With performances in the historic Royce Hall on UCLA’s campus, UCLA Live’s latest lineup of events for the 2010-2011 season includes many intriguing guests in categories like dance, special event, spoken word, music & film and musical genres including classical, world, jazz and roots. This year debuts the series’ newest section, music & film
Curated by David Sefton, individual tickets for events go on sale on Aug. 9, while discounted series subscriptions are available now.
The series of events begins on Sept. 30 with the live show John Cale: When Past & Future Collide-Paris 1919. Cale, co-founder of the Velvet Underground, will perform his 1973 album Paris 1919 from start to finish with a backing band providing support. The second part of the event will feature the avant-garde artist’s modern works.
According to its website, , “UCLA Live presents world-class performing arts with a global perspective, enhancing the experience by engaging, cultivating and developing artists and audiences. Active, intrepid and ever-evolving, UCLA Live is powered by the work and imagination of today’s most extraordinary performers coupled with the energy and attitude of Los Angeles itself.”
For full information on all of this year’s lineup, visit the UCLA Live website. Below is a list of the upcoming performances organized by category.
The UCLA Live 2010-2011 Season:
Dance
Oct. 23, 2010: Helios Dance Theater: Beautiful Monsters
Feb. 25-26, 2011: Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM: Lost Action
March 11-12, 2011: Stephen Petronio Dance Company: I Drink the Air Before Me
April 15-16, 2011: Barak Marshall: Monger
May 6-7, 2011: Lucinda Childs: Dance
Classical
Nov. 4, 2010: Murray Perahia
Nov. 20, 2010: Menahem Pressler and Richard Stoltzman with the New York Chamber Soloists Orchestra
Feb. 11, 2011: Daniel Hope and Jeffrey Kahane
March 3, 2011: Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
April 3, 2011: Takács Quartet with Nobuyuki Tsujii
April 23, 2011: Royce Hall Organ Recital
Jazz
Nov. 3, 2010: Ornette Coleman
Dec. 1, 2010: John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension
Dec. 5, 2010: Alice Coltrane Tribute
March 5, 2011: Chick Corea & Gary Burton The Return of the Crystal Silence Duets
World
Oct. 2, 2010: Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano featuring special guests. Viva Mexico! 50th Anniversary Celebration
Oct. 22, 2010: Taj Mahal plus special guest Vieux Farka Touré
Nov. 11, 2010: Gamelan Cudamani
Jan. 29, 2011: Karsh Kale
March 26, 2011: Acoustic Africa featuring Habib Koité, Oliver Mtukudzi & Afel Bocoum
April 21, 2011: Ghazal: Kayhan Kalhor, Shujaat Kahn and Sandeep Das
Roots
Nov. 5, 2010: Mavis Staples and Billy Bragg
Nov. 19, 2010: Richard Thompson’s Cabaret of Souls featuring Danny Thompson, Harry Shearer, Pete Zorn & special guests
April 8, 2011: Arlo Guthrie & Friends
May 12, 2011: Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Del McCoury Band
Special Events
Sept. 30, 2010: John Cale: When Past & Future Collide-Paris 1919 live
Oct. 21, 2010: Laurie Anderson: Delusion
Spoken Word
Oct. 14, 2010: The Yes Men Live
Nov. 8, 2010: Stephen Sondheim
Jan. 22, 2011: Wallace Shawn: Real World, Fake World, Dream World
Feb. 10, 2011: The Onion Editors
Feb. 19, 2011: Maya Angelou
Feb. 23, 2011: John Waters: This Filthy World Goes Hollywood
April 14, 2011: Seamus Heaney
April 27, 2011: David Sedaris
Music & Film
Oct. 30, 2010: Royce Hall Organ & Silent Film: The Phantom of the Opera
Nov. 12, 2010: Dengue Fever: The Lost World
April 2, 2011: Bill Frisell Trio: Selected works of Buster Keaton, Jim Woodring and Bill Morrison
Family
March 19, 2011: Dan Zanes & Friends
April 2, 2011: Bill Frisell Trio: Selected Works of Buster Keaton