PDCLA | Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company
A collaborative based dance company
PDCLA | Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company
A collaborative based dance company
Contemporary, modern and ballet based professional dance company
A collective of dance artists creating original works in Los Angeles.
Contemporary, modern and ballet based professional dance company
A collective of dance artists creating original works in Los Angeles.
about
PDC is a collective dance company based in Santa Barbara, CA and Los Angeles, CA. Artistic Director, Carisa Carroll, wanted to create a performing group that focused on community, individual creative voices and originality. We strive to create works that let our dancers not just be a dancer but have a space to share their creative voice within the process of creating dance works and seeing their ideas take shape within the pieces we create. Our first season in 2017, PDC had 17 performances, 4 national tours, Master classes, and won the judges choice award at the Red Rock Dance Festival.
Vanguard Set
" Your choreography reminds me of Crystal Pite and William Forsythe..."- Cynthia DuFault, C DuFault Dance Repertory
Vanguard Set
" Your choreography reminds me of Crystal Pite and William Forsythe..."- Cynthia DuFault, C DuFault Dance Repertory
Media
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Red Rock Dance Festival 2017
Same. by dancer Leah Hamel won judges choice for the Red Rock Dance Festival in St. George, Utah.
los angeles dance festival 2017
reviewed by Jeff Stayton -seedance.com
"kənˈfôrmədē is the pronunciation form of the word conformity, meaning the compliance with standards, rules or laws. Choreographed by Carisa Carroll, the Artistic Director/Choreographer of Palm Dance Collective LA, the dance opens with performers walking, each seeming to have a destination in mind. One man, however, begins to twitch and change course which sets off a chain of events for lead dancer, Jestoni DagDag, who tries to conform, but cannot. Carroll has a strong sense of composition and the movement is tinged with loose athleticism. She uses physical contact to re-route her characters into nonconformity, and straight lines to demonstrate the lure of conformity. There is a beautiful duet with DagDag and Leah Hamel at the close of kənˈfôrmədē which highlights how many are resistance to change. The rest of the talented cast includes Kozue Kasahara, Elise Matthews, Lyla Palmer, Samantha Rose and Nicholas Shopoff."
Orange county dance festival 2017
reviewed by Jeff Slayton - seedance.com
photo David Gordin
https://seedance.com/news/akomidance-presents-inaugural-orange-county-dance-festival/
"The strongest works in Act I were Sticks and Stones by Carisa Carroll..."
"I reviewed Sticks and Stones in an earlier article for SeeDance and was pleased to see that Carisa Carroll had re-worked it. The adversarial relationship between the two dancers, Kaycee Jannino and Elise Matthews, is now well defined and the work has come together."