The Wallis Season 2023/24 Booklet

WINTER/SPRING SEASON

L.A.’S CULTURAL DESTINATION

BALLET JAZZ MONTREAL DANCE ME - MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN

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DANCE THE WALLIS PRESENTS

CAMILLE A. BROWN & DANCERS: ink JAN 12 - 13, 2024

RECOMMENDED FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN AGES 11+.

ink is an exploration of self-empowerment, Black love, brotherhood, and resilience that examines aspects of Black life that are too often appropriated, rewritten, or silenced. Ms. Brown made history this past year as the first Black director in the history of the MET opera and as the first Black female to be nominated for a Tony Award as both director and choreographer for a play on Broadway (For Colored Girls). With traditional African rhythms at its center, ink weaves together AfricanAmerican social dance, African, tap, jazz, modern and hip-hop movement to lift up and celebrate Black lives, Black resilience and Black superpowers.

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A.I.M BY KYLE ABRAHAM FEB 9 - 10, 2024

The celebrated contemporary dance company, A.I.M

by Kyle Abraham, renowned for its groundbreaking choreography, captivating performances, and consistent boundary-pushing, is thrilled to present a world premiere of Andrea Miller’s latest work specially commissioned by Abraham. Miller’s newly commissioned work delves deep into the importance of human presence, embodiment, feeling, uniqueness, identity, and the role of bodily expression in a digitized world. The work invites audiences into a space of ritual, practice, and meditation, challenging our relationship with technology and exploring the subtleties of human interaction.

This journey through movement, emotion, and exploration invites everyone to witness the intersection of tradition and innovation in the world of contemporary dance with A.I.M by Kyle Abraham.

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AXIS DANCE COMPANY APR 19-20, 2024

AXIS Dance Company presents a bill of premieres and highlights from our repertoire that showcase the strength, power and infinite possibilities of disabilityintegrated dance.

Led by Artistic Director Nadia Adame and Managing Director Danae Rees, AXIS is one of the nation’s most acclaimed ensembles of disabled, non-disabled and neurodiverse performers. AXIS was founded in 1987 and creates world-class productions that challenge perceptions and redefine dance and disability. The Bay Area, California-based company has toured over 100 cities in the US, United Kingdom, Europe, Israel and Palestine, United Arab Emirates, and Russia, and has received nine Isadora Duncan Dance Awards. AXIS commissions new work from a host of renowned international choreographers including Marc Brew, Arthur Pita, Robin Dekkers, Asun Noales, and Jennifer Archibald.

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DANCE ME - MUSIC BY LEONARD COHEN MAY 10 - 11, 2024 Dance Me is an exclusive creation inspired by the rich and profound work of Montreal-based poet, artist and songwriter, Leonard Cohen.

Approved by Cohen during his lifetime, this riveting homage to the famed artist evokes the grand cycles of existence in five seasons, as described in Cohen’s deeply reflective music and poems.

Three internationally renowned choreographers were entrusted with putting movement to Cohen’s legendary songs: Andonis Foniadakis, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Ihsan Rustem. Their powerful and profound choreographic world reflective of Cohen’s singular work is brought to life by 14 Ballet Jazz Montreal performing artists.

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MICHELLE CANN, PIANO THE WOMEN OF CHICAGO’S BLACK RENAISSANCE JAN 17, 2024

Michelle Cann makes her Wallis recital debut in a program of works by African American women composers. Sharing her passion for what she calls the “fantastic and beautiful music” of Florence Price, Cann will also play a suite by Margaret Bonds, the first African American to perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and works by Irene Britton Smith and Betty Jackson King.

PROGRAM FLORENCE PRICE Fantasie nègre No. 1, Fantasie nègre No. 2, Fantasie nègre No. 4 MARGARET BONDS Spiritual Suite BETTY JACKSON KING Four Seasonal Sketches IRENE BRITTON SMITH Variations on a Theme by MacDowell NORA HOLT Negro Dance Op. 25, No. 1 HAZEL SCOTT Improvisation on Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C-sharp minor, Improvisation on Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

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LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: BAROQUE

BACH + BAUER FEB 3, 2024

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Concertmaster Margaret Batjer leads an all-Bach concert featuring bass Thomas Bauer on the first of two programs on the Orchestra’s engaging Baroque Series. Bauer, who sings with “sheer virile force” and “emotional intensity” (Opernglas), performs Bach’s Ich Habe Genug, a reflection on gratitude and the power of perspective.

