NEWS
Empire of Teeth Awarded Community Arts Grant from City of Santa Monica
Empire of Teeth has received funding from the City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division as part of its Co-Arts Grant program. Co-Directors Rochelle Fabb and Michael Sakamoto will teach free performance and media art classes at Virginia Avenue Park in Santa Monica in Summer 2006. Contact us at empire@empireofteeth.org or (310) 392-9396 for more info or to register.
Two New Performances in 2006
February 2-5:
The world premiere of our ensemble performance work, Last Waltz, will run at the Miles Playhouse at 1130 Lincoln Blvd. in Santa Monica. Come be part of an audience-immersive environment that explores the human need for connection via parallel love stories in Purgatory and on Earth. A work-in-progress version of the show was presented at Highways Performance Space in 2004.
April 21-May 6:
Track 16 will present the world premiere of The Crook: A Revival, a postmodern, durational, ensemble work inspired by The Black Crook, the first Broadway musical spectacular (1866), which delves into a dark, absurdist history of American spectacle and popular culture.
Empire of Teeth at California Institute of the Arts
Co-Directors Rochelle Fabb and Michael Sakamoto will be teaching a semester-long course this Winter-Spring on interdisciplinary creation at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), one of the nation's leading art schools. They have just completed a five-week workshop at CalArts guidingstudents through the basics of their interdisciplinary art process.
OTHER WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT
The company is also in development on a collaboration for another avant-garde musical, The Left Hand, a political allegory and love story, book and lyrics by Michael Sakamoto with music by acclaimed Swedish composer, Bebe Risenfors, who has worked with Robert Wilson, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and others.
Michael Sakamoto is also developing a butoh dance theater work entitled Sacred Cow in collaboration with internationally-renowned new music composer and electronic percussionist Amy Knoles, which explores a multitude of sacred and profane dance and music rituals.
WISH LIST
ALL donations are tax-deductible!
Empire of Teeth is in need of the following donated equipment :
MAC computer (1Ghz or faster) and peripherals (DVD burner, monitor, hard drives, software, tabloid-size color printer, etc.)
3-chip video camera
5 Megapixel (or greater) digital still camera
Vintage or unique costume elements (interesting hats, glasses, suits, dresses, etc.)
Seating equipment (theater seats, folding chairs, etc.)
Lighting and sound equipment
Duvateen-quality black cloth