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SUMMARY:New Original Works Festival 2026: Week Three
DESCRIPTION:Chica BarbosaMarilyn Times\nChica Barbosa’s Marilyn T
 imes revisits the legend of Marilyn Monroe through a Latin American l
 ens to question what might be possible when an icon is liberated. The 
 performance stages a dream-state encounter between three characters: N
 orma Jeane (the woman)\, Marilyn Monroe (the myth)\, and Bia Borinn (t
 he performer). Inspired by Brazilian playwright Sergio Roveri’s play
  imagining Monroe’s final moments\, director and filmmaker Chica Bar
 bosa expands that text in a multidimensional piece layering film proje
 ction and solo performance. Created in Marilyn Monroe’s centenary ye
 ar\, Marilyn Times frames Monroe’s life as a site of rupture excee
 ding the illusions of Hollywood projected onto her. \n \nFriidomTHE
  TETHER \nTHE TETHER is a deep dive into the ethos of street dance
 . The piece stems from a pivotal lesson Friidom’s parents taught him
  about support: when helping someone\, you grab them by the wrist\, no
 t just the hand\, to hold their full weight. In an increasingly divide
 d world\, Friidom (Dance and Choreography MFA 2026) sees the keys
  to survival in the ways dancers support each other. Bringing together
  dance forms including Krump\, D-Boogie\, Poppin\, Waving\, and Tuttin
 g\, this dynamic piece explores the connections that tie community tog
 ether\,moving beyond one style\, neighborhood\, or generation. As live
  music builds and freestyling dancers gather in a propulsive cypher Fr
 iidom asks: how do we tether our ancestors’ wisdom and the needs of 
 future generations to the decisions we make today? \n \nTarren Joh
 nsonHigh Earners Not Rich Yet\nIn this dance theater piece\, Tarren 
 Johnson (Dance and Choreography BFA 2013) reflects on the physical 
 and economic tensions of Los Angeles in a portrait of precarity. Colla
 ging fragments of text\, voice\, movement\, recorded piano\, and image
 \, High Earners Not Rich Yet references individuals who earn substan
 tial incomes yet accumulate little net wealth despite outward signs of
  affluence. This duet follows a guard as she repeatedly assumes and re
 linquishes her post amid discarded tires and debris\, tracing her inne
 r monologue of observation and memory. Searching for the divine in dis
 orientation\, Johnson considers how care is negotiated and sustained t
 hrough the rituals and contradictions of everyday life.\n \nPlease n
 ote: Marilyn Times contains flashing lights\, nudity\, loud sounds a
 nd mature content\; THE TETHER contains loud sounds.\n \nNOW 202
 6: Week Three will be presented as one shared program of all three wo
 rks on Thursday\, Friday\, and Saturday. 
URL:https://www.redcat.org/events/now-2026-week-three
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ORGANIZER;SENT-BY="mailto:redcat@calarts.edu";CN=Rolando Rodriguez:
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