City Ballet of Los Angeles and Atman Ensemble Presents
BEHIND THE RED DOOR
What:BEHIND THE RED DOOR
Sexy jazz noir cabaret captures a time gone by with long limbed dancers and live jazz music at one of LA's most beautiful spots, the Cicada Club
Who:
City Ballet of Los Angeles and Atman Ensemble
When:
Friday, October 2, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
all performances are at 9:00pm
Where:
Cicada Club
617 South Olive Street
Los Angeles CA 90014
213-488-9488
www.cicadarestaurant.com
Tickets:
$20
More information and Tickets:
http://www.cityballetofla.org
City Ballet of Los Angeles presents Behind the Red Door on Friday evenings in October. Starting October 2nd and continuing on October 9th and 16th at 9:00pm at the Cicada Club.
This Sexy cabaret features twelve dancers of City Ballet of Los Angeles accompanied by the Ralph Gibson Atman Ensemble. Atman will perform the music of John Coltrane, featuring cuts from his Giant Steps recordings. The fabulous Ms. Sloan Robinson will hold court for the evening as the Master of Ceremonies.
This sultry cabaret, choreographed by Artistic Director Robyn Gardenhire, presents a unique merging of John Coltrane’s fast paced music of Giant Steps, with wild high kicks of point shoes flying across the room mixed with a dream-like vignette of dancers undressing to the music of Chopin. Behind the Red Door promises to be a feast for the eyes and ears.
About City Ballet of Los Angeles:
Artistic Director Robyn Gardenhire founded CBLA in 2003 and has choreographed over 20 ballets. The Company has performed at the Ford Amphitheatre, Henry Fonda, Bing Theater, and The Wilshire Ebell. Ms. Gardenhire was formerly a company member of White Oak Project, American Ballet Theater, Karole Armitage, Cleveland Ballet, and Joffrey II. With her wealth of experience as a dancer and choreographer Ms. Gardenhire is an Artist that brings dance to new audience by presenting work with crossover appeal.
About the Atman Ensemble:
Ralph Gibson formed the Atman Ensemble in 1995 to bring together some of the most talented jazz musicians in the Los Angeles area. Playing straight-ahead jazz from the post–bebop era as well as jazz standards and original pieces, Mr. Gibson is inspired by and acknowledges jazz legends such as: John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Chick Korea Horace Silver, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis, and Freddy Hubbard. Mr. Gibson has been a part of the Los Angeles Jazz scene now for over 20 years. Mr. Gibson has played with Billy Higgins, Horace Tapscott, and Azar Lawrence. Atman Ensemble has performed at the World Stage, the Jazz Bakery, Ford Amphitheater, Leimert Park Jazz Festival, and the Idyllwild Jazz Festival. Gibson has also performed at some of the most popular jazz venues in LA, San Francisco, New York Lunaria, Café Des Artistes, Catalina Bar and Grill, World Stage, Spazios, La Juellene, The Saint Nicolas Pub, and Smalls.
Atman Jazz Ensemble Members include: Ralph Gibson, Tenor and Soprano Saxophone; Ron Sewer, Trumpet and Flugel Horn; Cengiz Yaltkaya & Mike Andrews, Piano; Mark Boykin, Bass; and Giovanni Nickens, Drums.
