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STATES OF MIND
STATES OF MIND is an evening of Contemporary Dance and Live Music. It is a collaboration between Donna Eshelman, Artistic Director and Choreographer, and Pedro Manuel Toro, Music Director and classical pianist.
STATES OF MIND presents the distinguishing moments in the stories of several female characters from literature, legend, myth, and history which also inspired the composition of the largely classical musical selections. These selections include Schumann and Schubert pieces about Mignon and Gretchen based on these characters in work by the greatest German literary figure of the modern era, J.W. von Goethe, the 20 minute Reinecke sonata for flute and piano which shares the mythical story of the water spirit Undine, and the Poulenc Improvisation no. 15 "Hommage a Edith Piaf." Performers trained in opera, ballet, contemporary dance, and acting perform to create the layers in which we can view these stories.
Donna Eshelman is a choreographer whose recent credits for theatre include Coeurage Theatre's The Woodsman, Vieux Carré, and Slaughter City, Greenway Court Theatre's Blackbird (Ovation Recommended), Artists at Plays world premiere of Carla Chings The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up (Ovation Recommended), and The Brief But Spectacular Life of Boonsom Phalat, written/directed by Henry Ong, She's Not There written/directed by Ali Maclean (Best Production, SheLA Arts Festival), and Schumann's Mignon for a piano recital by Pedro Manuel Toro.
Pedro Manuel Toro is a Venezuelan pianist who has performed as a soloist, a chamber musician, a ballet accompanist, and an opera repetiteur in Venezuela, Germany, Spain and the United States. He has studied at the School of Psychology in the Catholic University Andreas Bello and National Conservatory of Music "Juan Jose Landaeta," both in Caracas, Venezuela, at Centro Universale of Bel Canto (CUBEC) in Modena, Italy, and at the prestigious Centre de Perfeccionament Placido Domingo in Valencia, Spain., and earned a Master's Degree and Artist Certificate at Azusa Pacific University.
Other performers include Ana Paola Rincones, flute, Monika Beal, soprano, and dancers Cynara Woolner, Alex Roy, Isabel van Zijl, Lauren Urie, Aileen Hui, and actors Alina Bolshakova, MJ Garcia, Ali Cesur, Jolie Oliver, and introducing the young artist Helena Kennison. The program will be narrated by Mali Monae and her friend Haven.
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Location92nd Street Playhouse at St. Bernard's High School (View)
7740 West 92nd Street
Playa del Rey, CA 90293
United States
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| Minimum Age: 7 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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