Heidi Duckler Dance

Heidi Duckler Dance 36th Annual Gala
2021-10-23 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Wilfandel Club House, 3425 W. Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90018, United States
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An unforgettable celebration filled with dance and music in the garden at the historic Wilfandel Club.

History of the Wilfandel Club
Finding a place of your own for cultural, educational, and social activities.

This was the motivation for upwardly mobile African American women in Los Angeles in the 1940s as they organized a clubhouse. There was no place for them to meet. Mrs. Fannie Williams, an outstanding entrepreneur and recognized community leader, and Mrs. Della Williams a philanthropist and wife of Paul Revere Williams, the noted Los Angeles Architect, shared the vision to organize and provide a venue and meeting place for the community. Founders Della Williams (left) and Fannie Williams led the process of purchasing the clubhouse in 1948
PHOTO COURTESY OF WILFANDEL CLUB The Wilfandel Club is Los Angeles personified. It sits at the heart of a very particular experience in L.A. and as Heidi Duckler has done for years, she wants to shine a light on what is right in front of you, what is part of the history of Los Angeles.
To learn more about the Wilfandel Club House click here. Meet our Honorees Avis Ridley-Thomas
Executive Director, Institute of Nonviolence in Los Angeles Zahirah Mann
President & CEO, SLATE-Z To learn more about our honorees click here.
Gala Evening Highlights
5pm– Welcoming champagne and appetizers in the front yard of the Wilfandel Club.
6pm – HDD performance on the front porch
7pm – Dinner and dancing in the romantic back yard & Performance by St. Mary’s Academy students
8pm – Acknowledgment of honorees & screening of Lost & Found, filmed at the Paul R. Williams designed Founder’s Church
8:30pm – Acoustic music and dessert served in the front yard
9pm – Announcement of auction winners and gala closing in the front yard

COVID-19 Safety Measures
– The event will mostly take place outside, guests will be required to wear masks whenever indoors.
– Limited number of guests with tables spaced out. All surfaces will be sanitized before guests arrive and throughout the event.
– All guests are required to show either proof of vaccination or proof of negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of entry to the venue

Online Auction
As part of our gala we are having an online auction ending on the day of the event. Proceeds go to Heidi Duckler Dance in order to support our mission of creating place-based dance productions, and activating spaces all around Los Angeles while connecting with communities whose voices we listen to and seek to amplify. Our work strives to democratize dance, provide innovative arts education, and promote spatial justice. So, tell your friends, family, community. Let the bidding begin!
Click here to see our auction items!

Individual Tickets: $250
Sponsorship Opportunities

Place Keeping | Artist Sponsor : $1,000
– Entry for up to 4 guests with a table reserved for your party during dinner.
– Become a member of Heidi Duckler Dance.
– Acknowledgement listed on program materials.
Democratic Dance | Event Sponsor : $2,500
– Entry for up to 10 guests with a table reserved for your party during dinner.
– Become a member of our Leadership Circle.
– Company logo and acknowledgement listed on all media materials, newsletters and e-blasts.
Spatial Justice | Season Sponsor : $5,000
– Entry for up to 20 guests with 2 tables reserved for your party during dinner, plus wine bottle service.
– Become a member of our Leadership Circle.
– Company logo and acknowledgement listed on all media materials, newsletters and e-blasts.
Arts Education | Organizational Sponsor : $10,000
– Two VIP reserved tables for up to 20 guests, wine bottle service, plus a rooftop cocktail reception at The Bendix in 2023. Managing Director Raphaelle Ziemba will call to arrange the details.
– Become a member of our Leadership Circle.
– Company logo and acknowledgement listed on all media materials, newsletters and e-blasts.
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Ages Take Action: Give the Vaccine a Shot
2021-09-21 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Watts Coffee House, 1827 E 103rd St, Los Angeles, 90002
Join Heidi Duckler Dance on Thursday, July 29nd from 7-8 PM for a screening of Ages Take Action, a PSA about the COVID-19 vaccine in collaboration with MLK Jr. Outpatient Center at the MLK Jr. Community Hospital Campus. Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion with MLK Jr. medical providers and community representatives where attendees can ask questions regarding COVID-19, the COVID-19 vaccine, or any other questions they may have regarding getting vaccinated.
Please email any questions to kaitwan@heididuckler.org.
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The Chandelier
2021-08-12 20:00 - 2021-08-15 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9390 N Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA, 90210, United States
The Chandelier,​ originally slated to be premiered at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts spring 2020, but postponed due to the pandemic, is finally premiering August 12 – 15!
During quarantine, HDD explored the possibilities for the work through a Zoom performance titled ​Illuminating the Chandelier​ and we are excited to expand on what was created then and utilize the space at The Wallis’ in the non-traditional, site-specific way HDD always does, The Chandelier is​ based on the novel of the same title by Brazilian author Clarice Lispector, which was hailed by The New York Times for its “undeniable quantity of genius (and) heart-stopping payoff.” The tragic coming-of-age story told from a young girl’s perspective was recently translated into English from Portuguese.

