| 04/09/10 |
Paradigm
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
April 9, 2010
PARADIGM is a company that wears its age proudly. Composed of modern dance luminaries all over the age 60, their engaging repertoire of commissioned works for seasoned, professional dancers, serve to remind that dance’s domain is not limited to the young. PARADIGM’S artists have illuminated works by Lester Horton, Alvin Ailey, the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham, to name a few. Their unique performance ensemble vividly illustrates the eloquence that...
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02/23/10-
04/01/10 |
The Calder Quartet
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
February 23-April 1, 2010
The Calder Quartet – Benjamin Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook (violins), Jonathan Moerschel (viola), and Eric Byers (cello)—boasts a sound that is “big, bold, firm, and clean,” (Los Angeles Times) just like the towering mobiles Alexander Calder made famous. The quartet takes on another 20th century master – Béla Bartók and his six quartets. The cycle, thought to be the most important since Beethoven’s, embrace both eastern European folk music and...
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| 01/29/10 |
inkBoat
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
January 29, 2010
inkBoat, the über-creative performance company founded by international butoh star Shinichi Momo Iova-Koga, uses traditional and experimental dance forms weaved with physical theater and Japanese Butoh Dance. "Milk Traces," is a deeply thoughtful and eerily ghostly work that allows Iova-Koga to channel the fascination of butoh performance with astonishing acts of self-puppetry.
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| 01/15/10 |
Taikoproject: (re)generation
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
January 15, 2010
TAIKOPROJECT has assembled North America’s premier taiko drummers for a heart-pounding state-of-the-art theatrical production called "(re)generation." This large-scale, multi-media production takes taiko into the 21st century by experimenting with edgy and daring contemporary elements like jazz, rock, hip-hop, video, choreography, and spoken-word. In a short time, this exceptional ensemble has championed the evolution of western taiko from Dallas to Dubai, collaborated with...
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| 11/19/09 |
Kronos Quartet
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
November 19, 2009
For more than 30 years, the Kronos Quartet — David Harrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola) and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello) — has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet. In the process, Kronos has become one of the most celebrated and influential groups of our time, performing thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 40 recordings of extraordinary...
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| 11/04/09 |
Margaret Jenkins Dance Company with the Guangdong Modern Dance Company
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
November 4, 2009
World Premier Tour! A trilogy of dances created by venerated choreographer Margaret Jenkins and her company, "Other Suns" is a visually stunning, cross-cultural collaboration with the Guangdong Modern Dance Company of Guangzhou, China – mainland China’s first professional modern dance company. Combining athleticism, technical acuity and emotional nuance, "Other Suns" creates a highly charged landscape that transcends national and cultural borders.
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| 11/04/09 |
Margaret Jenkins Dance Company / Guangdong Mondern Dance Company
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
November 4, 2009
A trilogy of dances created by venerated choreographer Margaret Jenkins and her company, "Other Suns" is a visually stunning, cross-cultural collaboration with the Guangdong Modern Dance Company of Guangzhou, China – mainland China’s first professional modern dance company. Combining athleticism, technical acuity and emotional nuance, Other Suns creates a highly charged landscape that transcends national and cultural borders.
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| 04/15/09 |
Dawn’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
April 15, 2009
“Dawn’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi” is a solo-show that chronicles the true story of one Japanese-American’s enduring fight for his constitutional rights. Gordon Hirabayashi was a happy-go-lucky twenty-four-year-old college student living in Seattle when Pearl Harbor was attacked in late 1941. The government’s decision to remove and imprison all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast – including American citizens without due process of...
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| 04/10/09 |
Dance by Neil Greenberg: “Really Queer Dance with Harps”
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
April 10, 2009
Dance by Neil Greenberg refrains from censoring repressed movement material and revels in choreographic choices both queer and Queer as evidenced in the stunning, “Really Queer Dance with Harps.” Greenberg’s highly skilled dancers execute individualized movement sequences suffused with unconventional physicality, vague gestures and layered meanings. Zeena Parkins’s vivid score for three acoustic harps heightens the poetic choreography.
