One of the longest running dance companies in Los Angeles, Louise Reichlin & Dancers /Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers has been taking part in an educational project at Rosa Parks Learning Center. The company has 42 years of experience bringing high quality dance education to students and is keenly aware of the importance arts in education plays in the lives of these young people. Their working directly with dancers, musicians, and visual artists ignites their imagination, creativity, and self-discovery. The arts instruct young students about the rest of the world and what possibilities lie ahead for them in their own communities and beyond. Part II of this project is streaming now on Vimeo now December 15 – 25, 2021.
“Movement is the primary way we communicate when we are born, and dance uses this as a source of inspiration. LA C&D creates and presents innovative dance works with imagination, feelings, and communication being the inspiration for every piece,” states Reichlin in her press release.
Early Louise Reichlin & Dancers /Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers photos by Paul Antico – Featuring Tamara Kagel, Sung-Yun Park, Alexandria Yalj, Karla Hagan, Salinee Vanichanan, Anaja Anderson, and Louise Reichlin
During PART 2 of the residency this semester 7 classes have been working with their teaching artists in a 5-session dance residency to learn the words and movement from three multicultural dances the Tanko Bushi from Japan, the Kol Dodi from Israel, and the Lamba from the 14th century Mali Empire in West Africa. Some of the students are also performing a Chiapanecas, a traditional Mexican folk dance. Our Dance Teaching Artists for PART 2 at Rosa Parks Learning Center are Elizabeth Ann Poinsetta, Mcknnly Moren, and Eve Metsäranta. Part 1 with 8 different classes was in early fall with Teaching Artists including Elizabeth Ann Poinsetta, Coree McKee Gonzalez, and Katie Mcculla, with their hybrid performance November 3. – Louise Reichlin & Dancers /Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers press release.
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WHAT: Louise Reichlin & Dancers /Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers educational project at Rosa Parks Learning Center
WHEN: Streaming December 15-25, 2021
WHERE: vimeo.com/showcase/lachoreographers4schools
ABOUT: Parts of our school program “Dance! With LA Choreographers & Dancers” but without the students (filming students not allowed by the LAUSD). It features an intro and 3
dances pulled from different time periods and places in the 42 history of our company.
ADMISSION: FREE
Program and school residency funded in part by a grant from the Dept of Cultural Affairs/ City of Los Angeles (DCA LA), with additional funding from the California Arts Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture from their Organizational Grants Program and from the current federal Shuttered Venue grant.
For more information about this project and Louise Reichlin & Dancers /Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers, please visit their website. or call (213) 385-1171 or email louisehr@lachoreographersanddancers.org.
Written and compiled by Jeff Slayton from the Louise Reichlin & Dancers /Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers press release.
Featured image:Louise Reichlin & Dancers – “Reboot! Reboot!” – Screenshot courtesy of the company
