John Malashock and Yale Strom decided to combine forces in December ‘09 to create a collaborative dance/musical celebrating the life and work of Marc Chagall. Yale Strom is a masterful composer of Eastern European folk music of the soul. This program features a short concert by Yale Strom and Hot P’Stromi, followed by an encore performance of Strom/Malashock’s 1993 collaboration, Tribes. The program concludes with a premiere of three sections of this new work in progress, Chagall, on June 10, 12 & 13. Chagall will combine Yale’s compositions, live musicians, singers, and live dance performance of John Malashock’s vision. They have taken inspiration from the art work and life of Marc Chagall, in particular his various relationships with the women in his life.
 
The colorful art, life, and relationships of iconic artist Marc Chagall are perfect subjects for a unique, imagistic, and fantastical portrayal through music, dance, and animated digital scenery.  Though Chagall remained firmly rooted in his Jewish identity throughout his life and work, everything about his remarkable career transcended his humble beginnings in Vitebsk, Belarus – a community that shaped his imagery for life.
 
Chagall’s fanciful imagery and unique sense of color are unparalleled in their universal appeal.  While his work clearly speaks for itself, and the success of his career is legendary, what makes Chagall a fascinating character are the series of relationships with women in his life – on whom he was utterly and thoroughly dependent.  His adoring and adored mother, Feiga-Ita; Thea, his teenage first love; Bella Rosenfeld, his first wife, muse, true love of his life; Ida, his daughter and business manager; Virginia Haggard McNeal, his housekeeper turned lover for seven years; and finally Valentina ‘Vava’ Brodsky, who brusquely took over all aspect of Chagall’s life and work in his later life – making him wildly rich and famous.
 
“In our life there is a single color, as on an artist’s palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.” —Marc Chagall

Producing Partner: Jordan Ressler Charitable Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego

Chagall – Lyceum Theatre - June 10@ 7:30pm, June 12 @ 8:45pm, & June 13 @ 7:30pm.
 
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit sdrep.org.
Tickets: $25
Students: $15
Groups (8+): $22
Military: $15 (online purchase only)
 
Don’t miss the Jewish Arts Festival running at The Lyceum Theater part of San Diego Repertory Theater until June 21st.