Malashock Dance Press Kit
Malashock Dance Company
By masterfully combining performing excellence with ground-breaking and thought-provoking choreography, Malashock Dance has established itself as one of California’s most engaging and sought after dance companies. Founded by Emmy-winning choreographer John Malashock in 1988 after years of touring with Twyla Tharp, Malashock Dance has garnered critical acclaim, numerous prestigious awards and is a leading force on the national dance scene.
Malashock Dance’s innovative and eclectic repertoire includes works by Artistic Director, John Malashock, Associate Artistic Director, Michael Mizerany as well as commissions by other well-known dancemakers. Complimentary activities include master classes, lecture/demonstrations, in-studio performances, screenings of Malashock Dance’s Emmy-award winning dance films and our Classics 4 Kids series of performances.
Requirements:
Preferred: 45’ wide wing to wing by 36’ deep plaster line to scrim
Minimum: 38’ wide wing to wing by 25’ deep plaster line to scrim
Crossover: Approximately 3 feet unobstructed upstage space
Complete list of technical requirements can be found HERE
Fees:
Performance Fees $9,500-$15,500 plus lodging. Complementary activities negotiable.
Booking Contact:
Michael Mizerany - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / 619-260-1622
Website: www.malashockdance.org
TOURING PROGRAMS & MEDIA:
Shadow of Mercy
(The Leonard Cohen Project)
Malashock’s critically acclaimed production is a full-evening choreographic work that draws on the richness and depth of Leonard Cohen’s music and poetry. Cohen, a true living legend, brings an uncanny human understanding to his words and his music is almost comically appealing and painfully truthful at the same time. These qualities are a perfect match for Malashock’s dramatic and darkly humorous choreographic style.
Watch an excerpt at: http://vimeo.com/7600355
READ PAT LAUNER'S SAN DIEGO NEWS NETWORK REVIEW HERE (part 1) and HERE (part 2)
Malashock/RAW
Selections from Malashock/RAW, a favorite with audience and critics alike, features works by John Malashock, Michael Mizerany, Bradley Michaud and Henry Torres & Angel Arambula of Lux Boreal. Malashock/RAW is a gritty, provocative, cutting-edge evening of dance. This concert features the works:
This Is Not an Exit, choreographed by Bradley Michaud, is a bold, unpredictable and high velocity dance work exploring the themes of relationships, breakups, attempted suicide, and the road to recovery after a monumental loss.
Watch the video at: http://vimeo.com/35664550
Bad Company is a high energy work that is unabashedly bold and undeniably risky. Bad Company delves into the nuances, complexities and the more than bizarre nature of the human condition – exposing raw vulnerability, physical daring and carnal need.
Watch the video at: http://vimeo.com/35664226
Man Up! is John Malashock’s way of digging around in his feminine side to explore how women perceive the state of manhood and the male psyche. This gender bending choreography about perceptions and misperceptions will be created specifically for five dynamic dancing women and promises to be personally illuminating and highly entertaining.
Watch the video at: http://vimeo.com/31171943
Piece of Work! is an edgy combination of revealing character studies and daring physical storytelling. In a series of humorous, yet disturbing, solos, duets and trios, Piece of Work! will venture into the internal push and pull of opposing psychological forces. What you see is not necessarily what you get.
Lux Boreal’s Harem explores both the communication and non-communication between people who share a common goal, and the mechanisms they apply to reach it. Shrouded in mystery, secrecy, and hidden intentions, “Harem’s” sextet will confront the fight for control and the give/take needed in order to preserve and succeed.
Watch the video at: http://vimeo.com/32110956
Desperate Love is multiple Horton Award winner Michael Mizerany’s newest dance work. Desperate Love examines the compromises we make and the regrets we live with in our quest for an ideal love (or the idea of love). Desperate Love is a stark and unapologetic look at the darker side of desire, passion and sensuality.
Watch the video at: http://vimeo.com/32112893
READ KRIS EITLAND'S SAN DIEGO.COM REVIEW OF RAW HERE
Malashock Dance Reportory Concert
This program features John Malashock’s favorite intimate duets and small works, performed to music ranging from classical to pop. Duet work is Malashock’s forte and this popular concert concept is suitable for small and medium sized venues. This concert includes:
Silver & Gold (2007) looks at two distinctly different sides of a relationship. The first is more optimistic and younger side to a relationship - a time of discovery and possibilities. The second part portrays unfortunate patterns that have set in and the ways that people can take others for granted.
Watch the video at: http://vimeo.com/36041497
Everybody Knows (2008) is a comical yet painful look at the push and pull of a less-than-perfect relationship.
Watch the video at: http://vimeo.com/35711174
Tethered (2009), a dramatic and dangerous duet, examines our need for, and fear of losing, control.
Watch the video at: http://vimeo.com/8336543
READ JEFF BRITTON'S SAN DIEGO UPTOWN NEWS REVIEW HERE
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