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| 03/27/09 |
Kathy Mattea
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
March 27, 2009
Grammy-winning singer and environmental activist Kathy Mattea goes back to her roots and the music of coal culture. The music of “Moving Mountains” is based on her best-selling album COAL - a hauntingly beautiful collection of mining songs based on the lives, labors, and losses endemic there. The Country Music star’s successful incorporation of Appalachian-based music with strains of straight bluegrass, country and folk provide a voice for “a group of people, a place,...
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| 02/13/09 |
Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
February 13, 2009
Pianist Anthony de Mare offers a compelling series of musical tableaux including works that best reflect the Dalai Lama’s aesthetics of compassion, impermanence, peace and unity of all things. The program "Missing Peace" features the performer’s signature style of multi-disciplinary performance and includes a selection of corresponding visual works for projection during the concert. De Mare specializes in new music, often with a theatrical twist, and is best known for...
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| 01/21/09 |
Joe Goode Performance Group
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
January 21, 2009
The innovative Bay Area dance-theatre company Joe Goode Performance Group pairs up with acclaimed puppet designer Basil Twist to present the story of a mesmerizing puppet with a highly developed gift for feeling deeply. Manipulated with fluidity by company dancers, “Wonderboy” becomes a changed being alongside members of the troupe who explore the psychological, physical and emotional boundaries of the human experience.
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| 01/16/09 |
Culture Clash in AmeriCCa
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
January 16, 2009
Culture Clash is considered the most prominent Chicano-Latino performance troupe in American arts today. For nearly two decades, writer-actors Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Siquenza have imitated the workings of social anthropologists by digging deep into America’s racialized culture to formulate their outrageous brand of “performance collage.” The characters in “Culture Clash in AmeriCCa,” like all of their memorable comedic sketches, are adapted...
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| 11/14/08 |
The Scales of Memory (Les Écailles de la Mémoire)
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
November 14, 2008
Africa and its Diaspora unite through dance in a spectacular display of high-energy choreography in the evening-length performance “The Scales of Memory”. This cross-cultural event combines the talent of seven dancers from the all-female company URBAN BUSH WOMEN from the United States and seven dynamic men from COMPAGNIE JANT-BI, Senegal. The compelling artistic collaboration will focus on themes of differing cultural landscapes and artistic exchange.
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| 10/17/08 |
An Evening with Paula Poundstone
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
October 17, 2008
Stand-up comedian, author and panelist on NPR’s popular “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me” quiz show, Paula Poundstone will perform at UC Riverside. Famous for her side-splitting real-life tales and unscripted interactions with audience members, she is so quick and funny that audience members often leave complaining that their cheeks hurt from laughter. A national spokesperson for Friends of Libraries U.S.A., the author of “There's Nothing in This Book That I...
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| 10/14/08 |
Laurie Anderson: “Homeland”
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
October 14, 2008
UC Riverside Presents opens its 08-09 performing arts series at the University of California, Riverside with multimedia superstar, Laurie Anderson. Recognized worldwide as “the reigning performance artist of her time,” (Boston Globe) Anderson’s HOMELAND is a “concert poem” driven by the political urgency of contemporary America. Conceived as one long piece of music, Homeland moves through many worlds – from Greek tragedy to American business models –...
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04/30/08-
05/02/08 |
Califest '08 Hip Hop Theatre
UCR ARTS Building Performance Lab
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at UCR ARTS Building Performance Lab
April 30-May 2, 2008
An amazing two-day celebration of Hip-Hop culture through theatre, dance, music, poetry, spoken word and art, created and produced by Rickerby Hinds, assistant professor of Playwrighting in the UC Riverside Department of Theatre.
You cannot miss this evening of art and culture!
The kick-off event will feature the performance poetry of Amalia Alvarez and Mark Gonzales, bursting the boundaries to illuminate love, survival, rebellion, ancestry, and youth culture.
The second day will...
