Ebb & Flow Festival
6300 Hetzler Rd
Culver City, CA 90232
USA
HEIDI DUCKLER DANCE THEATRE RELEASES SCHEDULE FOR
EBB & FLOW: CULVER CITY
A free, site-specific community festival of local artists exploring environmental impact through the arts
Los Angeles-based company, Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre (HDDT) is producing a new one-day festival Ebb & Flow: Culver City, a free community festival that will utilize dance and art to explore society’s relationship with the environment. The event will take place at the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook from 12 pm – 7 pm on February 3, 2018.
Curated by Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, the daylong event will feature site-specific performances by diverse local artists from neighboring communities, free public dance workshops for all ages and abilities, booths from local artists, and educational sessions from Culver City environmental organizations. Choreographers featured in the event include Comfort Fedoke, Ryan Walker Page, Tess Hewlett, and Rebecca Lemme. The festival will also feature student performances by Loyola Marymount University, St. Mary’s Academy, and Culver City High School.
Headlining the festival will be a performance of FishEyes, a recurring live performance by HDDT that integrates dance and music to explore issues of drought and water conservation. HDDT collaborated with architect Alex Ward to design and build a 15-foot steel fish sculpture that acts as an interactive public art piece and the focal point of FishEyes. The sculpture and project has moved throughout the Los Angeles area, from Downtown LA’s Pershing Square to San Pedro’s Cabrillo Marine Aquarium and more. This project is supported by the California Arts Council. This performance is made possible in part by a Culver City Performing Arts Grant with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment.
RSVP at https://ebbflowculvercity.eventbrite.com and find more information at HeidiDuckler.org.
Schedule
- 12:00 pm// Student Performance: St. Mary’s Academy
- 12:30 – 1:00 pm// Community Workshop [Ages 12 and under]
- 1:00 – 1:30 pm// Community Workshop [Ages 12 and older]
- 1:45 pm// Student Performance: Loyola Marymount University
- 2:00 – 2:30 pm// Community Workshop [Ages 12 and under]
- 2:30 – 3:00 pm// Community Workshop [Ages 12 and older]
- 3:15 pm// Student Performance: Culver City High School
- 3:30 – 4:15 pm// Professional Workshop
- 4:15 – 5:00 pm// Professional Workshop
- 6:00 – 7:00 pm// Performance & Talkback
About Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre
Founded in 1985 by choreographer Heidi Duckler, Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre has created thought-provoking and constantly evolving dance experiences for more than 30 years, engaging audiences through artistry in non-traditional locations. HDDT reaches out to underserved audiences with location-based performances, offers educational programs that introduce movement to young audiences, encourages arts audiences to discover new places and uses dance to communicate issues like climate change, water shortage and gender equality. By encouraging movement, HDDT brings everyone together.
Heidi Duckler has created more than 300 dance pieces all over the world. She has been awarded the City of LA Department of Cultural Affairs COLA Award, two Dance/USA Engaging Dance Audiences grants, California Arts Council Choreography Fellowship, Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival’s Maverick Award, LA Weekly’s Best Site-Specific Dance Company Los Angeles, and National Endowment of the Arts American Masterpiece award.
Choreographers
Comfort Fedoke
Comfort Fedoke is a multi-talented, Emmy-Award winning dancer, choreographer, director, actress, and singer. Known for competing on “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 4, Comfort was invited back as an All-Star and continues mentoring new competitors each season. Comforts dance roots stem from the street and has competed in freestyle dance battles all over the world. Recently, her success in battle has taken her from the dance floor to the commentator’s booth, working alongside Sway Calloway for Red Bull TV. Comfort was also featured in Nike’s 30-year celebration of Air commercial promoting the new VaporMax shoe. On stage, Comfort has performed live with talented artists such as LL Cool J, Rihanna, and Missy Elliott at the Super Bowl 49 Half-Time Show. Comfort currently serves as a dancer for hip-hop legend Missy Elliott and has appeared in a number of her music videos. Comfort is now transitioning into more choreography and directing doing a number of big music videos for artists such as indie artist Karmin and Nia Sioux.
Ryan Walker Page
Ryan Page is a Los Angeles-based dancer and teacher. He has worked with Rufus Wainwright, Dillon Francis, One Republic, Slipknot, MoMa PS 1, Dagny, Poppy, Lawrence Rothman, SKINGRAFT clothing, A Club Called Rhonda, Art Basel, LACMA, Rosie Herrera, Jilly Meyers, Jasmine Albuquerque, Nina McNeely, Mark Dendy, Daniel Clifton, Heidi Duckler, Danny Dolan, and others. His own work has been presented by Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, Next Level events, Boulder Arts Week, Denver Fashion Week, Lincoln Center ‘Out of Doors’ series, and Sarah Lawrence College. Ryan is thrilled to be included in a festival that is aligning art with environmental sensibilities.
Tess Hewlett
Originally from Midway, Utah, Tess Hewlett moved to Los Angeles to begin her dance career at the age of 18. Upon completion of the scholarship program at Edge Performing Art Center, she has been featured in many music videos, commercials, films and in television. While these projects have provided an exciting diversion, Tess’ passion lies in live performance. She has had the honor of working with several companies throughout Southern California and in her nine years as a professional dancer, she has worked with choreographers nationally and internationally of undeniable talent and acclaim. As much as Tess love’s helping to make others visions come to life, she has excitedly started creating her own work. She has taught all around the United States and internationally in Singapore, Hong Kong, and New Zealand. She has created work for and is a current member of L.A. Contemporary Dance Company and New Guard Theater Company. Tess is excited for the challenge of creating on the fish sculpture and grateful to Heidi Duckler for the opportunity!
Rebecca Lemme/Acts of Matter
Rebecca Lemme is a choreographer, performer, educator, and visual artist. Founded in 2014, she is also Artistic Director of the performance group Acts of Matter, which performs regularly throughout the Los Angeles and Chicago areas. Rebecca has been commissioned and presented by LA Contemporary Dance Company, Santa Barbara Dance Theater, Los Angeles Theater Center, Visceral Dance Chicago, River North Dance Chicago, Thodos’ New Dances, California Institute of the Arts, Loyola Marymount University, Columbia College Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Grand Valley State University, The Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival, and was a finalist chosen to present choreography for The A.W.A.R.D. Show! 2010: Chicago. Additionally, she has toured nationally with contemporary repertory companies Luna Negra Dance Theater, River North Dance Chicago, and Hedwig Dances. She teaches extensively in contemporary, ballet, and jazz technique for which she has created a unique movement style that encourages investigation, problem solving, and versatility. Currently an Assistant Professor at California State University, Long Beach and formerly a full-time faculty member at CalArts, she has additionally been on faculty at Columbia College Chicago, Roosevelt University, Hubbard Street’s Lou Conte Dance Studio, Visceral Dance Center, and Joffrey Ballet Chicago. Rebecca holds a BA in English and Theater from Princeton University and an MFA in Choreography from California Institute of the Arts. rebeccalemme.com