Beach Dances: Encounter Improvisational Event

Welcome to Beach=Culture, a year-round series of free arts and culture events at the Annenberg Community Beach House. The Beach House is a City of Santa Monica facility and is open to all - no membership required. For more information, please visitannenbergbeachhouse.com.Join our emaillistsfor more information. #ArtSaMo

Beach=Culture at the Annenberg Community Beach House

Choreographers, dancers and performance artists join together to create an improvisational encounter starting from the Beach Dances stage. Viewers are welcome to stay or follow and come and go throughout the Encounter event. Artists for this iteration of Encounter (#54) include: Michael Barrett, Mariel Carranza, Rochelle Fabb, Marcela Fuentes, Douglas Green, Rebeca Hernandez, Carol McDowell, Elaine Thap and Allison Wyper.
Since 2012, leading performance artists from Los Angeles, plus international guests, have met regularly to engage in a practice called Encounter, organized by Peruvian-American artist Mariel Carranza. Encounters are durational, improvised, action/time/space based performances inhabiting private studios, art venues, and public spaces across the city, including the Los Angeles River, Griffith Park, the Venice Pier, Salton Sea, the Bowtie Parcel, WUHO Gallery, Human Resources, Los Angeles State Historic Park, and Highways Performance Space. In 2018, Encounter was included in REDCAT's Pacific Standard Time Festival: Live Art LA/LA with support from Human Resources and the Foundation for Contemporary Art.
Beach Dances: Shared Practice situates the practice and creation of dance in the daily life of the beach. While the artists work, you are invited into an open-air glimpse of the rehearsal room – and a new perspective on the movements of beachgoers around you. Join us throughout the week of Tuesday June 18-Sunday June 23 for open rehearsals, workshops and performances. Participating choreographers: Heyward Bracey &amp; Nguyen Nguyen, Paola Escobar, Marcela Fuentes, Maya Gingery, Rebeca Hernandez, DaEun Jung, Shaina Lynn &amp; Isabel Ivey, Carol McDowell, alexx shilling and Christine Suarez, plus Encounter (organized by Mariel Carranza). Beach Dances: Shared Practice is curated by Allison Wyper of Rhizomatic Arts.
<A HREF="http://beachdances2019.eventbrite.com/" TARGET="_blank">Explore the full program schedule, including workshops with the choreographers, here</A>.
All Beach Dances events take place on an open-air platform; observers may wish to bring layers, sun protection and a blanket to sit on the sand.
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Mariel Carranza was born and raised in Perú and came to Los Angeles in 1980 where she studied at Los Angeles City College with Raoul De La Sota before transferring to UCLA where she received a B.A. in Studio Art and M.F.A in Sculpture. As part of Los Angeles’ performance art ecosystem she has developed a practice contingent on seeing a cross-cultural art discourse that engages with public art more so than exhibiting in conventional art spaces. Carranza’s work has been presented locally and internationally at venues including the Hammer Museum, Highways, 18th Street Art Center, LACE, Track 16, Woodbury University, MorYork Gallery, Human Resources, Perform Chinatown, Situation Room, Latitud 32 N / 55 S. Festival (Berlin/Cologne), National Review of Live Art (Glasgow), CONTEXTS Festival (Sokolowsko, Poland), Belfast International Performance Art Festival, First International Festival (Chihuahua, Mexico), Performancear or Morir (Sierra Tarahuamara, Norogachi, Mexico), Erarta Museum (Saint Petersburg, Russia), Crossing Zones = Language = Land (Stanglinec, Croatia), and The Festival Hall (South Bank Centre, London, UK). <A HREF="http://www.marielcarranza.com/encounter" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">marielcarranza.com/encounter</A>
Allison Wyper (Beach Dances Curator) is an interdisciplinary performance artist and founder of Rhizomatic Arts, which provides professional services, training, and community for independent artists and creatives. Rhizomatic Studio, the creative wing of Rhizomatic Arts, produces collaboratively-oriented performances and workshops in public and private spaces. In 2014-15, Wyper curated multiple site-responsive public performances for Play the L.A. River, a year-long civic art project organized by Project 51. Her own performance works produce charged, often participatory encounters between performer and viewer that encourage intimate exchange and critical solidarity. She has performed, taught, produced, and facilitated workshops for artists on experimental performance, professional development, and collaborative interdisciplinary practices locally and internationally. She has a BA in Theatre Studies from Emerson College and an MFA in Dance from UCLA. <A HREF="http://rhizomaticarts.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">rhizomaticarts.com</A> @RhizomaticArts #RhizomaticStudio
Beach=Culture is a program of <A HREF="http://www.santamonica.gov/arts" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Santa Monica Cultural Affairs</A>  <A HREF="https://twitter.com/hashtag/artsamo" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#ArtSaMo</A>
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This week of public rehearsal and presentation is open to all to come and go as you please. RSVP here to stay in touch and get any updates. By registering for this program via this Eventbrite page, you consent to receiving the occasional email about Beach House events from <A HREF="mailto:beachhouse@smgov.net" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">beachhouse@smgov.net</A> or <A HREF="mailto:culture@smgov.net" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">culture@smgov.net</A>. You can unsubscribe, or change your preferences at any time using the “unsubscribe” or “manage preferences” links on these emails.
Stop by early to save your seat and check out the historic site. Picnickers welcome (no pets, alcohol or glass permitted onsite.) 
Tickets are free but space is limited and reservations are required. Arrive by 15 min before start time to retain your reservation. Late seating, even for reservation-holders, is not guaranteed. To adjust or cancel your reservation for this event, email culture@smgov.net. We appreciate your keeping in touch!
Getting Here: The Beach House is located at 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90402 on the west side of Pacific Coast Highway. Enter off PCH at the Beach House Way traffic light.
Accessibility: The Annenberg Community Beach House is wheelchair accessible and ADA compliant. If you require any special disability-related accommodations, please contact us at <A HREF="mailto:culture@smgov.net" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">culture@smgov.net</A>, call us at (310) 458-8350 or TDD: (310) 458-8696 at least 5 days prior to the event.
Parking: The parking rate is Apr-Oct: $12/day or $3/hour; Nov - Mar: $8/day or $3/hour, payable at the park and pay machines in three areas of the ACBH parking lot. Credit cards or exact change only. Handicapped placards and Senior Beach Permits are accepted. For other parking info and lot hours, please check the <A HREF="http://annenbergbeachhouse.com/visit-us/getting-here-and-parking.aspx" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">website</A> for details.
Other events: To view &amp; make reservations for future free Beach=Culture events, check <A HREF="http://annenbergbeachhouse.com/beachculture" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">annenbergbeachhouse.com/beachculture</A> and <A HREF="https://www.santamonica.gov/arts/beach-culture" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">santamonica.gov/arts/beach-culture</A>
General Info: For hours, events and more, visit <A HREF="http://www.annenbergbeachhouse.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">annenbergbeachhouse.com</A>, or call (310) 458-4904. Back on the Beach Café hours are subject to change but are generally through 8 pm in the summer and 3 pm in the offseason, call (310) 393-8282 to confirm.

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