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| 04/17/08 |
Perla Batalla
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
April 17, 2008
Always a crowd pleaser, Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Perla Batalla returns to Riverside to thrill audiences with her exhilarating voice. A Los Angelina of Mexican descent, Batalla mines her cultural roots for songs that amplify her luminous personality and rambunctious storytelling. Batalla, who has worked with Leonard Cohen, k.d. lang, Nick Cave and Laurie Anderson, has gone on to release six critically acclaimed CDs earning numerous accolades including Amazon.com’s “Best Independent...
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| 04/11/08 |
Robert Moses' Kin
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
April 11, 2008
A phenomenon since its inception in 1995, the San Francisco based Robert Moses’ Kin Dance Company has earned high praise for its bountiful mix of exuberant dance with an athletic, modern spirit. Described by the New York Times as “electrifying” and hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a local treasure,” Moses’ inventive vocabulary of movement articulates a historically-informed African-American aesthetic. The company handles subject matter based on social issues such as race,...
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| 02/22/08 |
Daniel Bernard Roumain & DJ Scientific
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
February 22, 2008
• DBR, solo violin
• DJ Scientific, turntables
Harlem-based composer/performer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) returns to Riverside for an exciting conversation between two unlikely instruments: the violin and the turntable. DBR's violin and DJ Scientific's two turntables will sing, battle, and rhyme together, honoring not only the first and second Viennese schools of Europe, but the Bronx, and Old School Hip-Hop. DBR is a composer, performer, violinist, and bandleader whose visionary...
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| 02/21/08 |
I Land
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
February 21, 2008
"I Land" is an electrifying solo show by Keo Woolford who uses his experience as an actor, hula dancer and (former) boy-band star to hilarious effect in this semi-autobiographical story. Raised on the islands of Hawaii, Woolford sets out to determine the meaning of his island heritage in the post-modern world. Combining elements of hula, Hawaiian talk-story, and hip-hop, Woolford artfully relays his tale of self-acceptance as a male hula dancer. Persuasively acted, "I Land" earns well deserved...
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| 02/01/08 |
Company Ea Sola
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
February 1, 2008
Company Ea Sola: Drought and Rain, Vol. 2
Vietnam National Opera Ballet – Hanoi
Hanoi’s foremost modern choreographer Ea Sola presents the eloquent sequel to her world-renowned piece Drought and Rain in the company’s Riverside debut. Born in Vietnam, but trained in Paris, Sola’s memories of country, tradition and war remain pivotal to her choreography. Volume 2 is a courageous look at the legacy of the Vietnam War through the eyes of the next...
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| 01/29/08 |
Cantus
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
January 29, 2008
Cantus has quickly emerged as one of America’s most gifted vocal groups. The male chamber ensemble has continually impressed concert audiences with its impeccably blended voices and heft of sound which has been described as “the aural equivalent to heaven.” Founded in 1995 by college friends on the campus of St. Olaf College in Minnesota, Cantus has gone on to perform over 300 concerts and choral festivals across the nation exciting new fans with their heart-felt singing and...
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| 01/13/08 |
Bobby McFerrin
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
January 13, 2008
With a four-octave range and a vast array of vocal techniques, Bobby McFerrin is music’s truest Renaissance man. A ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is one of the world's best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor, the creator of "Don't Worry Be Happy", one of the most popular songs of the late 20th century, and a passionate spokesman for music education. His recordings have sold over 20 million copies, and his collaborations including those with Yo-Yo...
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| 11/15/07 |
The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
November 15, 2007
Explore the mystical world of the whirling dervishes with a special appearance by the Mevlevi Order of Whirling Dervishes. Founded in the 13th century by Sufi mystic Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, the order has preserved the tradition of whirling for 800 years. An expression of faith, the rhythmic rotation of the ancient sema ritual focuses on the relationship between body and soul, man and God, lover and beloved. Sacred music performed live by Turkish musicians enhances the ritual performance which...
