Marissa Harumi Moses
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Home Grown @ Mimoda: featuring new solo work by Marissa Moses

4/23/2018

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New Solo by Marissa Moses

An improvisational embodiment of the stages of grief. Moses dives into the aftermath of trauma using inspiration from Butoh, a form of Japanese dance theater that arose post WWII.
​Finding beauty and transcendence through the grotesque, dark, and twisted.
“When one considers the body in relation to dance, it is then that one truly realizes what suffering is: it is a part of our lives. No matter how much we search for it from the outside there is no way we can find it without delving into ourselves.”– Tatsumi Hijikata
​You're Invited to Home Grown @ MiModa on April 28th!
After a 5-week choreographic residency intensive with Rosanna Gamson/ World Wide, Dance Resource Center invites you to experience new, original works by a small but mighty group of LA based choreographers! 

LOCATION:
MiModa Studio 
(Entrance through Paper or Plastik Café)
5774 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019

WHEN:
Saturday, April 28, 2018
7-9pm

​Join us for a hearty evening or performance + conversation.
Guest speakers include Ben Johnson, Performing Arts Division Director, Department of Cultural Affairs Los Angeles and Rosanna Gamson, Artistic Director of Rosanna Gamson/World Wide.

This event would not be possible without the partnership between Dance Resource Center, Rosanna Gamson/World Wide, and MiModa Studio; as well as support from the Department of Cultural Affairs Los Angeles and Los Angeles Arts Commission.​
Residency Artists Include
Mallory Fabian
Vannia Ibarguen
Adam Kerbel
Marissa Moses
Andrew Pearson
Cody Potter
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“Even your own arms, deep inside your body feel foriegn to you, feel that they do not belong to you. Here lies an important secret. Butoh’s radical essence is hidden here.”– Tatsumi Hijikata
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*Photos by: MG Tasker
“Western dance begins with its feet firmly planted on the ground whereas Butoh begins with a dance wherein the dancer tries in vain to find his feet”– Tatsumi Hijikata
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Marissa's November Performances

11/10/2017

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Marissa's Upcoming
​Performance Dates

Dance/BACK - THIS Sunday
November 12, 6pm
An experiment on chance and disparity,
Choreographed by Andrew Pearson
Donations support Doctors Without Boarders.
Your donation is your ticket.
CLICK HERE
LA Road Concerts - THIS Saturday
November 11, 3:30-4pm
Los Angeles Road Concerts presents site-specific projects from Los Angeles artists in unused public outdoor spaces.  This installment will take place in Culver City near the intersection of National and Washington and I will be performing in a short improvisational movement for four dancers directed by Andrew Pearson on the corners of this intersection.
For map and details on the full programming
CLICK HERE 
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Macbeth x 5 @ The Odyssey Theatre: Movement Director, Marissa Moses

10/5/2017

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ABOUT MACBETH x 5
Macbeth x 5 is a modern reconstruction of Shakespeare’s politically-charged masterpiece about ambition, retribution, and fate. Told in one 80-minute act by five actors playing multiple roles, “Macbeth x 5” tells the story using a seamless interchange of spoken word and physical movement. ​
OCTOBER 21 - NOVEMBER 19,2017 
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, 
Sundays at 2pm​
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Tickets: $18-$36
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Buy Tickets online 
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Box office: 310-477-2055
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A Visiting production at The Odyssey Theatre
2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd. LA, CA 90025

Visit macbethx5 website

The Joel Asher Studio in association with PlayMakersLA present “Macbeth x 5,” a modern reconstruction of Shakespeare’s politically-charged masterpiece about ambition, retribution, and fate. Told in one 90-minute act by five actors playing multiple roles, “Macbeth by 5” tells the story using a seamless interchange of spoken word and physical movement. “Macbeth x 5” is adapted and directed by Joel Asher (LA Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, Othello, Twelfth Night, Merry Wives), with movement by Marissa Moses (Getty Villa and Broad Stage with Helios Dance Theater). “Macbeth x 5 is a visiting production at West LA’s Odyssey Theatre, opening October 21, 2017.
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In Macbeth x 5, ambitious General Macbeth, fresh off a military victory, is confronted by three witches who foretell his rise to power. Together with his wife, Macbeth murders his way to the throne -  only to descend into insecurity, paranoia and tyranny.
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Macbeth x 5 is a 90-minute scaled-down reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, using an intersection of language and movement to illuminate the story.

