Corazón Cultural Arts Center

Fanny Ara Trio featuring Emaginario and Vardan Ovsepian
2022-10-23 20:30 - 22:00 UTC | Corazón Performing Arts, 125 South Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Topanga, CA 90290, Topanga, CA, 90290, US
choreographer/performer & flamenco dancer Fanny Ara Trio with vocalist/guitarist Ethan Margolis & Armenian-born pianist Vardan Ovsepian

The Fanny Ara Trio | SUN OCTOBER 23rd 8PM Doors Open. Don’t miss award-winning choreographer/performer & flamenco dancer Fanny Ara along with vocalist/guitarist Ethan Margolis & Armenian-born pianist Vardan Ovsepian at Corazón Performing Arts. These artists are known for their unique fusion of essential ties between Jazz, Blues, and Flamenco.
Over the past two decades, Fanny has earned the role of one of the most important performers in the country and is recognized and celebrated by flamenco enthusiasts around the world. She continues to be an internationally sought-after choreographer and instructor of flamenco, with students and fans across the globe. She is known as a driving force of flamenco today: an artist excelling in the full spectrum of flamenco, from the most traditional to the avant-garde.
C﻿oncert begins at 8:30pm. BYOB allowed. $25 or a discount companion pass for $40.

Fanny Ara – flamenco dance
Ethan ‘Emaginario’ Margolis – guitar/vocals
Vardan Ovsepian – keyboards

FANNY ARA is an internationally sought-after and award-winning choreographer, performer and instructor. Her most dedicated worldwide fans especially credit her as one of the driving forces of flamenco today; an artist excelling in the full spectrum of flamenco, from the most traditional to the avant-garde. Fanny has been an invited artist in national and international festivals and has toured extensively in Canada, Central and South America, the Middle East, Africa, and throughout Europe. She has been distinguished since 2006 with nominations from the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards in the categories of Most Outstanding Individual Dancer, Most Outstanding Music, Ensemble, and Individual Performance for her project, Juncal Street, and Best Ensemble for her work with the San Francisco Opera in La Traviata. New York’s Vilcek Foundation also awarded Fanny a prestigious finalist prize for “Creative Promise in Dance” in 2012. Fanny’s versatility in the art form of flamenco is manifested in her many artistic works.
As Philip Gardner said of her performance at the Joyce Theater in New York City “My newest love is Fanny Ara…the captivating expressive qualities of Fanny’s upper body mesmerized us while her footwork.” dazzled both the eye and the ear…she soared into the upper most echelon of dance artists I have witnessed over the years.”

Her work as an artistic director/principal dancer “Tattooed”, which premiered in October 2019 in San Francisco, was reviewed as ” one of the most amazing, moving and effective flamenco productions where the ovation was immediate, standing , vociferous, prolonged.”
VARDAN OVSEPIAN is an Armenia-born pianist/composer,author and teacher whose studies include Yerevan State Conservatory, Estonian Music Academy, Helsinki Jazz Conservatory, and Berklee College of Music. Performs solo as well as with artists such as Mick Goodrick, Tim Miller, Peter Erskine, Jerry Bergonzi, David Binney and Tatiana Parra. Recent awards and publications include First Prize at the Achava Jazz Award (Erfurt, Germany – 2017), Chamber Music America Grant for New Jazz Works program funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (New York, NY – 2017), and a release of Peter Erskine New Trio album “In Praise of Shadows”.

