Cellista this Saturday at Highways Performance Space, line-up change

CELLISTA’S ÉLÉGIE,

THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 27th

“The show must go on!” And so it will. However the line-up no longer includes Hilary Whitmore, Ron Athey, and Christos Tejada, who were forced to cancel their segment of the prologue due to illness. The Zero Collective will still take the stage at 9 PM (doors at 8:30 PM) followed directly by Cellista performing Élégie. There is no intermission.

Attendees can expect an intimate, surreal evening of storytelling, cinema, music, and a cellist who can fly.

"I eagerly anticipate Saturday's performance of Élégie," Cellista says. "After the resounding success of the performances on the East Coast and in San Jose, it feels absolutely essential to bring this staging to my chosen home of Los Angeles, where this work was originally conceived. The significance of community storytelling, and the chance to blend aerial artistry with my own musical compositions, and cello performance, is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In the same breath I extend heartfelt wishes for a full and speedy recovery to the prologue trio (Whitmore, Athey, Tejada) who were sadly forced to cancel their performance due to illness."

"Regret to announce our participation in Saturday’s performance at Highways is postponed until a future date due to one of our team being unwell (yes covid)," Ron Athey shared on social media. "[Cellista] are well and carrying on with ĒLĒGIE a one-woman show for aerial cello [which] is not to be missed..."

CELLISTA'S ÉLÉGIE

Saturday, April 27, 2024

at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica

The one-hour performance follows the story of Élégie, a blackbird who shape shifts into human form and back, finding serenity through her journey. The soundtrack is a collection of Cellista’s work spanning the last few years and includes original compositions from her albums Finding San Jose and RAGE, with a couple of new works written for the project, as well as a reworking of the hit song “Where Is My Mind?” by Frank Black. Élégie is directed and performed by Cellista. Choreography is by Cellista, Kennedy Kabasares, Elsie Smith, and creative consultation by Joel Baker. The film was edited by Jennifer Gigantino, with cinematography by Bryan Gibel.

Cellista plays a Luis & Clarke carbon fibre cello, and an 1885 Czech cello named Chordelia. Her influences include Jean Cocteau, Charlotte Moorman and The Notorious B.I.G.

EVENT TITLE:

Cellista's Élégie

TYPE OF EVENT:

One woman aerial cello performance.

DATE:

Saturday, April 27, 2024

TIME:

8:30 Doors

9 PM Prologue

The Zero Collective

9:30 PM

Cellista's Élégie