Dizzy Spellz offers an Afro futuristic lens at the intersecting cultural and spiritual dilemmas within the African Diaspora through the music of Dizzy Gillespie. From his coming of age through the racial and social dynamics in the Deep South, creating and curating the bebop movement in New York, to his spiritual journey to Africa and his delve into Afro Cuban music and the Baha'i faith, Dizzy was very much a head of his time.
Artists Sean Jones (trumpeter/musical director) and Brinae Ali (choreographer/tap dancer/vocalist) have teamed up to create a piece that fuses elements of jazz, tap, Hip Hop, and Bebop to articulate the social vernacular language of the African American experience.
measure for measure The MCLA Theatre program presents William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.
Doubting his effectiveness as a leader, the Duke of Vienna temporarily removes himself from his state duties and deputizes a member of his administration, Angelo, to enforce the laws. Known for his strict moral values, Angelo’s actions toward young Isabella and her brother Claudio bring a fierce public outcry. Among Shakespeare’s most debated plays, Measure for Measure explores the complexities of justice, mercy, and duty.
MUSIC CONCERTThe MCLA Music Industry and Production program presents its annual end-of-Fall semester concert of ensembles, choirs, and studio students.
ezekiel's wheels klezmer bandEzekiel's Wheels Klezmer Band is one of the world's top klezmer ensembles. They've performed everywhere from Amsterdam's Het Compagnie Theater to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and DC's Kennedy Center. Their music has been featured on television in the Netherlands and Brazil, on the Boston Jewish Music Festival’s compilation album, and a feature length film, in addition to their eight albums.
rewritten“What can you write that you can’t say out loud? When you look between the lines of history books, where can you find your story? When have you had to say no to a dream?”
Conceived and created by Tom Truss and Matthew Cumbie, ReWritten reflects on the intimate relationship between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne as a way to explore queerness, history, intimacy, and the written word.
The relationship between Hawthorne and Melville has been characterized as one of the most mysterious and fruitful friendships in American letters, yet the letters from Hawthorne to Melville are missing. ReWritten springboards from this historic gap and time-hops between then and now as an attempt to expand how we see ourselves in these stories. Through performances and community engagements, ReWritten weaves together dance, music, visual art, projection, and text, and reimagines an intergenerational queer love story.
The MCLA Theatre program presents Antoine de St. Exupéry’s The Little Prince.
“Please, sir, draw me a sheep.” St. Exupery’s timeless tale of a stranded Aviatpr and the mysterious youth who wakens his imagination is brought to thrilling theatrical life in this adaptation by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar.
mcla spring concertThe MCLA Music Industry and Production program presents its annual end-of-Fall semester concert of ensembles, choirs, and studio students.