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The Chandelier was supported by New Music USA’s New Music Organizational Development Fund

HONEST PURPOSE
2021-07-08 - 2021-07-09 | Culver Steps, 9300 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA, 90232, United States
HONEST PURPOSE is a series of performances at The Culver Steps featuring Heidi Duckler Dance dancers accompanied by a live four-piece band led by Dwight Trible. Funded in part by the City of Culver City and its Cultural Affairs Commission, with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment and the Culver City Arts Foundation, the piece is an exploration of private and public space as well as a celebration of the reopening of the city and the joyful reemergence of the community into this space after a period of isolation. The piece is symbolic of increasing accessibility and inclusion coming out of the pandemic, and we are excited to share it with you! Grab dinner before or after the show, do some summer shopping, and partake in live performance once again!
Special discussion for Thursday, July 8 @ 9 pm performance
Attendees can come early and enjoy a discussion about creating civic and commercial spaces, the power of the arts to animate spaces and the dream behind developing The Culver Steps with Thomas Small, former Culver City mayor and current President and CEO of Culver City Forward and Patti Rhee, partner at Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects and architect for The Culver Steps. Discussion starts at 8:45 pm

Special discount for Friday, July 9 @ 9 pm performance
Students, professional dancers, and musicians can enjoy $10 general admission tickets using promo code HP10
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Ebb & Flow: Chinatown
2021-06-12 - 2021-06-13 | Los Angeles State Historic Park, 1245 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Heidi Duckler Dance is bringing our beloved festival Ebb & Flow back to the Los Angeles State Historic Park in Chinatown on June 12th and 13th. Ebb & Flow is a free, site-specific community festival of local artists which integrates dance, visual arts, music, and technology to explore climate change and its impact on the environment and consequently our health.
Interdisciplinary pieces created by guest dance makers will explore the relationship between nature, humanity, climate change, and health. Each piece will be performed multiple times and placed throughout the park for audience members to stroll through and observe. Augmented Reality artworks will also be displayed around the park that attendees can experience through their phones. JTNDZGl2JTIwaWQlM0QlMjJldmVudGJyaXRlLXdpZGdldC1jb250YWluZXItMTU0NDcxNzQ2MTUxJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGZGl2JTNF 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

MAP Lab
2021-06-04 10:00 - 2021-06-06 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Introducing MAP Lab: Movement, Architecture, and Production. A brand new virtual workshop that culminates in the creation of your own (virtual) site-specific dance film!
In MAP Lab, you will have the opportunity to create your own tool kit for designing and composing choreography in the virtual realm. Throughout the weekend, participants will take classes with renowned architects, dancers, and videographers and explore the ways we define space. With different topologies and mapping strategies, participants will investigate the intersectionality of body and space throughout the weekend. In between master classes, participants will have the opportunity to immediately apply what they’ve learned through the creation of their film. During these individual workshop sessions, participants can sign up for one on one consultations with Heidi Duckler to discuss their individual projects.
We choose to view the virtual space as an opportunity to explore and challenge previous notions of dance and space. We are especially curious about the relationship between dance and architecture. Both creative disciplines ask us: how do we characterize space?
Join us for the chance to create your own spatial map for movement, architecture, and production in the virtual space!
No previous experience or equipment needed. A virtual tool kit will be provided.
For information about scholarships or questions, please email sophie@heididuckler.org
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Schedule

Friday, June 4

10am – 12pm ~ Adrian Hoffman
12 – 1 PM ~ 20 min. individual consultations with Heidi Duckler upon request
1pm – 3pm ~ Kevin Daly
3pm – 5pm ~ Nicolas Savignano

Saturday, June 5

10am – 12pm ~ Victor Jones
12 – 1 PM ~ 20 min. individual consultations with Heidi Duckler upon request
1pm – 3pm ~ ALL TEACHING ARTISTS

