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Dance… or theater? Performance duo casebolt and smith deconstruct their creative process in a fast-paced, intricately layered, meta-theatrical new work that offers a complex and hilarious glimpse into the minds and pants of the performers.
In O(h), Liz Casebolt and Joel Smith cross the line between dance and theater in an irreverent exploration of their own limitations as artists. Relying on their friendship and shared sense of humor, the pair reveals their choreographic methods and collaborative rapport to analyze gender and sexuality politics as well as the overly serious traditions of modern dance. They speak directly to the audience, sing ...Read More
Dance… or theater? Performance duo casebolt and smith deconstruct their creative process in a fast-paced, intricately layered, meta-theatrical new work that offers a complex and hilarious glimpse into the minds and pants of the performers.
In O(h), Liz Casebolt and Joel Smith cross the line between dance and theater in an irreverent exploration of their own limitations as artists. Relying on their friendship and shared sense of humor, the pair reveals their choreographic methods and collaborative rapport to analyze gender and sexuality politics as well as the overly serious traditions of modern dance. They speak directly to the audience, sing while dancing, and layer their performance with pop culture references, creating a theatrical work that demonstrates what they can, can’t – and won’t – do as dancers.
O(h) premiered at Joyce SoHo in New York, and was subsequently performed at the Minnesota Fringe Festival and the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum. For the Los Angeles premiere, casebolt and smith teamed up with award-winning architects Predock_Frane who carefully deconstructed and mapped out the way the duo interacts with the space, mirroring the genesis of the piece. The result is an environment of sleek surfaces and luminescent EL wire that will transport audiences swiftly into the world of O(h).
Performances of O(h) take place Fridays @ 8 pm, Saturdays @ 8 pm, and Sundays @ 5 pm, Jan. 13 through Feb. 19. Tickets are $30; students and seniors are $22. The Actors Company Theatre is located at 916a N. Formosa Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90046. To purchase tickets, call 800-838-3006 or go to www.caseboltandsmith.com. Join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/caseboltandsmith.
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