We keep maintaining a professional company, creating new works, occasionally touring, doing lots of educational residencies and festivals - and now we have the opportunity to do a revival of our earliest signature dance work- "The Tennis Dances" as well as one of our more recent dance/multimedia/film works "Tap Dance Widows Club" from THE BAGGAGE PROJECT at the Bootleg Theater on Bevery Blvd. in Los Angeles. Here are the details:
WHAT: Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers in association with Bootleg Theater presents Louise Reichlin & Dancers Celebrating 35 Years 'The Tennis Dances' (complete version) and 'Tap Dance Widows Club'
WHEN: April 9-12, 2015. Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 7:15 pm, Sunday at 2:00 pm
WHERE: Bootleg Theater 2220 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016
WHO: Director/Choreographer: Louise Reichlin Dancers: Steven Nielsen, Elizabeth Ann Poinsette, Tonya Vivian, Kistina Pressler, Coree McKee, Roman Bykov, Kirby Harrell, Heather Rabun, Lennon Hobson, Linnea Snyderman, M'saada Nia. Visual Artist: Audri Phillips
TICKETS: $20 in advance/ $25 at the door. Purchase at www.bootlegtheater.org. 10% discount at door for students (with valid ID), seniors and DRC Members! Reservations at 213.389.3856 More program info: www.LAChoreographersAndDancers.org PARKING: Free street parking or parking lot N side of street behind church for $5. ABOUT: *The first revival of the complete Tennis Dances since 1999, our signature 1979 work. *The past and present meet for an eclectic celebration of life in Tap Dance Widows Club, an innovative flagship work by Louise Reichlin & Dancers. *"Among the group pieces, Louise Reichlin's Tennis Dances, for a dozen members of Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers, had to be the most provocative. A potpourri that vaguely satirizes pomposity, exoticism, period cutesiness and contrived elegance, that probes ancient mystery and indulges contemporary whimsy - all with the unlikely but clever metaphor of racquets and nets." Los Angeles Herald Examiner "(The program) ended brilliantly, thanks to Reichlin's Tennis Dances, which dates back to 1979. In this ten-part suite the tennis court becomes a metaphor, of course, for life's stage. And life, as Reichlin sees it, is indeed a stage, one crowded with a broad spectrum of attitudes. ...Here is a choreographer who arguably picks up the feminist point of view where Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis left off. To observe the universe as it is inhabited by women, she harks back to ancient times and mythic symbols." Dance Magazine * (Tap Dance Widows Club) is "upbeat, nostalgic, yet going forward with a wonderful spirit and zest for life" Beverly Hills Outlook "The interweaving of past and present, of distinctly different worlds through both video and dance, made this piece not only unique, but deeply touching." ExploreDance.com 
Above photo from both the live dance and film-clips in Tap Dance Widow's Club. Here is a link to a 15' showcase at the Moss. Tap Dance Widows Club brings together multiple dance forms in a unique multimedia piece using the power of Dance; an inside story from 30's Hollywood to now. Louise Reichlin (widow of Alfred Desio), Loretta Zerby (widow of Jon Zerby), and Katherine Hopkins-Nicholas (widow of Fayard Nicholas) met to share memories, photos, and videos of their well-known husbands. Their conversations about moving forward without their husbands' physical presence are both hilarious and moving; this became the audio for this transformative work. After grieving for the loss of a loved one, we accept the richness that person has brought to our lives. The work is part of The Baggage Project suite that includes live dance combined with user and artist-generated multimedia that explores our changing perception of death, and the positive baggage we carry with us when a loved one is no longer corporal but still present. Louise was inspired to create the work after the death of her husband Alfred Desio. Bootleg is a space for art: A place where Los Angeles artists of all disciplines can come together and create new, exciting theatrical events. In their 1930's warehouse, located in the Rampart District, they have been producing theater since 2000. Bootleg is committed to producing brave, boundary-pushing, artistically outstanding, and highly collaborative new work; work that is exciting to people of all ages and ethnicities and serves as a reflection of the City we all call home. ****************************************************************************************
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