ETHAN MARGOLIS was raised in a musical family out of Cleveland, OH, transitioning his singer-songwriter/ Punk Rock background to become a Flamenco guitarist at age 19. He spent the next 11 years immersed in the Gypsy/Roma circuit of Andalucía most specifically amongst the Pinini Family of Roma/Gypsy singers. With ith the desire to support roots Andalusian Roma Song (Cante Gitano Andaluz), Margolis premiered his Flamenco touring company ‘Arte Y Pureza”, touring internationally for six years. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Margolis dedicated himself to further investigations of the essential ties between Jazz, Blues, and Flamenco.
Margolis’s first album release for a jazz quintet was in 2014 with Soleangeles and his second album, Sonikete Blues explored the similar spirits of Delta Blues and Flamenco rhythms. It was featured as an iTunes editor’s choice in the contemporary Blues category and received high praise from producers like Ricardo Pachón (Camarón de la Isla) and Larry Cohn (Robert Johnson Anthology and Sony’s Roots n Blues series). All About Jazz’s editor featured a full article on Margolis’s career and album. Sonikete Blues was later rated by Spanish music critic, José Manuel Gómez, in the top 40 Flamenco fusion albums of all time.
Margolis has continued to record and perform with a recent EP release in 2022 entitled En Madrid featuring Cuban virtuoso pianist, Caramelo de Cuba. He is currently working on an original trio album with bassist, Larry Grenadier and drummer, Eric Harland. Margolis is an endorsed artist for FISHMAN musical electronics.

Dynamic Dance&Music of India Paul Livingstone Oindrila Roy Indranil Mallick
2022-10-22 20:00 - 22:00 UTC
Dynamic Bharatynam Dance and Music of India; Bharatynam – Oindrila Roy
Tabla – Indranil Mallick, Sitar – Paul Livingstone

Dynamic Bharatynam Dance and Music of India Saturday OCTOBER 22, 2022!! Join Tabla player Indranil Mallick and Bharatynam dancer Oindrila Roy with one of the leading sitarists in the country, Paul Livingstone. Doors Open 8pm!

Bharatynam – Oindrila Roy
Tabla – Indranil Mallick
Sitar – Paul Livingstone

DOORS OPEN 8pm CONCERT 8:30PM

$25 GTD CHAIR SEATING or Discounted 2 for $40
$15 (garden, avail pillows or standing…flow…)

PAUL LIVINGSTONE, Sitarist
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, international performing artist Paul Livingstone is one of the leading sitarists in America today and dedicated teaching artist & community activist. He has focused his studies in the creative tradition of Indian classical raga music in which he has been rigorously trained for the past 25 years in India and the US studying under the late Amiya Dasgupta, Rajeev Taranath and the living legend Pandit Ravi Shankar.Paul has performed in around the US, Mexico, Europe & Asia and has just returned from a major concert tour performing Indian music in Nepal, India, Czech & Germany.
INDRANIL MALLICK, Tabla
Indranil Mallick is a representative of the Lucknow Gharana (style of tabla playing). He is one of the most prominent tabla players of his generation with rare skill, established as a soloist and accompanist. Born to a family of music connoisseurs, he received his initial training in tabla when he was only five years old from his uncle, Sri Montu Mallick. Later he was trained by Prof. Dhabol Bandyapadhaya. From 1985 he was under the guidance of Sri Uttam Chakraborty, senior disciple of Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. Now he is under the guidance of Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri, belonging to the Luckhnow Gharana style of tabla.

Among his numerous awards and distinctions in tabla performance he stood first in the Yuva Utsav organized by the state Government of West Bengal. In 1997 he stood first in the prestigious Dover Lane Music Competition and earned “The Best Talent Of The Year” for 1996-97, trophy awarded by the H.M.V Music Corporation. Indranil holds a “Sangeet Visarad”, Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music focused on tabla, from the University of Chandigarh, which he earned in 1999.He also earned ” Sangeet Kala Ratna” in the year 2006.

Keeping a rigorous performance schedule, Indranil continues to perform with renowned artists in various music conferences in India and abroad. Some of these are The Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata, West Bengal State Music Academy Annual Convocation Concert, “The GolPark Rama Krishna Mission” Kolkata, Annual Conference of Spicmacay in AgartalaSangeet Gana Sabha in Visaka Pattanam, Spicmacay tour in Madhya Pradesh, Dadar Matunga Music conference, Mumbai (A Hundred years music organisatin), Baba Alauddin Khan Sangeet Samaraho, Maihar, Santipur Sangeet Sammelan, Kolkata, Nabarang Sangeet Sammelan, Kolkata, Kerala Music Festival, Music Festival in Patna and others….

