Los Angeles Performance Practice is a producing organization and artists’ network dedicated to supporting Los Angeles’ unique contemporary performance community. Founded by Miranda Wright in 2010, it is comprised of independent artists who create groundbreaking theatrical experiences through innovative approaches to collaboration, technology, and social engagement. By contributing to a shared knowledge, resources, and conversational critique; artists within this network will transform the cultural landscape of Los Angeles and beyond. Networked artists include Cloud Eye Control, Janie Geiser, Lars Jan, Miwa Matreyek, Zoe Aja Moore, Pablo N. Molina, Shannon Scrofano, Susan Simpson, and Chi-wang Yang.
LAPP is the producer of Early Morning Opera’s ABACUS, The Institute of Memory (TIMe) (in partnership with the CalArts Center for New Performance), and The White Album.
Thirst is a communication design practice based in Chicago. We work with the design, cultural, and civic communities.
As designers we cultivate conversations. We engage in a process of discovery and experimentation, focusing on concept, craft, and artful investigation. Our work lives at the threshold between art and science, resulting in keepsake artifacts and unique experiences.
Thirst believes design is integral to the human condition. It is ubiquitous, nourishing and transformative. Design allows us to connect with one another and compels us to slow down and pay attention.
Thirst has developed the graphic identity for Early Morning Opera’s ABACUS and HOLOSCENES, as well as for EMO itself. In addition to logos, Thirst has generated limited-edition art posters, T-shirts, and printed matter for ABACUS, TIMe, and HOLOSCENES.
Nichole Canuso Dance Company (NCDC) creates movement-based works that explore the complexity of the human experience. Using subtle gesture, explosive movement, humor, and interactive design, NCDC develops projects at the crossroads of movement, visual art and theater. NCDC brings dance out of traditional spaces to engage new audiences in adventurous ways.
Whether designing an immersive performance experience built for 6 audience members at a time (The Garden), collaborating with an indie rock bank (As the Eyes of the Seahorse), or creating a unique hybrid of dance installation and cinema (TAKES), NCDC is known for bringing audiences on a journey.
NCDC developed TAKES and Pandaemonium with the collaboration of EMO artistic director Lars Jan and principal artist Pablo N. Molina.
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