Says Joel Asher: “Macbeth is a political play, from the original production which catered to King James’ fascination with witches -  down through 400 years of ambition and retribution. We have found a physical language that illuminates the subtext and makes it modern. While this production will not imitate current political figures, audiences will find it relevant to the world we’re in now. “
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Image and Movement by Marissa Moses. Pictured: Alex Wright, Nate Ruleaux, Rosie Moss
​Award-Winning Design Team:
Scenic design for Macbeth x 5 is by John Iocavelli (Emmy Award for Peter Pan w/Cathy Rigby, Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Career Achievement); lighting design is by Bosco Flanagan (2016 Stage Raw award for Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre’s Tempest Redux); sound design is by Christopher Moscatiello (composer for AMC’s The Walking Dead, 2015 Stage Raw Award for Sound Design for Rogue Machine’s Penelope) and costume design is by Denise Blasor (2016 Stage Raw Award nomination for Odyssey Theatre / New American Theatre’s Tempest Redux).
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Cast:
Stephen Tyler Howell (RII at Boston Court, Disinherit the Wind, Hot 'N' Throbbing with Illyrian Players, Angel: A Nightmare at Crown City Theater) is Macbeth and Alexandra Wright (Rosalind in As You Like It at American Repertory Theater at Harvard, Lady Percy at Shakespeare OC,) is Lady Macbeth. Rounding out the ensemble playing over 20 characters are Chase Cargill (Son of Semele Ensemble’s If You Can Get to Buffalo) Rosie Moss (Lifetime/A&E's miniseries The Rookie, FUGU at West Coast Jewish Theatre) and Nate Ruleaux (The Tempest, Henry IV Part 1 at Shakespeare Orange County).
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Director Joel Asher's connection to Shakespeare goes back to the 60s when he acted in Twelfth Night starring Faye Dunaway and As You Like It starring Jane Alexander. He went on to found the New Hampshire Shakespeare Festival and later became Producing Director of the Los Angeles Shakespeare Company directing productions of Taming of the Shrew, Henry IV, Othello and Twelfth Night. As a film actor, he has been in Bard Productions' Merry Wives of Windsor and Othello. Beside Shakespeare, Joel has been a director in Los Angeles for over thirty years, recently at 2Cents' ActOut Festivals directing two originals and at The Fountain Theatre directing The Lady's Not for Burning. Joel has also produced documentaries including his 4-part Actors at Work instructional DVDs and a series of Period Movement for Actors plus a series on Great Acting Teachers and Their Methods. Joel also teaches Acting for Film and Television at his Studio. ​
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Marissa Moses teaches Voice & Movement at The Huntington Library's Summer Shakespeare Institute

7/13/2017

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Marissa Moses recently taught Voice and Movement at this Summer's Shakespeare at the Huntington: Alumni Workshop. 
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Workshop Directed/Curated by Louis Fantasia.
The one-week workshop focus on the problems inherent in staging Shakespeare’s plays, including blocking, scene and character analysis, and verse. The course also includes best practices in curriculum development resulting from previous Huntington summer Shakespeare institutes, as well as work in voice, movement and relaxation techniques. Prerequisite: successful completion of "Shakespeare at the Huntington" summer institute.
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Marissa Moses performs solo work at Electric Lodge

7/13/2017

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"Shakespeare's Inhabitants"
by Marissa Moses was performed at...

High Voltage
at Electric Lodge​

​June 2, 2017
8:30-10:00pm

Marissa Moses' latest solo work "Shakespeare's Inhabitants" (working title) is an improvised mash-up of texts from 3 of Shakespeare's iconic female characters: Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc), Juliet, and Lady Macbeth - you never know what you're gonna get!

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Performance by Marissa Moses @ Lula Washington's Day of Dance Festival

3/9/2017

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Finding Juliet 
Created & Performed by Marissa Moses
Live Sound by Salas Artworks

Saturday October 15, 2016 @ 4:30pm
3773 Crenshaw Blvd Los Angeles, CA

For this showing, Marissa Moses collaborated with sound artist, Ray Salas of Salas Artworks. Using excerpts from one of Juliet's monologues from Shakespeare's R&J, and Maya Angelou's poem In All Ways A Woman,  Salas and Moses use improvisation to weave these two iconic female voices into a conversation around the feminist struggle and the current discomfort of the moment. 