Sunday, June 6

5pm – 6pm ~ Final showing

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ABOUT THE TEACHING ARTISTS
Kevin Daly
Kevin Daly, FAIA, is the founder of Kevin Daly Architects. For over twenty years he has pursued an architecture that delves into the paradoxes of the urban condition and the consequences of intervention. Projects by Kevin Daly express his belief in an architecture that is performative on every level: environmentally, structurally, economically, and aesthetically. Bolstered by abundant research, he has demonstrated the benefits of advanced, unconventional building technology in works that are consistently recognized in publications and awards, and range from public schools, custom residences, and university buildings to affordable housing.
He is on the design faculty at UCLA and has served on juries or lectured at institutions internationally, including Stanford University, Cornell University, Rice University, SCI arc, the Architectural League of New York, the University of Texas at Austin, and RISD.
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How do architects characterize space? With different topologies and mapping strategies, participants will investigate the intersectionality of body and space. Architectural backgrounds and a tool kit will be provided to participants so that they can design and compose choreography in the virtual realm. Examples of sample spaces, interim spaces, improvisational spaces, iconic spaces will be used to evoke and inspire personal projects.

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Adrian Hoffman
Adrian (he/they), was born and raised in Cambridge, MA, where they began their training as a martial artist at Davis Sq. Martial Arts. After receiving their Black Belt, they transitioned to dance in high school at the Cambridge School of Weston. They went on to graduate from The Ailey School/Fordham University with a BFA in Dance and double minor in Philosophy/Math while also pioneering a study abroad exchange with Israel’s Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company.
Adrian is the artistic Director and founder of Cantankerous Creatures, a Boston based dance project seeking to strengthen the dance community with kindness and active audience engagement. They currently live in Los Angeles working as a dancer and choreographer. Previously they have been a company member of Whim W’Him, a guest dancer with Alvin Ailey and BODYTRAFFIC, danced in music videos for Katy Perry and Justin Beiber among others, freelanced on stage and film and appeared as a featured dancer in Greta Gerwig’s recent remake of Little Women.

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Victor Jones
Victor Jones is a cultural activist, designer, and writer. Jones’s creative and intellectual work stands at the intersections of architecture, art, infrastructure, landscape, and the urban experience. A central theme of his scholarship, design research, and teaching is how infrastructure, at various scales, operates as a social, political, and spatial instrument.
Jones is a design principal of Fièvre Jones, Inc. Projects include Bywater Houses (2015), Watts House Project Platform (2011), and a skate park for City Park in New Orleans (2009). In addition, Jones has written articles and books such as “New Orleans – Ecological Urbanism” in Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory, and Urban Design (Routledge, 2013); (IN)FORMAL L.A.: The Space of Politics (eVolo Press, 2014); BASENTO Un Ponte (Euno Edizioni, 2015); and Un pont à part | A Distant Bridge (MétisPresses, 2016).
Jones has taught design studios and seminars at Tulane University, the University of California Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California. He lives and works in Los Angeles with his partner Alain Fièvre.

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Nicolas Savignano
Nicolas Savignano is an Argentinian filmmaker who has worked with LA’s most renowned choreographers as a director, cinematographer, and editor. Originally from Buenos Aires, he moved to Los Angeles in 2015 to pursue a Master’s Degree in Film Directing at Calarts, where he currently works as the Institute Videographer. Nicolas will share valuable insights on how to create a movement film from start to finish.
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The filmmaking workshop does not require access to special camera or lighting equipment and is meant to explore concepts that can be applied with any type of filming device.
Camera framing: Camera angles, shot sizes, types of compositions. How do they relate to the space, the story, and the characters.
Camera movements: How to do them and what they convey.
Image editing: How to cut for movement and for narrative.
Sound editing: How to build narrative through sound. How to disguise or emphasize image cuts through sound.
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REMNANTS
2021-05-03 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Join us for this salon highlighting the wealth of the Los Angeles artistic community!
The REMNANTS salon is the culmination of a series of artistic workshops curated by Heidi Duckler, Artistic Director and Founder of HDD. The workshop series was created through collaboration and reciprocal sharing between HDD and distinguished teaching artists and women from the Los Angeles Community. The workshops explored identity through different art forms. Participants created self-portraits with costume designer Snezana Petrovic, explored their unique experiences through poetry and spoken word with poet Ajanae Dawkins, and delved into the many nuances of identity through movement with dancer Anthea Young.
Weekly workshops in dance, spoken word, and visual art come together in REMNANTS. Curated and created by the workshop participants, the salon will feature works that utilize movement and multiple creative mediums to explore the intersections of community, belonging, history, identity, and achievement. The salon will include a presentation from the teaching artists about their methodologies and process.

