Highways Performance Space & Gallery

11/10/2024

11/07/2024

FUTURE TRAVEL – OPENS TOMORROW!
November 8th & 9th, 8:00 PM
Link for description and tickets in profile!
Collaboration with .

Future Travel is about the poiesis of a positive possible! Of course, we want everyone to experience the new music and visuals in this show, but also importantly, perhaps immersing in this concert may underscore how, no matter the adversity, we must and can hold on to our optimism and who we are in our creative core. Please join in this assertion.
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HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
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PIctures: 1) Image from film in show made in collaboration with experimental film maker George Manupelli, 2) Manupelli (left) and Rosenboom (right) location scouting for the film in 1981.
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11/05/2024

This Past Weekend @ Highways! ’s “Void Decryption ERROR”. LA Dance Chronicle wrote of the performance: “Cruz’s use of multimedia was intriguing because of its simplicity. Technology did not overwhelm the work. It allowed the piece to exist and for Cruz’s vision to be realized. She is an artist whose work must be seen and supported more often.” ()

11/05/2024

This SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 at 3:00pm, Simone Forti celebrates Highways’ 35th Anniversary with well known historical and contemporary movement work, screenings, and live readings, joined by longtime collaborators Carmela Hermann Dietrich, Terrence Luke Johnson, and Sarah Swenson. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED VIA THE LINK IN OUR BIO.

Poster Image of Andre Andreev and Carmela Hermann Dietrich in “See Saw.”

Simone Forti. See Saw. 1960. Performance with plywood seesaw. Duration variable. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds. © 2024 The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

10/29/2024

This Week at Highways! Vanessa Hernández Cruz’s “Void Decryption ERROR”, Friday + Saturday, November 1 + 2 at 7:30pm. For more info + to Buy 🎟️, click on the 🔗 in our bio!

Access Info:
Masked Event
Audio Description for both evenings
And more!

“Void Decryption ERROR” is an experimental evening-length work bringing you into a reality that flickers like a glitch—a cryptic blend of dance, visual art, live-streaming, and film where the boundaries between worlds blur and dissolve, revealing a hidden map of human connection in a hyper-digital age.

This Includes the world premiere of “Rain Glass Vortex” which introduces a new performance modality by live-streaming four Q***r BIPOC Disabled artists on stage alongside Vanessa. This piece is a dystopian exploration of the human desire for liberation within a digitally mediated world, navigating the complexities of our present-day reliance on technology.

Dancers:
Vanessa Hernández Cruz
Em Waters
Ande Diedjomahor
India Harville
Lu Chen lupo73854
Trailer by Cade Moga
Photo by Maya Umemoto Gorman
Poster by Kianna Peppers

10/27/2024

Moments ( #2) from 2024
1-2. M-0ther’s “Bending the Channel: An Offering for the River of Deep Time”
3. DySpRaXiAc DaNcE’s “Two Months Too Early”
4. Vanessa Hernández Cruz’s “Las curds tendinosas en el corazón ácido” as part of Highways’ a/o/x
5. Jacob Wolff’s “My Blue Raspberry”
6. Tsiambwom M. Akuchu’s “Alpha.Sigma.Alpha” as part of Highways’ NEW SHOES
7. Odious Ari as part of Martin Witch’s MASK ON, MASK OFF
8. Sean Dorsey Dance’s “The Lost Art of Dreaming” as part of Highways’ 35th Birthday
9-10. Rudy Perez Memorial

10/26/2024

Moments ( #1) from 2024
1. Cade Moga & Ironstone’s “Property” as part of Highways’ BEHOLD!
2. Psychopomp Dance’s “Der Golem” as part of their CHAOS! Fest Vol. II
3. G.U.M. Collective’s “calling from the void”
4. Kat Lin’s “light of our lives” as part of CHAOS! Fest Vol. II
5. Page Person’s “I’m Not a Witch At All”
6. Trin’s “Appetizer” as part of Highways’ BEHOLD!
7. Whacking Los Angeles’ LIMINALITY
8. Ana Reyes Cid’s “She Sprang Out of Red” as part of Highways’ a/o/x
9. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence as part of Highways’ 35th Birthday
10. Darrel “Friidom’ Dunn’s “Exïstent: The State of Epiic”
(All photos by .kennelly)

10/26/2024

THIS SUNDAY (INFO + 🎟️ VIA 🔗 IN BIO) - Día de los Mu***os: Ofrendas de Amor, curated by . CALAVERAS - El Catrin Chafa, La Catrina Chana, La Catrina Chela, and La Catrina Xochi, celebrate the departed with haunting original music, mysterious movement, and the creation of a festive altar with mementos, candles, marigolds, and the deceased’s favorite foods + drinks.