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| 11/04/07 |
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
November 4, 2007
Raise the dead and celebrate life in a special Day of the Dead concert featuring the Grammy-winning mariachi ensemble Los Camperos de Nati Cano. Led by “traditionalist” Natividad “Nati” Cano, the ensemble is composed of some of the finest musicians from Mexico and the U.S. For forty-plus years, the ensemble has spread the appeal of mariachi music while showcasing the demanding musical arrangements and individual skills and voices of the players. The ensemble’s well known...
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| 10/28/07 |
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
October 28, 2007
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band derives its name from the venerable music landmark located in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter. Built in 1750, Preservation Hall opened in 1961 when founders Allan and Sandra Jaffe envisioned it to be a haven for music. Since then, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band has been a “bridge across the ages” reaching back to the hey-day of traditional New Orleans music. Many of the band's charter members performed with the early pioneers of jazz including...
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| 10/20/07 |
Music from the Crooked Road: Mountain Music of Virginia
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
October 20, 2007
The Music from the Crooked Road tour celebrates the deep-roots musical culture of Southwest Virginia along Hwy. 58, also known as the crooked road. This tour of old-time bluegrass and mountain gospel sounds brings together National Heritage Award Fellow and Appalachian guitar master Wayne Henderson, bluegrass banjo virtuoso Sammy Shelor, family old-time string band The White Top Mountain Band, and old-time fiddle and banjo masters Kirk Sutphin and Eddie Bond. The future of bluegrass is also...
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| 04/26/07 |
David Sedaris
Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
April 26, 2007
David Sedaris is a best-selling author, an inveterate wise guy, and quite possibly the "funniest man alive" [Time Out NY]. Sedaris’s sardonic wit and incisive social critique cut through cultural euphemisms and political correctness. His original radio pieces are often featured on National Public Radio’s “This American Life.” In 2001 he became the third recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and was named “Humorist of the Year” by Time magazine. In 2005, Sedaris was also...
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| 04/20/07 |
Fleeting Thoughts: Mr. Henderson's 3AM
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
April 20, 2007
"Fleeting Thoughts: Mr. Henderson's 3AM" is a mysterious romp that artfully employs dance to investigate the illogic events surrounding Mr. Henderson’s suspicious activities. Celebrated dance-theatre artist, Jane Comfort, creates a kinetic painting using movement in the exploration of timing and spatial relationships while adding liminal vocalizations that suggest a suspenseful, dreamlike adventure. Joan La Barbara composed the music that she sings live with the performers. She uses her...
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| 04/13/07 |
Soweto Gospel Choir
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
April 13, 2007
Direct from South Africa, the Soweto Gospel Choir is an awe-inspiring vocal ensemble, performing in 8 different languages, in an inspirational program of tribal, traditional and popular African and Western gospel. Earthy rhythms, rich harmonies, a capella and charismatic performances combine to uplift the soul and express South Africa's great hopes for the future.
Under the direction of notable choirmaster David Mulovhedzi and South African Director and Executive Producer Beverly Bryer, the...
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03/08/07-
03/17/07 |
Callifest '07
University of California, Riverside
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University of California, Riverside
March 8-March 17, 2007
A 2-week celebration of Hip-Hop culture through theatre, dance, music, poetry, spoken word and art.
March 8 at 8 p.m. Free
Spittin' Fire UCR's Hip-Hop Congress presents an evening of Hip-Hop music featuring many of the IE's hottest MCs.
March 9 at 8 p.m $5
Hip-Hop Theatre, The INTRO Califest founder Rickerby Hinds will break down the Hip-Hop Theatre genre through a preview from works to be presented during Califest '07.
March 10 at 1 p.m. Free
Hip-Hop Workshop, NYU Professor and...
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| 02/10/07 |
Yin Mei's Nomad: The River
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
February 10, 2007
Yin Mei is a choreographer who explores themes of artistic and spiritual significance arising at the intersection between Asian traditional Performance and Western contemporary dance theater. Her own experience during China’s Cultural Revolution is at the core of "Nomad: The River," a luminous creation that invokes the powerful imagery of two fabled rivers –China’s Yellow River and the Ganges in India to represent the forces of memory, history, and cultural traditions. For this...