This project is supported in part by the Los Angeles Department of Arts & Culture and the California Arts Council, a state agency. Learn more at arts.ca.gov
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HDD/NW Cooped Up 5
2021-04-12 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
We are excited to share projects by Heidi Duckler Dance and Heidi Duckler Dance/Northwest during this fifth edition of Cooped Up.
Enjoy the premiere Into the Distance, a film by Heidi Duckler, which investigates the challenges of finding intimacy in our post pandemic world of isolation. A couple, constrained in vast space, tries to find a way out. Their journey takes them through a mountain of dry rocks, a concrete void and the brittle burned bushes from the recent wildfires. Finally, the discovery of a river provides them with open space and connection.
Jennifer Wright will share an at-home music performance film titled Cooking for One.
And, join Founder and Artistic Director Heidi Duckler, graphic designer Traci Larson, and photographer Cristal Tappan as they discuss Heidi Duckler Dance/Northwest’s upcoming project in Portland’s Peninsula Park Rose Garden, Perennial.
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Dance Camera West
2021-01-31 20:00 - 21:00, 2021-01-30 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Santa Monica College East Bundy Campus Parking Lot
The Broad Stage is creating a unique DRIVE-IN experience as the closing night of the month-long Dance Camera West film festival screening the finalists and award-winning (tba) films from 2021. Dance films ranging from group dances in remote landscapes, urban spaces and dance studios around the world, to introspective solos that invite us to share space with dancers sheltering at home. Experience the energy, vitality and passion of dance in the context of the challenging times we are living in.
In November 2019 Heidi Duckler Dance performed as part of the international programming in Concepción, Chile. The company arrived at a time of mass protests fueled by the increased cost of living and prevalent inequality in Chile. Despite the rising fear of violence and feelings of trauma coming back from the days of the dictatorship, the festivals moved forward with their programming. Duckler, impacted by the protests, decided to create a film titled, ESCAPE, that reveals the correlation between the Chilean and American experiences. The team traveled and filmed in Valdivia, Concepción, and Los Ángeles, Chile, listening to the stories of local residents, using dance as a tool of expression and resistance. Now as we confront police brutality in America and face a global crisis, the themes of fear, increasing inequality, and unstable leadership feel more relevant than ever and are explored through this cinematic experience.

Screendance Miami Festival
2021-01-19 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Our film ESCAPE has been selected to be screened at Miami Light Project’s Screendance Miami Festival! ScreenDance Miami highlights choreographers and directors who are working with emerging and new concepts in movement and dance on film and dance on camera. The festival has been created to support professionals in this field and to support the development of dance created for the camera. ScreenDance Miami seeks to engage the public and bring to light an understanding of this adventuresome, exciting art form.

About ESCAPE: In November 2019 Heidi Duckler Dance performed as part of the international programming in Concepción, Chile. The company arrived at a time of mass protests fueled by the increased cost of living and prevalent inequality in Chile. Despite the rising fear of violence and feelings of trauma coming back from the days of the dictatorship, the festivals moved forward with their programming. Duckler, impacted by the protests, decided to create a film titled, ESCAPE, that reveals the correlation between the Chilean and American experiences. The team traveled and filmed in Valdivia, Concepción, and Los Ángeles, Chile, listening to the stories of local residents, using dance as a tool of expression and resistance. Now as we confront police brutality in America and face a global crisis, the themes of fear, increasing inequality, and unstable leadership feel more relevant than ever and are explored through this cinematic experience.

Watch THE RE-QUEST
2020-12-10 - 2020-12-20 | Online
Watch back the 2 nights of screenings of Heidi Duckler Dance 35th Anniversary Celebration!
Watch the trailer here!
In October, we embarked on THE QUEST, an exemplary project of 10 premieres in 10 different locations, celebrating 35 years of programming in communities throughout Los Angeles.
We continue the celebration by reliving the experience and memorializing the journey. Each of the 10 nights has a short film in THE RE-QUEST.
THE RE-QUEST took place on December 5th and 6th, we hosted two nights of live virtual screenings of this captivating footage and a live talk-back with the artists. You can watch the screenings back until December 20th! Come share in the joy and support the company so that we can continue to thrive and innovate for many years to come!
Links to watch THE RE-QUEST will be in purchase confirmation email. You can watch it all at once, or divide it you wish!
This project is supported in part by an Arts Grant from the City of West Hollywood.