10/24/2024

Tune into “Global Village” on tmrw, October 24th @ 11am, as composer-performer David Rosenboom talks about his upcoming show with HEX Trio, FUTURE TRAVEL, taking place Nov. 8 + 9 at 8pm .This live music performance celebrates the new, expanded reissue of Rosenboom’s classic 1981 journey in sonic imagery, “Future Travel”, with new music derived from it and performed in combination with his latest score for creative singers, “Is Existence Is”.

10/23/2024

Coming Soon! DAVID ROSENBOOM with HEX Trio - “Future Travel”, Fri + Sat, Nov. 8 + 9 at 8:30pm. TICKETS VIA LINK IN OUR BIO. This live music performance celebrates the new, expanded reissue of composer-performer David Rosenboom’s classic 1981 journey in sonic imagery, “Future Travel”, with new music derived from it and performed in combination with his latest score for creative singers, “Is Existence Is”. For more info, click on the ticketing link.

10/22/2024

Next WEEK!! Get your TICKETS 🎉

Void Decryption ERROR premiering at Highways Performance Space November 1st & 2nd

Void Decryption ERROR an experimental evening-length work brings you into a reality that flickers like a glitch—a cryptic blend of dance, visual art, live-streaming, and film where the boundaries between worlds blur and dissolve, revealing a hidden map of human connection in a hyper-digital age.

Featuring ‘EXHALE STATIC, INHALE FUMES’ and world premiere of ‘RAIN GLASS VORTEX’

Tickets are now live!!
✨Link in bio✨

Access Info:
Masked Event
Audio Description for both evenings
Tactile Art Displays
Descriptor Program via QR Code
ADA accessible space & restroom

Dancers:
Vanessa Hernández Cruz 
Em Waters 
Ande Diedjomahor 
India Harville 
Lu Chen 

Music by:
Keilan Stafford

Costume:
Mary Leopo
Robert Huerta

Projection Specialists:
Megan Fowler-Hurst
Álvaro Cáceresmakes.music
Huntrezz

Audio Describer:
Nohely Gomez

Trailer by
Cade Moga

Photography by:
Maya Gorman

Flyer by Kianna Peppers

Supported by The Center for Cultural Power

‘Exhale Static, Inhale Fumes’ past recipient, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant 2023

[IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS IN COMMENTS]

09/30/2024

This Week @ Highways: Urban Ensemble Theater Collective’s FLICKERING PARADISE: A Caribbean Fábula - Friday + Saturday, October 3 + 4 @ 8pm. FOR MORE INFO + to BUY TICKETS, CLICK ON THE LINK IN OUR BIO.

In this new dark comedy from critically acclaimed playwright RICK MITCHELL, residents of a fictional Caribbean island—whose history includes centuries of colonization—struggle to make ends meet while dealing with disruptive blackouts, extreme austerity measures, malignant spirits, and an influx of crypto investors. Features music by renowned Puerto Rican composer and percussionist ANGEL LUÍS FIGUEROA.

09/27/2024

COMING SOON! October 11 + 12 @ 8:00pm. For more info + to Buy 🎟️, click on the 🔗 in our bio.

For the last 20 years, Cuban American artist/playwright, Martin Matamoros, has been conveying his stories of growing up q***r in Las Vegas and moving to The City of Angels – through the power of confessional monologues. Many of these pieces were originally workshopped at legendary performance space: Highways. In celebration of two decades of creative toil, Martin is curating a crème de la crème retrospective of these works, and bringing them back to Highways. Martin has enlisted some of his most talented artistic confidants to perform his tales. One story – Many voices.

09/17/2024

This Week at Highways! Martin Wiech Productions’ MASK ON, MASK OFF - Fri + Sat, September 20 + 21 at 8pm. …Pandemic, Olympics , election Oh my!!!! 4 true bohemian heARTists explore and reveal the gold behind their masks. Features Kacy Boccumini, Shang Abrams, Odious Ari (Ari DeSano), and Martin Wiech. FOR TICKETS, CLICK ON THE LINK IN OUR BIO.

09/12/2024

This Weekend @ Highways: Dancing Through Parkinson’s “Cartography of hope: A Journey of Change”, September 14th at 7:30pm + September 15th at 2pm. /// Join the inventive DTP dancers in a multimedia performance of poetry, dance, film and art that draws a map of change and hope. The performances are paired with an interactive gallery, a weeklong residency with movement classes and writing workshops, and community celebrations. CLICK ON THE 🔗 IN OUR BIO FOR MORE INFO + TO BUY 🎟️.