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Blue13 Overview
See glimpses of Blue13’s work, from pandemic shoots and virtual content for presenters to excerpts of live performances from recent projects.
Soliloquy Immersive dance experience
Promotional reel of the immersive experience, Soliloquy.
World Premiere: May/June 2023 at Heritage Square. Funded by National Endowment of the Arts. Sponsored by ATK Audiotek.
Artistic director/Choreographer: Achinta S. McDainel.
Assistant Choreographer: Jon Paul.
Lighting: Benedict Conrad.
1947(Excerpts)
Commissioned by the USC Kaufman School, McDaniel creates an evening length work entitled, “1947” opens with a colorful Bollywood style segment and morphs into an emotional exploration of migration, colonization, and lost homeland as experienced during the Pakistan-India partition of 1947. McDaniel will stage the piece on Blue13 in May 2023 at the Wallis Annenberg Center.
World Premiere: April 2022, USC Kaufman
Artistic Director, Choreographer: Achinta S. McDaniel. Assistant Choreographer: Jon Paul.
Lighting: Michael Korsch.
Costumes: Achinta S. McDaniel, Kate Poppen
15 Minutes
Dear Mr. Khan (Excerpts)
Excerpts from the World Premiere of Blue13’s “Terpsichore in Ghungroos, Chapter 1: Dear Mr. Khan.”
World Premiere: February 21, 2020 Presented by the Wallis Annenberg Center, Beverly Hills.
Available for Touring (Live music optional).
Artistic Director, Choreographer: Achinta S. McDaniel. Associate Director: Jon Paul.
Lighting: Eileen Cooley
Music: Paul Livingstone
15 Minutes
Firebrand Sway
(Short Film)
Award winning short dance film conceived and choreographed by Blue13’s Achinta S. McDaniel, in association with Director/DP Saam Gabbay, who also composed the score. Featured in the Pacific Northwest Ballet Film Festival, San Francisco Dance Film Festival, and many more.
5 Minutes
Shaadi
(Immersive Work)
Promotional reel of critically acclaimed immersive dance theatre work, “Shaadi,” Heritage Square Museum, September 2021.
Artistic Director, Choreographer: Achinta S. McDaniel. Associate Director: Jon Paul.
Lighting: Brandon Baruch.
Video: Saamir Appali.
120 Minutes
1947
(Kamariya Excerpts)
Commissioned by the USC Kaufman School, McDaniel creates an evening length work entitled, “1947” which opens with a colorful Bollywood style segment. Excerpts herein show this opening. McDaniel stages the piece on Blue13 in May 2023 at the Wallis Annenberg Center.
Artistic Director, Choreographer: Achinta S. McDaniel. Assistant Choreographer: Jon Paul.
Lighting: Michael Korsch.
Costumes: Achinta S. McDaniel, Kate Poppen
15 Minutes
Restless autumn. restless spring. (EXCERPT)
Utilizing improvisation and collaboration to foreground process, Restless autumn. restless spring. strips away production to explore the impact of movement alone. Largely a response to the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, this piece is a rediscovery of what it means for artists to unite in a space to reflect on shared experiences.
Artistic Director, Choreographer: Achinta S. McDaniel
Assistant Choreographer: Jon Paul
Lighting: Brandon Baruch
Music: Sheila Chandra
15 Minutes