THE RE-QUEST - Night 2
2020-12-06 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
A Screening of Heidi Duckler Dance 35th Anniversary Celebration in Two Parts
December 5th- Day One through Day 5
December 6th- Day Six though Day 10
In October we embarked on THE QUEST, an exemplary project of 10 premieres in 10 different locations, celebrating 35 years of programming in communities throughout Los Angeles.
We continue the celebration by reliving the experience and memorializing the journey. Each of the 10 performances are chapters in our digital book.
On December 5th and 6th, we invite you to be the first viewers of this captivating footage and a live talk-back with the artists! Come share in the joy and support the company so that we can continue to thrive and innovate for many years to come!

This project is supported in part by an Arts Grant from the City of West Hollywood.

THE RE-QUEST - Night 1
2020-12-05 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
A Screening of Heidi Duckler Dance 35th Anniversary Celebration in Two Parts
December 5th- Day One through Day 5
December 6th- Day Six though Day 10
In October, we embarked on THE QUEST, an exemplary project of 10 premieres in 10 different locations, celebrating 35 years of programming in communities throughout Los Angeles.
We continue the celebration by reliving the experience and memorializing the journey. Each of the 10 performances are chapters in our digital book.
On December 5th and 6th, we invite you to be the first viewers of this captivating footage and a live talk-back with the artists! Come share in the joy and support the company so that we can continue to thrive and innovate for many years to come!

This project is supported in part by an Arts Grant from the City of West Hollywood.

The Boguslaw Schaeffer Livestream Project
2020-11-23 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Watch the free livestream here!
We were chosen by the bi-continental Warsaw Bauhaus Foundation, as one of three esteemed Los Angeles choreographers to respond creatively alongside experimental performing artists in Poland, to the legacy of maverick Polish composer, musicologist, and graphic artist Bogusław Schaeffer.
Measuring the Sky filmed in the historic Sepulveda Dam and the LA River.
The work touches on distance, scale, and reentry post pandemic. The film takes the viewer on a journey into the natural barriers and habitats that protect them from panic and fear.
Read full announcement here!

LA Dance Shorts Film Festival
2020-11-13 | Online
For the Time Being, a film created by our sister company HDD/Northwest in Portland, is being screened along with other shorts from around the world.

RSVP here

Nature, Art & Habitat Workshop
2020-11-08 09:30 - 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
COEXISTENCE in the times of Covid-19
Artistic Director and Founder Heidi Duckler participates in a conversation on coexistence as expressed in contemporary art.
RSVP at info@nahr.it

Kinetoscope International Screendance Film Festival
2020-11-07 - 2020-11-08 | The Roxy Theater, 718 S Higgins Ave, Missoula, MT, 59801, United States
HDD’s film Where We’re Going was selected for the Kinetoscope International Screendance Film Festival 2020!
Where We’re Going: Filmed on the rooftop of the historic Bendix Building in the garment district of Los Angeles where Heidi Duckler Dance has its headquarters, this work is choreographed by Heidi Duckler and performed by her dancers, staff and several workers from the building. This short work explores a common feeling in Duckler’s oeuvre – a sense of belonging and how we define family.
Credits:
WHERE WE’RE GOING A Film by Safety Third Productions
Directed by: Katherine Helen Fisher
Creative Direction & Choreography by: Heidi Duckler
Director of Photography: Shimmy Boyle
1st AC: Sinziana Velicescu
Produced by: Raphaelle Ziemba & Caroline Haydon
Edited by: Shimmy Boyle & Katherine Helen Fisher
Music by Joe Cunningham
Graphics by Dan Evans
Costumes by: Debby Weiss
Costume Supervision: Mimi Haddon
Dancers: Raymond Ejiofor, Tess Hewlett, Ryan Walker Page, Himerria Wortham, & Ching Ching Wong

Capitol Dance & Cinema Festival
2020-10-10 - 2020-10-11 | Online
Our film ESCAPE was chosen as an official selection at the Capitol Dance & Cinema Festival in Washington, DC!
About ESCAPE: In November 2019 Heidi Duckler Dance performed as part of the international programming at the Centro de Experimentación Escénica in Valdivia and at the LOFT International Dance Festival in Concepción, Chile. The company arrived at a time of mass protests fueled by the increased cost of living and prevalent inequality in Chile. Despite the rising fear of violence and feelings of trauma coming back from the days of the dictatorship, the festivals moved forward with their programming.
Duckler, impacted by the protests, decided to create a film titled, ESCAPE, with HDD Dancers Tess Hewlett, Ryan Walker Page, and Himerria Wortham along with Chilean filmmaker Felipe Díaz Galarce and dEUSeXmACHINA Films to develop a powerful work that reveals the correlation between the Chilean and American experiences.
The team traveled and filmed in Valdivia, Concepción, and Los Ángeles, Chile, listening to the stories of local residents, using dance as a tool of expression and resistance. Now as we confront police brutality in America face a global crisis, the themes of fear, increasing inequality, and unstable leadership feel more relevant than ever and are explored through this cinematic experience.