In 2002 Indranil began international touring with performances in Europe, USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Switzerland , Ukraine , Estonia, Russia, Austria and Holland. During these tours he represented India in many world renowned festivals. Some examples include the Open Baroque Festival in Estonia, The Musica Sacra International Festival in Germany, and the International Jazz and Blues festival in Austria.

Indranil is a grade ‘A’ artist of All India Radio, Kolkata where he is featured regularly on programs aired throughout India. He holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

OINDRILA ROY, Bharatynam – Trained initially under late Guru K. P.P Thampi from the age of five. Oindrila honed her dance skills further under Legendary Guru Khagendra Nath Barman, one of the most senior disciples of Guru Rukmini Devi Arundale, Founder of unique “Kalakshetra”Style (Bharataatyam).From 2011 She started leaning under the guidance of Guru Abhoy Pal of kalamandalam Style. So Oindrla’s dance reflects the cumulative richness of her learning experience. Her passion remains deeply rooted in classical dance. As a Bharatnatyam dancer Oindrila’s Hallmark remains in her ability to captivate her audience by bringing forth the inherent beauty of Bharatnatyam.

Hawaiian Hula and Tahitian Dance Class with Kumu Anna Liza
2022-10-22 10:00 - 12:30, 2022-10-15 10:00 - 12:30, 2022-10-08 10:00 - 12:30, 2022-10-01 10:00 - 12:30, 2022-09-24 10:00 - 12:30 UTC
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DRUMDALA featuring LUNA ACHIARY
2022-10-21 21:00 - 23:00 UTC
Sonic. Ethereal Electronic evening of cinematic tribal sounds, with The Drumdala with the liquid light primal voice of Luna Achiary

Get ready for an ethereal Electronic evening of cinematic tribal sounds, with The Drumdala in collaboration with the liquid light primal voice of Luna Achiary. You can both sink in, then called to move about..the room will be set for both.
This giant percussion instrument, created by Richard Sherwood, can produce a vast array of acoustic and electronic sounds . The design inspiration for the instrument comes from the Taiko drumming tradition, early electronic drummers, DJ culture, and visionary instrument inventor William Close.
Richard’s dynamic playing style comes from many places including African, Indian, Japanese, and Middle Eastern drumming traditions, modern dance music, jazz, and good old rock ‘n’ roll.
Luna Achiary, a powerful singer/multi-instrumentalist and sound healer, will be teaming up with the Drumdala. https://lunachiary.com It’s gonna be an evening of unique beautiful, powerful music.
$﻿25 (Companion Pass for 2 $40) Open Seating, Pillows, Dancing and based on first come first serve basis. BYOB allowed.
G﻿UARANTEED RESERVED SIT DOWN CHAIR SEATING : $35
Y﻿our Corazon Membership discount can be applied to this concert.

Beginning Flamenco Basics Beginner Technique and ‘Sevillanas’
2022-10-19 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-10-12 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-10-05 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-09-28 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-09-21 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
This is an ALL ages Flamenco Beginner Technique and ‘Sevillanas’ class

6PM- 7:30PM – Flamenco Beginner Technique and ‘Sevillanas’

This is a two-for-one class where we will start off with some flamenco technique (Arm work, footwork, palmas, body alignment, flamenco movement stylization) and end by learning the 4 ‘Sevillanas’ verses. ‘Sevillanas’ is a fun partner dance that has four parts and is performed during Feria in April all over Andalucia Spain.

Flamenco is a series of powerful rhythms and movements- ‘armwork’/braceo, hand clapping/palmas, rhythmic body movements/marcajes, ‘foot work’/zapateado

We will learn the movements and connect in tandem with the rhythm in order to feel flamenco- to dance. Once you move through the technique part of the class Cristina will guide you through the twists, turns, and stomps of this powerful dance. It is a great opportunity to try something you always have wanted to experience or a new interest. Everyone welcome! No previous experience necessary. Join the fun!

