Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers presents:
Louise Reichlin & Dancers
“The Better to Bite You With”
Where: Santa Monica College Performing
Arts Center Edye Second Space
1310 11th Street, Santa Monica
California 90401
Admission: $10 for children & students
$15 adults
For tickets call 213-385-1171, send us a
check specifying time, or pay by charge card.
Parking: Free in lot (entrance on Santa Monica)
or on Santa Monica or Wilshire Blvd.
(no parking on side streets)
Extra - Free live music with Aaron Nigel Smith and visual arts
workshops for the whole family outside on the Broad Stage Plaza.
“The Better to Bite You With”
LA Choreographers & Dancers celebrates 30 years with an innovative and interactive dance
performance featuring a fun dance/multimedia program for people of any age based on the world
popular tale "Little Red Riding Hood." Inspired by new technology, the exciting production
includes computer x-rays that creator Louise Reichlin saw at her dentist's office. Part of “The Reality
Series”, this new dance/media work turns to the theme of teeth, one of the most basic and important
parts of ours (and many animals') bodies.
"The Better to Bite You With" begins with a vaudevillian collage of mouths and toothbrushes. As
we enter the story line, we meet Li’l Red and her Mama Blue, we discover where she got her name
and the dilemma she has, a toothache to be precise. Sent to see her Grandmother who is to take
her to the dentist, Li’l Red must travel through a park where many different animals live. Afraid and
reluctant to go through, she dances with a flock of birds in front of the park. Later Li’l Red meets
the infamous Wolf, but the story builds to an unexpected and creative conclusion. This
sophisticated theatrical adventure is woven with technology, narration, music ranging from
Dixieland to King Crimson, and of course dance.
Our performers for this are Danielle Catone, Steven Nielsen, Sung-Yun Park,
Angelina Prendergast, Kristin Rapinchuk, Louise Reichlin, and Emily Show.
Masks and an original set piece by Stephen Kwok. Costumes by Linda Borough.
Directed and choreographed by Louise Reichlin.
Sponsored by Target
LA C& D is funded in part by a grant from the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Also the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs,
and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
Target is a sponsor of "The Better to Bite You With" and X-rays graphics provided by Gendex and Dexis.
For a look at the Press Rease: Press release-The Better To Bite You With.pdf
