Now- Jan. 28
The LIGHTNING SERIES is a three-weekend, nine-night performance series that will be held in January 2017 at the Electric Lodge, Venice’s most innovative and only solar-powered arts venue. Curated by Josh Berkowitz. The Lightning Series will feature a wide-ranging discovery of Los Angeles talent and its offbeat and captivating terrain. The lineup includes puppetry, clown, dance, music, and experimental performances that will take you on a journey from head-trip to heartbreak. You are bound to be moved. Jan 19, 21, and 22: On January 19th, a triple bill featuring the best of Los Angeles contemporary dance including a new work by Finn Murphy, choreography by UCLA’s Victoria Marks with Alexx Shilling and the full-length site-specific piece invading the Electric Lodge parking lot in “Sometimes I Fall” by Jay Carlon and Lindsey Lollie. Visceral physical theater full of dirt and stone will take over the Kelman theater with international new work “The Last One” plus an encore performance of “Sometimes I Fall” on January 21st. We end the weekend on January 22nd with a venue-wide event that encompasses the Scott Kelman Theater, the Dance Studio and Yoffe Classroom featuring three separate installations by traveling ringmaster Roger Fojas, Melrose Poetry Bureau’s Bobby Gordon and New York performance artist Chantal Thuy; Jan 26, 27, 28: Electric Lodge Artist-in-Resident Joseph Culp will bring back to the stage his classic theater piece “The Hound: an American Poem” utilizing students from his world-famous teaching method Walking Theater, January 26th. January 27th we have a very special presentation of variety show Scot Nery’s Boobie Trap. To close the series on January 28th, we have Lucent Dossier’s Sarah Llewellyn presenting her dark ensemble interpretation on privacy, vulnerability and exposure with Secrets Out. Tickets: $20; for more info, please visit http://lightningseries.eventbrite.com/