Drop in: $35
4 week class series discount : $125

Cristina Moguel has over 20 years experience dancing in theaters in Spain, New York, Mexico, and touring most of the United states with the Flamenco Vivo Dance company. While in New York, she danced in “Carmen” at the Metropolitan Opera, NYC. A native Angelina, Cristina currently performs with Flamenco Flavor dance company in New Jersey, as well as, performing with local Flamenco artists throughout Southern California with her dance group Urban Flamenka. She resides in Los Angeles and will be now sharing her love for flamenco dance teaching at Corazon Performing Arts in Topanga, CA.

The Lion, The Witch & The Walk-In Closet | Kristy Beauvais
2022-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
Fame comes easy for Kristy in that walk-in closet. But this isn’t a coming out of the closet story… more of a going in.

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SUNDAY OCTOBER 16, 7PM doors open | THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WALK-IN CLOSET Written & Performed by Kristy Beauvais in magical Topanga Canyon. Directed & Developed with Kamakshi Hart. Seats are limited! $25 per person
For Kristy, telling her story takes more than just a few journal entries. It requires a bit of song and dance, and a lot of help from her most recent client, Cloris. Yes, that Cloris. When she realizes that the lion and the witch are all part of who she is today, she arrives at the threshold of self-acceptance.
Kristy Beauvais, Flounder & Executive Director FOCUSfish, Writer/Performer/Director/Choreographer

Kristy comes from a family of health and fitness entrepreneurs. Her mother was one of the original New Orleans Saints dancers who operated her own successful dance studio. Kristy’s father was a professional bodybuilder who opened and ran his own gym in New Orleans. Choreographing competitive posing routines for large, pumped up men was a normal childhood activity for Kristy.

Kristy has tapped all of her previous influences and experiences, including musical theatre, Bunraku “rod” puppetry, live hosting and improvisation, Butoh dance, aerobics instruction, personal training, aerial training, comedy and on-camera acting, to create FOCUSfish. The FOCUSfish name and philosophies were born through the broad variety of movement, dance and fitness classes Kristy has taught at gyms such as Crunch Gym in New York and Los Angeles, and performance studios such as the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Los Angeles. Now residing in Los Angeles, Kristy has carved a niche for herself with her efforts to provide intelligent, creative physical fitness instruction for children in the area’s public & private schools. Kristy has been directing and choreographing children’s theatre in Topanga since 2007.

Kristy is happy to back in the theatre as a performer, after her successful run at The Hollywood Fringe Festival 2022. She has been invited to be a part of The United Solo Festival in NYC this November. And, was just asked to be Assistant Director & Choreographer of the production of The Ahab Inside Me, where she will be working alongside her daughter, Gabbi, as performer/singer, starting in Maine, then heading to NYC.

Kristy holds a BFA from Tisch School of Arts at NYU.

She’d like to take a moment to thank her tribe, The Topangans, for supporting this show since the early days in the garage “theatre.”

CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WALK IN CLOSET

#kristyfocusfishbeauvais

@kristyfocusfishbeauvais

Up the Drone 24 Hours of Ambient & Drone 10/15 noon til 10/16 noon
2022-10-15 12:00 - 2022-10-16 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
24 Hours Unbroken Drone & Ambient Artistry

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Please watch schedule as times may SHIFT. .
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Now, for twenty four hours of unbroken live performance, these various forms that might never have come together otherwise will erupt, collide, merge and separate at an esteemed venue in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, California.
From SAT 10/15 12PM concluding 10/16 at 12NOON Corazon Performing Arts will again host ‘UP THE DRONE’ a drone experience with a ‘no-dead-air’ protocol. It is not to be missed. The veils are already beginning to tremble at the very idea that a bunch of awkward artists might actually try to pull this off. AGAIN.
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$10 drop-in for a taste of drone (4 hours max)
DroneUp Pass (24 hours): $20
If if you plan on droning out for long amounts of time… bring warmth for evenings inside space.
Performer, participant, press + merch enquiries: xorloc13@gmail.com /call or text 213.713.2457/ www.jamesmathersart.com/ SeaDonkey @Substack or gio@corazonperformingarts.com
MERCH FOR SALE freshly screened for your droney appreciation by James Mathers.

