Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

The Art of Performance in Irvine

The Art of Performance in Irvine

Curated and Directed by Ulysses Jenkins and Deborah Oliver

 

October 27 & November 3, 2016

Thursday, October 27, 2016: Fallen Fruit
Thursday, November 3, 2016: It's Your Party by Nancy Buchanan

Experimental Media and Performance Lab (xMPL)

The second annual event includes two nights of live art and video featuring prominent UCI Art Department Alumni Nancy Buchanan and David Burns with Austin Young of Fallen Fruit.

"We the People"

"We the People"

A reading of the Constitution of the United States and its Amendments

 

Thursday, January 19, 2017
12 noon
xMPL (Experimental Media Performance Lab)

Dean Stephen Barker, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, will read the Constitution of the United States and its Amendments followed by a Q & A with UCI Law School Professor Leah Litman.

Free admission. Public is welcome.

Longitude

Counter-Balance Theater Presents

Longitude

Adapted and Directed by Annie Loui
Based on the New York Times best seller by Dava Sobel

Music by Mark Caspary

with Thomas Varga, Kayla Kearney,
Megan Gainey, Nick Manfredi,
Alex Raby & Xander Ritchey

March 16 – 18, 2017

Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

A devised physical theatre production exploring invention, engineering & obsession in the 18th century.

Jazz: The House that America Built - Part II

Jazz: The House that America Built - Part II

Sheron Wray, Director
Dali Polivka, Art Director
Fabio Paolizzo, Music Director
Performed by JazzXchange

Friday and Saturday, May 5-6, 2017
7:00 p.m.

xMPL, Contemporary Arts Center
Free admission. Registration required.

Jazz: The House That America Built - Part II is a collaborative performance by the members of JazzXchange, an ensemble of dancers, musicians, choreographers, a spoken-word artist and a visual artist.

La Tempesta

La Tempesta

A music, dance and media performance at UC Irvine, inspired by William Shakespeare's The Tempest

Co-Directed by Lisa Naugle, Riccardo Santoboni and John Crawford

 

Friday, October 27, 2017

8:00 pm

Experimental Media Performance Lab (xMPL)

One of his most frequently produced plays, William Shakespeare's mystical masterwork The Tempest has spawned numerous adaptations and derivative works, including operas, films, novels and visual art.