35th Anniversary Celebration | THE QUEST
2020-10-01 - 2020-10-10 | 10 Different Sites
LA’s quintessential dance company invites you to ten days of safely-distanced celebrations, animated by original performances, distinguished honorees, and spectacular views of Los Angeles. This year’s event is THE QUEST, engaging audience participation in a search for truth in our environment, our memory, and the challenging present moment. THE QUEST represents our enduring dedication to inclusiveness and justice in dance, arts education, and our community.
Due to current restrictions in the public health protocols, any live audience members who wish to participate in our 35th anniversary Quest filming are invited to register on a first come first serve basis.
10/1 – Studio City – Drive-up
Unitarian Universalist Church of Studio City
12355 Moorpark St, Studio City, CA 91604
Get tickets: 7̶ ̶P̶M̶ SOLD OUT | 7:45 pm
10/2 – Baldwin Hills – Drive-up
Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook
6300 Hetzler Rd, Culver City, CA 90232
Get tickets: 7:30 pm | 8:30 pm
10/3 – Mt. Washington – Drive-up
4533 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90065
*no reservations are being taken at this time
10/4 – DTLA Fashion District – Drive-up
Rooftop Parking Lot
401 E. 12th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015
*no reservations are being taken at this time
10/5 – Koreatown – Screening & Ceremony
Founder’s Church
3281 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90020
*no reservations are being taken at this time
10/6 – Boyle Heights
Neighborhood Music School
358 S Boyle Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033
*no reservations are being taken at this time
10/7 – Culver City
Wende Museum
10808 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230
Get tickets: 6 pm | 6:15 pm | 6:30 pm | 6:45 pm | 7 pm | 7:15 pm
10/8 – Inglewood – Drive-up
St. Mary’s Academy
701 Grace Ave, Inglewood, CA 90301
Get tickets: 7 pm | 7:45 pm
10/9 – Watts/Willowbrook
Watts Labor Community Action Center
10950 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90059
Live stream will be available
Get tickets: 6:30 pm | 7 pm
10/10 – Mystery Surprise Finale – Livestream
Get livestream tickets: 6:30 pm
Support through a sponsorship here!
FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON 35TH CELEBRATION SPONSORSHIPS, PLEASE CONTACT MANAGING DIRECTOR RAPHAELLE ZIEMBA AT raphaelle@heididuckler.org

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Portland Dance Film Fest
2020-10-01 | CA
HDD’s film Where We’re Going was selected for the Portland Dance Film Fest 2020!
Where We’re Going: Filmed on the rooftop of the historic Bendix Building in the garment district of Los Angeles where Heidi Duckler has her headquarters, this work is choreographed by Heidi Duckler and performed by her dancers, staff and several workers from the building. This short work explores a common feeling in Duckler’s oeuvre – a sense of belonging and how we define family.
Credits:
WHERE WE’RE GOING A Film by Safety Third Productions
Directed by: Katherine Helen Fisher
Creative Direction & Choreography by: Heidi Duckler
Director of Photography: Shimmy Boyle
1st AC: Sinziana Velicescu
Produced by: Raphaelle Ziemba & Caroline Haydon
Edited by: Shimmy Boyle & Katherine Helen Fisher
Music by Joe Cunningham
Graphics by Dan Evans
Costumes by: Debby Weiss
Costume Supervision: Mimi Haddon
Dancers: Raymond Ejiofor, Tess Hewlett, Ryan Walker Page, Himerria Wortham, & Ching Ching Wong

