DISNEY THEATER PICKS ACTING ARTS ADVISER.Byline: Staff and wire services VALENCIA - The artistic director of a Seattle performance center has been named acting artistic adviser to the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater at the new 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 Disney Concert Hall, officials said Tuesday. Mark Murphy Mark Murphy is the name of two American Football safeties, an ice hockey player, a singer, a Landscape Architect and a philosopher.
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. to program an ambitious debut season at the theater that will showcase cutting-edge artists in dance, theater, music, art, film and video, officials said. ``Mark is a powerful choice for CalArts,'' said CalArts President Steven Lavine. ``He is remarkably well-connected to artists and organizations who share the CalArts spirit.'' In Seattle, Murphy led an internationally recognized center for the presentation of new and challenging art, Lavine said. He has a proven track record of making this kind of adventurous ad·ven·tur·ous adj. 1. Inclined to undertake new and daring enterprises. 2. Hazardous; risky. ad·ven programming work. Murphy will create a production schedule plan, review facility and production planning Production planning The function of a manufacturing enterprise responsible for the efficient planning, scheduling, and coordination of all production activities. and take the lead in programming for the first two seasons, officials said. Murphy will also review proposals for working with arts groups. The Disney concert hall complex, across from the Music Center, is expected to open in late 2003. Murphy said he hopes to create a home for performers who are currently without any such facility. ``One of the most important goals I see is to build a sense of community around the space,'' he said. ``I hope it can be a home for artists and ensembles who don't have one now.'' Murphy will head a team that also includes curator Karin Higa of the Japanese American National Museum The Japanese American National Museum opened its doors in 1992. The museum is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown Los Angeles, California. It is devoted to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans. and curator and CalArts faculty member Karen Atkinson, officials said. A third of the theater's programming will be drawn from CalArts artists, another third from the greater Los Angeles area The Greater Los Angeles Area, or the Southland, is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. There are two "official" definitions—the Los Angeles metropolitan area consisting only of the Los Angeles and Orange and the other third will consist of visiting artists. |
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