Other Baroque gems presented include Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1; Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord; and Concerto for Three Violins.

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CORINNE BAILEY RAE BLACK RAINBOWS TOUR FEB 6, 2024

GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae brings her Black Rainbows project to The Wallis for ONE NIGHT ONLY. Her new single, “Peach Velvet Sky,” is taken from her highly anticipated new album, Black Rainbows, her first album of new material in seven years, coming out on September 15 via Thirty Tigers.

Bailey Rae has collaborated with Mary J. Blige, Al Green, Herbie Hancock, KING, Paul McCartney, Kele Okereke (Bloc Party), Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Questlove, Salaam Rami, RZA, Tyler The Creator, Paul Weller, Richard Hawley, Stevie Wonder, Tracey Thorn, Pharrell, Logic, and Mick Jenkins, just to name a few. Painting the stage with tracks traversing shimmering neo-soul grooves to boisterous punk, audiences shouldn’t miss this unparalleled talent.

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ALPHABET ROCKERS FEB 11-12, 2024

Alphabet Rockers make music that makes change.

Founded by Kaitlin McGaw (she/her) and Tommy Shepherd (he/him/they), this intergenerational group creates brave spaces to shape a more equitable world through hip-hop. Audiences will explore elements of hip-hop together, have shared moments to express and uplift affirmations, reflections, and get our bodies MOVING in celebration and joy!

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LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: LEGACY

DEBUSSY + HAMELIN MAR 2, 2024

Special guest Marc-André Hamelin, a pianist “known for a technical finesse that borders on the supernatural” (The Seattle Times), headlines the final program on Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s popular Chamber Series. He performs Nadia Boulanger’s post-impressionist Three Pieces for Cello and Piano, and Franck’s expressive Piano Quintet in F minor, complementing Leclair’s innovative Sonata for Two Violins in E minor, Op. 3, No. 5, and Debussy’s dream-like Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp. All four composers on the program are united by their contributions to the multi-generational musical pedagogy and landscape of France. They each exemplify the myriad ways in which our lives are continually shaped by the people and circumstances around us.

BROADWAY @ THE WALLIS & MARK CORTALE PRESENT

JEREMY JORDAN

TONY-NOMINATED STAR OF NEWSIES, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS & THE GREAT GATSBY WITH NATHAN PATTEN AT THE PIANO.

MAR 17, 2024

Jeremy Jordan, the award-winning actor/musician, will bring his signature and thought-provoking style to The Wallis for the first time, showcasing a wide array of vocal styles across all genres of Broadway and pop music.

Songs and tales from his storied career will include selections from Newsies, Smash, The Last 5 Years, Little Shop of Horrors, Waitress, and many more.

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TAKE 6

MAR 23, 2024 Take 6 will introduce a preview of their brand new recording, celebrating their new 2024 partnerships in Music Cares with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and more — exclusively for their greater Los Angeles audience!

With 10 GRAMMY Awards, 10 Dove Awards, a Soul Train Award, and they as Members of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, this musical phenomenon has six virtuosic voices united in crystal clear harmony, against a backdrop of syncopated rhythms, innovative arrangements, and funky grooves that bubble into an intoxicating brew of gospel, jazz, R&B, and pop.

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LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: BAROQUE

JIJI + VIVALDI MAY 4, 2024

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Baroque Series concludes with a selection of masterworks from the Italian Baroque led by Concertmaster Margaret Batjer, among them Vivaldi’s Concerto in D minor for Guitar, featuring South Korean guitarist JIJI, “a graceful and nuanced player” (Kansas City Star).

Principal Cello Andrew Shulman is also a soloist on the program that includes Cello Concerto No. 3 in D minor by Leo, who was considered Scarlatti’s heir apparent; Scarlatti’s Sonata in D minor; Vivaldi’s “Spring” from The Four Seasons; and Charles Avison’s Concerto Grosso after Scarlatti, No. 6 in D major. Two contemporary works inspired by the era round out the program — Caroline Shaw’s Stucco & Brocatelle and Max Richter’s recomposed version of “Spring” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

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THEATER THE WALLIS PRESENTS THE BOSTON COURT PASADENA PRODUCTION OF

BOTH AND (A PLAY ABOUT LAUGHING WHILE BLACK) JAN 13-28, 2024

CREATED & PERFORMED BY Carolyn Ratteray DIRECTED BY Andi Chapman

Don’t miss this rare and extraordinary piece of theater.