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Rehearsal Footage


Rehearsals were made possible through the support of Carol Katz of Paloma Street Studio.
This performance was presented as a part of 
Dance Resource Center's Home Grown @ Dance All Day festival,
presented by Lula Washington Dance Theatre
during 
Taste of Soul Family Festival 2016
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Featured by Rosanna Gamson/World Wide

7/31/2016

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Marissa Moses' experience in the Terra Nova Residency highlighted on Rosanna Gamson/World Wide's website. Read more...
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​"Working with Rosanna Gamson during the Terra Nova Choreographic Residency was just the artistic kick in the pants that I needed! For two years I have been journaling, considering, and envisioning a solo project inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. This project has been stuck inside of me wanting but not willing to come out in physical form." -Marissa Moses
Link to Featured Page on RGWW's site
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Marissa Moses showing work-in-progress @ Mimoda (The Juliet Project)

3/9/2016

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UPCOMING: MARCH 19TH, 2016 - Performance Showing of Marissa Moses' "The Juliet Project"

DRC's Homegrown @
​Mimoda: Choreography + Conversation

Featuring work performed and created by Marissa Moses
WHEN
Saturday, March 19, 2016 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT) - Add to Calendar
WHERE
5772 W Pico Blvd - 5772 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90019 - View Map
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ABOUT THE JULIET PROJECT - Performed and Created by Marissa Moses
Read more - The Juliet Project Blog
The Juliet Project is an improvisational exploration of the space between acting and dance. Marissa dives into her own self-identity using the veil of the iconic character,  William Shakespeare's Juliet. The evolving look, feel, and shape of this project are being explored with an openness to discovery. This showing is a serving as a bridge to begin a wider sharing process for Marissa's creative practice and work.
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Marissa would like to express how grateful she is to have had the opportunity to share in such a safe creative space. With her fellow residency choreographers and through the guidance and support of Rosanna Gamson Marissa has found a herself flooded with a fulfilling and rich sense of community.
WORDS FROM MARISSA - About the Juliet Project
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  • I am trying to hook into something bigger than myself, while I am myself, through the archetype of Juliet.  
  • Romeo and Juliet both live within me - I am using the voice and agency of Juliet to get my inner Romeo to be direct, concrete, and truthful. ​
  • ​Though I anticipate it diving into many iterations of The Juliet Project throughout the course of my life, both for film and live performance, for this upcoming showing I aim to continue leaning into the space where acting and dance are one for me as a performer. 
See you soon! - Purchase Tickets Here
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*The Terra Nova Residency and DRC's Homegrown @ Mimoda: Choreography + Conversation have been made possible with the support and generosity of MiModa Studio, Yasha J. Michelson, Theater Jazzo, the Department of Cultural Affairs, and Rosanna Gamson/World Wide.
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Marissa Moses to take part in Terra Nova: a Choreographic Residency

1/23/2016

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Marissa Moses takes part in Choreographic Residency

Marissa Moses will be exploring her new venture, The Juliet Project, during participation as in the Dance Resource Center's Terra Nova: A Home Grown Choreographic Residency. This residency is made possible with the support and generosity of MiModa Studio, Yasha J. Michelson, Theater Jazzo, the Department of Cultural Affairs, and Rosanna Gamson/World Wide.
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About Terra Nova
In this residency Marissa will be working with Rosanna Gamson, a world re-known choreographer and respected teacher. This residency aims to reboot creative processes, through immersion into a rigorous and constructive setting. Finding new strategies to strengthen artistic voice and develop original body-based movement explorations through intensive creative re-examination, risk-taking, and growth. This residency provides a space to receive feedback from expert arts professionals, shared experience in a studio performance, and a conversation with the public, led by key community dance stakeholders.
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About The Juliet Project
​The Juliet Project begins with the iconic character Juliet and her words. Using Shakespeare’s text as a catalyst to explore the universality of Juliet's emotional journey. Disembodying Romeo to take a look at what Juliet finds within herself throughout the course of the play.
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  • About
    • Bio
    • Mission
  • Projects
    • Self-Care for Performers
    • Pages & Process
    • Past Projects >
      • The Intuitive Artist
      • The Juliet Process
      • Melding Mynde
      • Support
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    • Mentorship Program
    • Memberships >
      • Self-Care Garden
      • Journaling Home
    • Artist Circles
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  • Goings On.