MEXICO CITY VIDEODANCE FESTIVAL
2020-09-10 - 2020-09-13 | Online
Our film ESCAPE was chosen as an official selection at the Mexico City Videodance festival!
About ESCAPE: In November 2019 Heidi Duckler Dance performed as part of the international programming at the Centro de Experimentación Escénica in Valdivia and at the LOFT International Dance Festival in Concepción, Chile. The company arrived at a time of mass protests fueled by the increased cost of living and prevalent inequality in Chile. Despite the rising fear of violence and feelings of trauma coming back from the days of the dictatorship, the festivals moved forward with their programming.
Duckler, impacted by the protests, decided to create a film titled, ESCAPE, with HDD Dancers Tess Hewlett, Ryan Walker Page, and Himerria Wortham along with Chilean filmmaker Felipe Díaz Galarce and dEUSeXmACHINA Films to develop a powerful work that reveals the correlation between the Chilean and American experiences.
The team traveled and filmed in Valdivia, Concepción, and Los Ángeles, Chile, listening to the stories of local residents, using dance as a tool of expression and resistance. Now as we confront police brutality in America face a global crisis, the themes of fear, increasing inequality, and unstable leadership feel more relevant than ever and are explored through this cinematic experience.

Bucharest International Dance Film Festival
2020-09-06 21:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Bucharest) | CINÉMA ELVIRE POPESCO, Bulevardul Dacia, București, 020051, Romania
Our film ESCAPE was chosen as an official selection at the Bucharest International Dance Film Festival!
About ESCAPE: In November 2019 Heidi Duckler Dance performed as part of the international programming at the Centro de Experimentación Escénica in Valdivia and at the LOFT International Dance Festival in Concepción, Chile. The company arrived at a time of mass protests fueled by the increased cost of living and prevalent inequality in Chile. Despite the rising fear of violence and feelings of trauma coming back from the days of the dictatorship, the festivals moved forward with their programming.
Duckler, impacted by the protests, decided to create a film titled, ESCAPE, with HDD Dancers Tess Hewlett, Ryan Walker Page, and Himerria Wortham along with Chilean filmmaker Felipe Díaz Galarce and dEUSeXmACHINA Films to develop a powerful work that reveals the correlation between the Chilean and American experiences.
The team traveled and filmed in Valdivia, Concepción, and Los Ángeles, Chile, listening to the stories of local residents, using dance as a tool of expression and resistance. Now as we confront police brutality in America face a global crisis, the themes of fear, increasing inequality, and unstable leadership feel more relevant than ever and are explored through this cinematic experience.

What Remains: Online Screening and Discussion with the Wende Museum
2020-09-03 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Join Heidi Duckler Dance and the Wende Museum online for a screening and artist talkback of What Remains, a live experimental production created by HDD and filmed in the Wende Museum’s garden back in December of 2019. Both movement and opera emanated from the female perspective and examined the notion of memory, the idea of forgetting, and the struggle for individuality.
What Remains was a new work created by Heidi Duckler Dance for the Wende Museum garden that focused on the dual stories of Orpheus and Eurydice as imagined by the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and the short story What Remains published in German in 1990 by Christa Wolf about the role of the Stasi (secret police) in East Germany. This experimental work included the work of three composers – an opera for four voices by Leaha Maria Villarreal, and music for flute, double-bell trumpet, synthesizers, and sundry electronics composed and performed by Sarah Belle Reid and Justin C. Scheid. Choreography and Direction by Heidi Duckler and inspired by the Wende Museum’s exhibition The Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain.

Unsettling Ramona Salon Series: Unsettling Sound
2020-08-27 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Missed it? Watch here!
Heidi Duckler Dance hosts Indigenous artists, activists, scholars, and thought leaders this 3-part series of virtual programs amplifying the histories and contemporary experiences of Native Americans in California through art, music, conversation and a deep dive into the story of Ramona.
These conversations are working towards a retelling of “Ramona,” considered the quintessential Californian novel written in 1884, culminating in a contemporary production at the Southwest Museum. Already performed in 2018, HDD is revisiting “Ramona” a second time around, this time involving more direct Native voices, as we work collaboratively to reimagine and “unsettle” a story that was both important in creating visibility for the issue of Native rights in America and also problematic in that it romanticized California’s history and ultimately failed to create political change.
August 27 – Unsettling Sound with Kristy Martinez, Dr. Theresa Gregor & Esmeralda Pum
Join us for “Unsettling Sound” featuring scholar and CSULB Assistant Professor Dr. Theresa Gregor (Iipai/Yaqui), singer/songwriter and Musicology Ph.D. student Kristy Martinez (Chicanx & Yoeme), and scholar Esmeralda Pum (Mayan-Quiche/K’iche).
Dr. Gregor will share her reading of Ramona, and her insights about how we can decolonize the fabrication of California’s mythical past created by this novel, and shift the conversation to focus on the lived experiences of California Indian women, their struggles, resistance, and survival.
Martinez will be presenting on her archival work of Indigenous punk music and subcultures, as well as her experience in academia and studying punk music. She will also be sharing her band and their song writing process explaining their aim of amplifying Indigenous communities, the land they reside on, and communities of color.
Pum will unpack settler colonialism in regards to California based on the settler colonial mentality of manifest destiny and the erasure (genocide) of Indigenous people through the California arch dream of fantasy escapism, during which Ramona was written and the problems of romanticizing these settler-colonial fantasies.

