By Daily Press staff
A local dance company is featuring a dance performance dealing with the complexities of human relationships.
B.E. Productions presents “Sides,” an evening of duets with choreography by Rebecca R. Levy and Eryn Schon.
“Sides” will study the balance of relationships in three intimate duets by engaging man with woman, stranger with stranger and mother with daughter. Woven together, each piece reveals shared moments unique to each pair.
“Sides” will premiere Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 19 through Jan. 21 at 8:30 p.m. and Sunday Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. at the Miles Memorial Playhouse, located at Lincoln and Wilshire boulevards. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $12 for students and dance resource center members.
B.E. Productions, founded in 2004, is an L.A.- based dance/arts company born from eight years of collaboration between Eryn Schon and Rebecca Levy. The mission is to explore the creative process collaboratively while using connections between people to expand the boundaries of art. Past shows include Max10, Church Project, Heartbeat, Anatomy Riot and Trace.
Levy was born is Boston and holds her BFA in dance from Cornish College in Seattle, WA. She currently teaches dance at South Pasadena high school, Le Studio and the Cresenta-Canada YMCA.
Schon was born in Willits, Calif. where she danced through childhood, studying modern, ballet, jazz and choreography. She holds BFA in dance and has performed her pieces as far away as Indonesia as well as locally. In addition to choreographing and dancing, Schon raises orchids and practices yoga.
B.E. Productions is an non-profit company under the fiscal agency of the dance resource center of Los Angeles.
For reservations, call (310) 837-7710.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 23, 2005. Read the original PDF.