SONGS AND DANCES OF IMAGINARY LANDS photo and music clip

The interdisciplinary and cross genre contemporary opera SONGS AND DANCES OF IMAGINARY LANDS opens tonight, Th July 8, 2010 and continues through Sn July 18, 2010.

Dress rehearsal photo from the scene ”Change.”

singers (l-r): Cesili Williams, Deon Sams, Matthew McCray, Patty Cornell, Silvie Zamora, Alan Jay House, Jamey Hood

Photo credit: Michael Tullberg.

Below, an audio excerpt from the scene “Stones Dance.”

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Music by Bart Hopkin, The Songs & Dances Orchestra.
Groaner: Dory Shultz

SONGS AND DANCES OF IMAGINARY LANDS was developed and cultivated by Director O-Lan Jones in an extensive guided collaboration that involves twenty one librettists, eleven composers, Costume and Scenic Designer Snezana Petrovic, Musical Director David O, Instrument Inventor Bart Hopkin, Choreographer Nina Winthrop, twenty performers, a nine-piece live orchestra, dozens of crew members, scores of community volunteers, and many others.

SONGS AND DANCES OF IMAGINARY LANDS

7/8 to 7/18 $25-$50

Th,F,Sa,Sn 8pm + Sn 2pm
Map of The Songs & Dances Warehouse
Purchase tickets online or by phone: 323-655-2410
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Filed under: Adrienne Geffen, Alan Jay House, Alicia Ziff, Alina Bokovikova, Alisha Bauer, Alyssa Escalante, Amanda Oram, Annemarie Huinink, Annie McCain Engman, Arsene Delay, Ashley Kings, Atsushi Tameda, Ava Johnson, Bart Hopkin, Beth Custer, Brent Crayon, Brian Benning, Bring Kids, Brooke Webber, Caridad Svich, Cesili Williams, Chiwan Choi, Christopher Mello, Coleen Hagerty, Dan Reed, Dance/ Movement, David O, Deb Gwinn, Debby Bradford, Deborah Bradford, Deon Sams, Dory Schultz, Eric Adams, Eric C. Culver, Erik Ehn, Erika Jensen, George Sarah, Gilbert Girion, Gregg Emmel, Gretchen Johnson, Guy Zimmerman, Haley Keim, Halldor Enard, Highbrow, Humor, J. Raoul Brody, James Snodgrass, Jamey Hood, Jana Hoover, Jason Adams, Jeff Fairbanks, Jeremy Smith, Jesse Einstein, Jessie Waite, Joe Chaikin, John Ballinger, John Steppling, Julie Clark, Julie Hebert, Kai Weldon, Kathleen Cramer, Kedar Lawrence, Ken Roht, Kevin Palkki, Laura Bierma, Leon Martell, Live Music, Love, Lynn Manning, Macro Review, Maggie Goddard, Mark William Breitenbach, Marlane Meyer, Matthew McCrary, Melody Butiu, Merle Kessler, Mia Torres, Michael Harrington, Michael Harris, Miriam Faugnos, MJ Silva, Nancy Newman, Nataki Garrett, Neo Paris, Nicolo Palermo, Nina Winthrop, O-Lan Jones, Octavio Solis, Opera, Orlando Griffin, Patty Cornell, Penka Kouneva, Puppets, Quincy Long, Redemption, Renee Archibald, Richard Marriott, Ruth Margraff, Sara Coty, Seriozha Lyvers, Sharon Yablon, Silvie Zamora, Singing, Sissy Boyd, Site Specific, Snezana Petrovic, SONGS & DANCES OF IMAGINARY LANDS, Stacy Hennon, Teri Argos, Tony Palermo, Vibrant Production Management, Violence, Wanda Day, Wendy Arnott