FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ascent

A NEW WORK OF THEATRE, MUSIC, AND DANCE: Ascent

Contact:
Adam Kerbel (lead artist and producer)
[email protected]
818-400-5271
adamkerbel.weebly.com

ADAM KERBEL with SHIH-WEI WILLIE WU proudly present:
A S C E N T
a new dance with live music illuminating the threats that aggressive masculinity plays on the psyche, and learning to love the mature masculine within.

Created and Performed by Adam Kerbel and Shih-wei Wu
Music Compositions by Shih-wei Wu
Lighting Design by Brandon Baruch
Dramaturgy and Outside-eye by Lisa Dring
Costume Consultation by Amelia Charter

Premiering June 1, 14, 15, 21, & 23 within the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival
at Studio/Stage 520 N. Western Ave. Los Angeles CA 90004
Tickets: $15 at the door and at hff17.com/4483. Discounts available.

What audiences are saying about ASCENT:
“Playful”- Goreti Da Silva
“A terrific Fringe experience” – Ed Sharrow
“Sneaks up on you with its power” – Carolyn Ellis, audience member

Description of ASCENT:
Part concert, part dance-theatre show, ASCENT is a 45-minute low-fi performance taking on the hidden vulnerabilities that men experience within themselves and repurposed as questions that live deep within the performance. Developing gradually over the course of the show, the performers embark on a duet that cycles through impressions of intimacy as if it were the third partner in the piece. ASCENT culminates in two duets of athleticism: one of booming Japanese Taiko drumming and a fragile dance of collisions that impels these individuals to listen beyond their words.

ASCENT was developed during the Terra Nova Choreographic Residency, a project of Rosanna Gamson/World Wide with support from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

Playing at Studio/Stage 520 N. Western Ave. Los Angeles Ca 90004
Tickets: $15 at the door and at hff17.com/4483. Discounts available.
June 1 – 8pm (preview)
June 14 – 7pm
June 15 – 8:30pm
June 21 – 11:30pm
June 23 – 6pm