music Center (officially named the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County) is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation. Located in downtown Los Angeles, the Music Center is home to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theater, Mark Taper reserved for CalArts and dubbed REDCAT REDCAT The Roy and Edna Disney/Calarts Theater . Director Chen Shi-Zheng created a Chinese opera for the 21st century with music composed by Stephin Merritt. The opera is based on the story of tragic love between a poet and a courtesan cour·te·san n. A woman prostitute, especially one whose clients are members of a royal court or men of high social standing. [French courtisane, from Old French, from Old Italian cortigiana in the waning days of the Ming dynasty, written in 1699. The production combines traditional Chinese movement, multimedia spectacle, martial arts and karaoke. ``I've wanted to present a Chinese classic in the language of contemporary theater so that a new form of storytelling can draw from both worlds at the same time,'' said Chen, one of the world's most sought-after directors since his staging of the 19-hour ``The Peony peony (pē`ənē), any plant of the genus Paeonia of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family, although placed in the order Dilleniales as a separate family, the Paeoniaceae, by many modern botanists), mostly Eurasian species Pavilion'' at the 1999 Lincoln Center Festival. ``It's important to me to have the work engage a contemporary audience.'' ``Peach Blossom Fan'' was adapted by playwright Edward Mast during a two-year development process in collaboration with Chen and Erik Ehn. ``The principle behind our production of 'Peach Blossom Fan' is to evolve an ancient form,'' said Travis Preston, artistic director of Center for New Theater. ``It's absolutely vital to have a dialogue between classic stories and new expressions.'' The production features David Patrick Kelly, Alan Loyaza, Mary Lou Rosato, Jon David Casey, Fran Bennett and the celebrated Chinese opera performer Zhou Long. ``Peach Blossom Fan'' opens April 9 and runs through April 24 with performances scheduled at 8:30 p.m. Rehearsals have been taking place at CalArts and will switch over to RECAT starting March 28. Opening night will feature a gala reception and all tickets for that evening will be $50, which includes the reception. Tickets for the following nights are priced from $34 to $38 and can be purchased by calling (213) 237-2800 or online at www.redcat.org. Special discounts for CalArts alumni and students are available. |
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