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| 02/08/07 |
Kenny Barron, jazz piano
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
February 8, 2007
Jazz pianist Kenny Barron, is a living master of music. After spending years in the bands of Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz, and having co-founded Sphere, a group dedicated to the music of Thelonious Monk – he is able to master any modern-jazz setting in which he finds himself. Barron’s gift “is finding a song’s equilibrium and providing exactly the touch required, whether it’s a dense harmonic cluster, a tricky Latin rhythm or an exhalation of frothy cadenzas” (San Francisco...
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| 02/01/07 |
The Island
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
February 1, 2007
Athol Fugard’s "The Island," is one of the few plays that can legitimately claim to have changed the world. Perhaps Apartheid South Africa's greatest work of art, "The Island" was instrumental in changing international attitudes towards South Africa in the 1970s. It is the story of two political prisoners Winston and John, who while incarcerated on South Africa’s notorious Robben Island prison, prepare a performance of Sophocles' "Antigone" for other inmates. The play examines the bonds and...
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| 11/29/06 |
Noche Flamenca!
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
November 29, 2006
Experience traditional flamenco at its fiery best! Madrid’s Noche Flamenca, delivers the essential flamenco experience complete with clapping hands, stamping feet and smoldering passion. Company founders, artistic director Martin Santangelo and his wife, dancer Soledad Barrio, take one of the world’s most complex and mysterious art forms and elevate it into a furious exhibition of do-or-die dance. Spellbindingly visceral, Noche Flamenca reflects nothing less than the Spanish soul...
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| 11/17/06 |
Jerry Quickley: Live from the Front
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
November 17, 2006
KPFK radio host, Jerry Quickley offers a hip-hop perspective on the Iraq conflict in "Live from the Front." A veteran poetry slammer and member of the “alternative press,” Quickley brings his raw unfiltered descriptions of Iraq as an unembedded reporter just before the 2003 invasion. Quickley’s harrowing journey into the thick of “Shock and Awe” in order to record the lives of regular Iraqi citizens, is reported with forceful precision and backed by excellent slides and video footage...
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| 11/01/06 |
Rinde Eckert: Horizon
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
November 1, 2006
"Horizon" - the latest work by the innovative and multitalented composer, vocalist, writer, actor, and director Rinde Eckert—finds inspiration from the life of German American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. Eckert, joined by David Barlow and Howard Swain, depicts a man who must move forward in life, and in doing so, must reconsider his faith, family, feelings, and future. Interspersed with eclectic music and ingeniously staged with minimal props, "Horizon" is poignant, thought provoking, and...
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| 10/25/06 |
Fès Festival of World Sacred Music - The Spirit of Fès: Paths to Hope
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
October 25, 2006
Touted by the United Nations as one of the seven most important events in the world that furthers the dialogue among civilizations, the Fès Festival of World Sacred Music in Morocco comes to the US to promote peace and unity with uplifting performances by some of the most revered artists from around the globe. This year’s program includes early-music singer Susan Hellauer from Anonymous 4, South Indian vocalist Aruna Sairam, Lebanese American percussionist Jamey Haddad, and the Moroccan Sufi...
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| 10/19/06 |
The Calder Quartet
University Theatre
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at University Theatre
October 19, 2006
The Calder Quartet takes its artistic cue from American visual artist Alexander Calder, by performing works that are distinctly musical in their relation to motion and stillness - like the whimsical mobiles Calder made famous. The foursome is further inspired by the artist’s tireless work ethic. This quartet manages a busy concert schedule in addition to simultaneously holding residencies at both ends of the country: the Colburn School in Los Angeles (their alma mater) and the Juilliard...
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| 10/12/06 |
Los Tucanes de Tijuana
Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Presented by UC Riverside Presents
at Riverside Municipal Auditorium
October 12, 2006
Los Tucanes de Tijuana is Mexico’s most successful Norteño band with a huge following on both sides of the border. They hold the all time record for most numbers on the Billboard/Soundscan Hot Latin Tracks. In 2005, they won the Latin Grammy for best Grupero Album for “El Virus del Amor.”
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