Unsettling Ramona Salon Series: Unsettling Self
2020-08-20 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Missed it? Watch here!
Heidi Duckler Dance hosts Indigenous artists, activists, scholars, and thought leaders this 3-part series of virtual programs amplifying the histories and contemporary experiences of Native Americans in California through art, music, conversation and a deep dive into the story of Ramona.
These conversations are working towards a retelling of “Ramona,” considered the quintessential Californian novel written in 1884, culminating in a contemporary production at the Southwest Museum. Already performed in 2018, HDD is revisiting “Ramona” a second time around, this time involving more direct Native voices, as we work collaboratively to reimagine and “unsettle” a story that was both important in creating visibility for the issue of Native rights in America and also problematic in that it romanticized California’s history and ultimately failed to create political change.
August 20 – Unsettling Self with Robert I. Mesa, Duane Minard, and DeLanna Studi from Native Voices

Unsettling Ramona Salon Series: Unsettling Story
2020-08-13 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Missed it? Watch here!
Heidi Duckler Dance hosts Indigenous artists, activists, scholars, and thought leaders this 3-part series of virtual programs amplifying the histories and contemporary experiences of Native Americans in California through art, music, conversation and a deep dive into the story of Ramona.
These conversations are working towards a retelling of “Ramona,” considered the quintessential Californian novel written in 1884, culminating in a contemporary production at the Southwest Museum. Already performed in 2018, HDD is revisiting “Ramona” a second time around, this time involving more direct Native voices, as we work collaboratively to reimagine and “unsettle” a story that was both important in creating visibility for the issue of Native rights in America and also problematic in that it romanticized California’s history and ultimately failed to create political change.
August 13 – Unsettling Story with Pamela J. Peters and Dr. Yve Chavez
Heidi Duckler Dance kicks off this salon series with “Unsettling Story” featuring Diné multimedia documentarian Pamela J. Peters, who was born and raised on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, and scholar and UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor Dr. Yve Chavez, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA as a member of the Tongva tribe.
Peters will explore how Indian representation and removal policies are translated in Hollywood filmmaking and how visual sovereignty through a Native lens can promote the perseverance of Native American/American Indian community populations despite decades of colonial assimilationist policies.
Dr. Chavez will discuss the history of California’s missions and their role in shaping public perception of Spanish colonial legacies and Indigenous experiences in Southern California from the late nineteenth century through today.

HDD/Northwest Cooped Up 3
2020-08-03 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
The third iteration of HDD/Northwest’s online short film festival! We are proud to premiere the company’s film, Body is Home, filmed at Keller Fountain Park, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Nicolas Savignano, composer Jennifer Wright, and Zeljka Carol Kekez from PLACE. Moderated by Andra Georges, President of Heidi Duckler Dance/Northwest!
Body is Home is set in Lawrence Halprin’s Portland Open Space Sequence, the film celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Keller Fountain, formerly the Forecourt Fountain, and honors the 100th birthday of the living choreographer Anna Halprin.
Body is Home is made possible in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) Halprin Landscape Conservancy, Portland Parks & Recreation and PLACE.

Home Share x Heidi Duckler Dance
2020-07-30 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Art Share L.A.’s Home Share is a weekly variety show showcasing musicians and performers from the extended Art Share family. Hosted by wonderful Mathew Cuban.
HDD joins this Thursday to take you behind the scenes of Illuminating the Chandelier with some of our collaborators. Jessica Emmanuel, Carlo Maghirang, and Isaac Takeuchi will talk about the creative process behind the work.
https://zoom.us/j/9103444651

Move Me x Culver City High School
2020-07-24 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Culver City High School students’ original performance will be showcased at this virtual final performance + talkback with the public. In addition to the student performance, viewers will get a chance to watch a recording of the original “Move Me” piece performed by company dancers Nicole Flores, Alyse Rockett, and Rafael Quintas.
This project is made possible in part by the City of Culver City and its Cultural Affairs Commision, with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment and the Culver City Arts Foundation.
