The following message was posted to: dance-tech We are just back from a tour of the west where we had a NPN residency at the Myrna Loy Center in MT as well as performances in ID. We will be presenting COMPLETE for the first time here in California (and for the LAST time for an unknown period) at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica. The new section resolves the quest the characters are on, and it features a new vj movie by Shinji Murakoshi. Its the culmination of a 3 year effort, and if you are in So. CA, we hope to see you there. We are using 3 projectors, and 4 surfaces for projection. All of the 1st act images and music are on computer in a Macromedia Director Player, and we also use SVHS projections. Narration and 8 dancers are live, although the dancers have been incorporated into 2 of the videos. Calendar and PR follows. CALENDAR LISTING/DANCE/FAMILY LOUISE REICHLIN & DANCERS CONTACTS: FOR LA C&D: LOUISE REICHLIN 213-385-1171 Event: Louise Reichlin & Dancers Location: Miles Memorial Playhouse 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, 90401 Dates: Sat. Dec. 7, Sun. Dec. 8, Sat. Dec. 14, Sun. Dec. 15, 2002 Times: 11:00 am. and 2:00 pm. Program: The Patchwork Girl of Oz - Final Chapter (California Premiere of entire piece) Tickets: $14 general, $10 students, seniors, DRC, $6 children under 12 Information: Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers: 213-385-1171 Web site: http://www.usc.edu/dept/dance/p2_lacd.html CALIFORNIA PREMIER OF "THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ - FINAL CHAPTER" AT THE MILES MEMORIAL PLAYHOUSE/ SANTA MONICA Come along with Louise Reichlin & Dancers, a performing company of Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers, to the California Premiere of The Patchwork Girl of Oz - Final Chapter at the Miles Memorial Playhouse on Saturdays and Sundays, December 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2002, at 11:00 am and at 2:00 pm. Journey through a magical modern day fable that uniquely incorporates dance, multi-media screen projections, animation, spoken word, and music. Based on L. Frank Baum's The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Louise Reichlin adapts and extends Baum's text, first published in 1913, into the present. The work is for children and adults of all ages. Direction, choreography and narration for the production are by Reichlin. Louise Reichlin is Director of Louise Reichlin & Dancers, and a faculty member of the Thornton School of Music, USC. Now in its 23rd year, Louise Reichlin & Dancers was founded in 1979, using the non-profit base of Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers. The company presents Reichlin's work and specializes in works for families and their children. Begun in 2000, the work has been shown part by part, until the completion at this time. The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Part 1, was created in collaboration with Richard Wainess, Information Technology Program, School of Engineering, USC. He is responsible for designing the Macromedia Director files that run both the music and visuals (also designed by Wainess) for that section. Michael Masucci, Videographer, created the "Dorothy Gale" opening for Part 2. The new "Tin Woodman" multimedia portion is created by Shinji Murakoshi, Japanese VJ artist. He uses a computer program called motiondive. Linda Borough, long time collaborator with Reichlin, created the costumes. Bertran Harden is again Multimedia Operator. WHERE IT ALL BEGAN Reichlin saw an article about the celebration of the first book in the series, The Wizard of Oz, at the Central Library downtown. After visiting the exhibition that featured Willard Carroll's collection of Baum's work highlighting the series as well as the initial book, she remembered that as a child, she would insert herself as a character in the book and join the adventures in her dreams. Reichlin was struck by the dance nature of the illustrations by John R. Neill, especially of Scraps, the Patchwork Girl. The character leapt out of the pages in every book, and one book was devoted to her alone. Although the dance/multimedia work has been updated to include today's technology, an excerpt of the book author's 1914 film is included in Reichlin's piece. Carroll attended a performance of The Patch-work Girl of Oz at Zipper Hall, and later e-mailed Reichlin calling her adaptation "inventive and entertaining." The Los Angeles Times also praised the piece -- "Bonnets off to Reichlin, then, and her hard-working troupe on their take on the lesser-known L. Frank Baum story The Patchwork Girl of Oz," pointing out "sunny leaps and marching motifs" as well as "jubilant dancing. Linda Borough's colorful costumes pleased and there was a certain naive quality that grabbed at the heart. Judy Garland would have approved." THE LEGEND CONTINUES The Prologue to The Patchwork Girl of Oz tells us that Oz had been made invisible to the outside world with all communication cut off. Renewed communication with the Land has been set up through wireless technology. This season Reichlin and her troupe continue the story of Ojo and the Patchwork Girl. Their journey takes them through a fantasy world where trees and flowers and food are blue. Part 2 features new characters from the Kingdom of Oz - Dorothy Gale, Princess Ozma, the Tin Woodman, and the Wizard himself. The piece was developed to include audience interaction as well students from workshops where ever the piece is performed. In Santa Monica the company will be working with students from Franklin and John Muir Elementary Schools who portray two diverse cultures having trouble coexisting, the One-Legged Hoppers and the Joking Horners. They are about to go to war when they're visited by the travelers from Oz who are on their quest. The students will perform with the Reichlin's dancers at Miles Memorial Playhouse. The Patchwork Girl of Oz, including the conclusion Final Chapter will be touring the West with a National Performance Network residency at the Myrna Loy Center in Helena Montana and performances at the Colonial Theatre in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Reichlin has also created dances with her company for the Multimedia event Dream Scapes, with music created and performance by Steve Reid's Bamboo Forest. The show is scheduled at performing arts centers across the country this season. Louise Reichlin & Dancers is again working with the Arts Prototype Program of the LA Unified Schools as well as touring performances in schools. The events of this season and this project are supported, in part, by Mervyns, the California Arts Council, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department with additional funding from the Milken Family Foundation. The Patchwork Girl of Oz features: Elizabeth Brookman, Sarah Jenkins, Steven Nielsen, Tara Page, Louise Reichlin, Natalie Pausch, Shannon Schwait, Tina Tsunoda, and Wil-son Williams. The California premiere of the complete work will be at the Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica on December 7 and will play for two week-ends at 11 am & 2 pm. Miles Memorial Playhouse is at 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. For additional program information and tickets call 213-385-1171. ### -- ***************************************************************************** Please visit us at Southern California Dance and Directory: http://www.usc.edu/dept/dance Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers is at http://www.usc.edu/dept/dance/p2_lacd.html You can reach us by phone at 213-385-1171. ---------------------------------------- The Dance-Tech mailing list has recently moved to a new address. To post a message, send email to dance-tech@dancetechnology.org. 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