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A Celebration of Artistic Diversity: UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance 2025 Line-Up
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance is set to host an extraordinary array of events in early 2025, showcasing a diverse tapestry of artistic talents. From innovative soundscapes and thought-provoking performances to poignant explorations of heritage and identity, this season promises to enthrall audiences with a blend of creativity and cultural richness. Join us as we delve into the captivating line-up that includes compelling performances from H.Sinno, Shamel Pitts, and vibrant ensembles like Cha Wa and Orquesta Akokán, among others.
Jan 22, 2025
Share1. H.Sinno
Composer, writer, performer and social justice advocate H.Sinno shares Poems of Consumption, a song cycle partially inspired by Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism. Drawing from poetry written by Sinno in Amazon reviews and utilizing the sounds of consumerism (crumpling cellophane, bubble wrap, unboxing, ripping plastic etc.) to juxtapose a romantic string quartet.
Jan 25, 2025
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
Los Angeles, CA · UCLA Nimoy Theater
2. A Defense of the Less Good Idea
The Centre for the Less Good Idea travels from Johannesburg, South Africa to Southern California for A Defense of the Less Good Idea, a series of short form works exploring the theatrical epic.
Feb 1, 2025
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
Los Angeles, CA · UCLA Nimoy Theater
3. Ant Hampton / Time Based Editions
Borderline Visible brings a photobook to life in a performance that fuses soundscape and narration. A 77-minute experience, scored with music by Oren Ambarchi and Perila, pieces together value and meaning from the human ruins of aspiration, history, and language, shifting back and forth along a journeyed path between Lausanne, Switzerland, and Izmir, Turkey.
Feb 8, 2025
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
Los Angeles, CA · UCLA Nimoy Theater
4. Shamel Pitts | TRIBE
BLACK HOLE – Trilogy And Triathlon is the final part of Shamel Pitts' BLACK Series triptych, brought to life by the Brooklyn-based arts collective TRIBE. This multidisciplinary performance, enriched by Afrofuturism, weaves together dance, sound, video, and light into a narrative celebrating vitality, tenderness, and the power of unity and progress. Through the journey of three performers of African heritage, BLACK HOLE explores themes of transformation and potential, transcending the darkness into a metaphorical space of empowerment.
Feb 15, 2025
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
UCLA World Arts and Cultures/Dance
5. JJJJJerome Ellis
Explore the multifaceted world of JJJJJerome Ellis. This Grenadian-Jamaican-American artist uses music, performance, writing, video, and photography, to create contemplative soundscapes and music-video-poems. His work probes the intersections of stuttering, justice, blackness, disabled speech, and divinity.
21 - 22 Feb, 2025
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
Los Angeles, CA · UCLA Nimoy Theater
6. Cha Wa
Cha Wa offers a euphoric celebration of New Orleans' rich heritage. With songs that resonate with the ongoing fight for liberation, Cha Wa's music, described by Popmatters as "a grand gumbo of singing, intoxicating rhythms, and deep funk grooves," invites you to experience the unstoppable energy of New Orleans.
Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2025
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
Los Angeles, CA · UCLA Nimoy Theater
7. Inua Ellams
Award-winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams shares his chaotic, audience-led poetry event. Prompted by audience suggestions, Ellams will instantly search through his extensive archive of work and perform a reactive and spontaneous selection.
7 - 8 Mar, 2025
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
Los Angeles, CA · UCLA Nimoy Theater
8. Sound and Science: From Signal to Noise
Sound and Science: From Signal to Noise is a curated showcase of sound art performances created in collaboration with scientists from fields such as physics, biology, astrophysics and botany, designed to explore the vast landscape of auditory and visual experiences. Featuring an array of local and emerging experimental sonic artists working in ‘eco-acoustics,’ Sound and Science presents sound as a post-object art form.
Mar 15, 2025
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
Los Angeles, CA · UCLA Nimoy Theater
9. Tarta Relena
Tarta Relena is an innovative vocal duo born in 2016, dedicated to exploring the rich tapestry of a cappella music with roots stretching across the Mediterranean. With a unique repertoire that spans from traditional oral music to original compositions, Tarta Relena weaves the distinct timbres of two voices into a complex yet simple harmony. Their music, a dance of sharp dissonances and reunions, seeks to express maximum expression in the simplest way.
Mar 21, 2025
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
Los Angeles, CA · UCLA Nimoy Theater
10. Orquesta Akokán
Chulo Records producer and multiinstrumentalist Jacob Plasse, along with arranger Michael Eckroth, joined forces to form Orquesta Akokán. This ensemble features a carefully curated selection of Havana’s finest musicians, polishing Cuban mambo’s golden sound with a contemporary sheen.
Mar 29, 2025
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance
Los Angeles, CA · STILE Downtown Los Angeles by Kasa
Conclusion
UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance 2025 season is a vibrant celebration of art in its many forms. From the evocative sounds of consumer culture in H.Sinno's performance to the rhythmic celebration of New Orleans with Cha Wa, each event offers a unique glimpse into the diverse world of artistic expression. These performances not only entertain but also inspire, prompting reflection on identity, culture, and the power of creativity. Join us in experiencing these remarkable events that promise to leave a lasting impression on audiences far and wide.
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