Ravish

Ravish is an evening-length dance theater piece for five women (one played by a man) inspired by the Bronte family. Featuring interactive media by Flavia Sparacino and highly integrated video projection by Barnaby Levy, Ravish reimagines the creative hothouse in which the Brontes sisters wrote intensely Romantic fiction without the benefit of real-life experience (Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall). Ravish presents adolescence as an altered state.

Born in early 19th century England, the five Bronte sisters and their one brother all died from tuberculosis before the age of 40, the eldest two in girlhood. Without literally depicting their story, Ravish takes as its jumping-off point the family and the mythology surrounding them, which centers on their huge creative output and their isolation from the rest of the world.

Premiere

The New Los Angeles Theater Center presents RAVISH
as part of its Grand Re-Opening
International Festival of Theater and Dance

November 15- 18, 2007
Thurs - Sat at 8pm, Sun at 3pm
514 S. Spring St., Theater 3
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Admission: $28
Students, seniors, and groups of ten or more, $15
Also available via the fall festival Cultural Green Card (four tickets at THE NEW LATC for $100)

Reservations: (323) 461-3673 (via the Ford Amphitheatre box office service)
Group sales: (213) 489-0994
Information: (213) 250-7500

For more information please contact:
Cathy Pruzan
Telephone: 415 789-5051
Email: cpruzan@aol.com