Through clowning, poetic text, and a tour-de-force performance, Both And (A Play About Laughing While Black) deeply investigates the nucleus of Black joy in which Teayanna finds herself in a netherworld between life and death as she struggles to help her mother cross over. The journey reveals the wisdom of the ancestors, invokes the legacy of the Middle Passage, and unfolds the surprising secrets within her mother’s purse. This unique and powerful story, rich with humor, raw honesty, and passion, becomes a brilliant meditation on how to reconnect with joy.

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ARTS LEARNING FOR ALL GRoW @ The Wallis, an umbrella for the robust mix of education and outreach programs at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, is committed to sharing the arts with learners of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities and bringing their stories to life. Using the power of the arts, GRoW programs address important social issues and respond to critical needs in the greater community through arts leadership, learning, collaboration, and partnership.

Learn more and join a class or program at TheWallis.org/education

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Convenient onsite parking is available at 450 N. Crescent Drive and South Santa Monica Blvd. We encourage patrons to arrive 30 minutes prior to performance time to enjoy our first-rate amenities. Self-Parking is available at a flat rate of $8 for evening performances and $5 for matinees. [Please note: Flat parking rates start two hours before the performance start time. Parking before noon or 6pm is pro-rated with a maximum charge of $22.] Handicapped Parking is available for patrons displaying a handicapped placard for the same flat rates. Parking rates at The Wallis are determined by the City of Beverly Hills and are subject to change without notice.

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THE BRAM GOLDSMITH THEATER is a 500-seat venue where no seat is more than 50 feet from the stage, creating an intimate environment for you to enjoy your favorite performer.

ACCESSIBILITY Accessible seating for patrons with mobility limitations are located in several locations on the main floor of the theater. Wheelchair accessible restrooms are also available on the main floor level.

THE LOVELACE STUDIO THEATER is an intimate flexible space with traditional theater seating of eight rows of raked seats or cabaret style seating with cocktail tables and chairs.

QUIET ROOM The Lyn and Les Bider Family Foundation Quiet Room inside of the Bram Goldsmith Theater is available during most performances for patrons who wish or need to step away for a moment. You can still see and hear the performance in progress but the audience can’t hear you.

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A state-of-the-art telecoil induction system is installed in the Bram Goldsmith Theater. Assisted Listening Devices are also available at no cost to our patrons.

Please contact Ticket Services to notify us of any special needs, so we can help make your experience exceptional.

YOUR TICKETS GROUP TICKETS Groups of 10 or more qualify for a 10% discount to selected shows. Contact the Ticket Services office for more information.

MONDAY MADNESS The Wallis believes that everyone should have access to the performing arts. On select Mondays, we’ll drop a limited number of $10 tickets for purchase. Keep an eye on our Instagram, Facebook, and your inbox for the announcements—and act fast! The tickets are first-come, first-served. Visit TheWallis.org/Madness for details.

STUDENT TICKETS Discounted tickets are available for students with a valid student ID for select performances. One ticket per one valid ID only.

CHILD TICKETS All children age three and up must have a valid ticket and sit in their ticketed location. Children under age 3 will require a lap ticket at a cost of $5 per child and are required to sit on a parent or guardian's lap for the duration of the performance.

LATE SEATING Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the House Staff and may wait until intermission to be seated or be asked to sit in a different location than printed on their ticket.

TICKET SERVICES OFFICE PERFORMANCE DATES MON-FRI 11:30 AM - 6:30 PM NON-PERFORMANCE DATES MON-FRI 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM During performance dates, Ticket Services will be open two hours before curtain time and a half hour after the performance begins. Please note that Ticket Services is unable to process exchanges and future sales one hour prior to curtain time on performance dates.

Dates, times, prices, and artists are subject to change. To learn more about The Wallis' ticket policies, please visit TheWallis.org/Policies

TICKET REPRINTS Lost, damaged or stolen tickets may be reprinted for reserved-seating performances only and will be available for pick-up one hour prior to the performance. Please present your current picture ID to the Ticket Services Associate for pick-up.

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