Txana Ikakuru - Huni Kuin - Hapé and Music Circle in Topanga Canyon
2022-10-12 19:00 - 22:30 UTC
Hapé & music, FundRaiser, cultural event, with Txana Ikakuru, Spiritual Leader & Musician from the Huni Kuin tribe, deep in the Amazonas

” Vengo dalla foresta
la mia canzone è d’amore
Sono un messaggero indiano
messaggero d’amore……”
Hapé And music, FundRaiser and cultural event, with Txana Ikakuru, Spiritual Leader and powerful Musician from the Huni Kuin tribe, deep in the Amazonas of Brazil.
Large indigenous Tribal Market.
Donations $50 and up.
Preferably, RSVP your advance booking via Venmo : @amir-leron Or at the door cash /CC
Txana Ikakuru lives in his native Huni Kuin village in the Jordao region of Acre-Amazon-Brazil. He is the grandson of Romao Sales (who was one of the main guardians of the Sacred and ancient Huni Kuin chants of Nixi Pae) and6 the grandson of the Master Kaxinawa Shaman Mukaya that passed away in 2015 in the age of 105.
Taxana Ikakuru was chosen by them to carry the ancient Huni Kuin lineage of the sacred chants of the Nixi Pae & the healing knowledge. He is the Spiritual leader and Paje’ of his village Boa Vista which is located deep in the Amazon forest in Jordao, his knowledge of the medicine plants, sacred chants and healing is vast.

Latin Rhythms Dance Sessions Hosted by Dance Social MONDAYS
2022-10-10 19:30 - 21:00 UTC
Latin Rhythms Dance Sessions Hosted by Dance Social | Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Zouk, Milonga, Kizomba & Tango in Topanga Canyon

A series of classes (FIRST FOUR MONDAYS IN OCT) designed to share rhythms that are used in Latin dance music. These dance rhythms can be used for a wide range of music styles. Some of the styles are Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Zouk, Milonga, Kizomba, and Tango. The techniques can be done with and without a partner and can be equally enjoyed when dancing with anyone. This was an amazing connection-building class at Burning Man that honored everyone and their experience level.

Dance Social is a music and dance event company based in Topanga, CA. We honor and share music and movement from all over the world.

$﻿20 Single / $35 Duo

https://www.instagram.com/dancesocial/

Christian McCullen

Grew up dancing and performing in nightclubs and Dance Studios from age 13 until present day. Influenced mainly by playing bass and listening to a variety of live music at his Mother’s nightclub and later event space/Dance studio. Instructors from Argentina, Puerto Rico, London, New York, Africa, Brazil and various other influential dance havens, would come teach and perform at his Mother, Babs’s event center in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Playing bass, teaching partner dancing and Djing has been the trinity of creative inspiration for Christian for over 25 years.

Rachel Stafford

Rachel Stafford began training in ballet at age three and studied various styles of dance such as modern, jazz, tap, and hip hop. She attended the University of South Carolina to further her training and graduated with a BA in Dance Performance and Choreography. Following, she joined the U.S. International Ballet Company in Wilmington, NC. Here she discovered ballroom and partner dance, as well as a passion for teaching. During this time she also trained and performed in Italy with the Piacenza Art Ballet.

Rachel enjoys creating connection through movement and sharing her passion with all ages.

GEM | Conscious Party and Full Moon Gathering
2022-10-09 20:00 - 23:00 UTC
GEM = Healing Feelings Tour & EP Release. Sink in Downtempo Sound Healing & then uplift on the dance floor& Full Moon energy field.

Conscious Party and Full Moon Gathering SUNDAY October 9th 8PM Doors OPen.
GEM is an Australian born DJ/ Producer/ Light-worker with one overarching question:
What if music producers could be the modern day shaman? She treats music as medicine and has honed her craft designing feel good frequencies that uplift not only a dance floor but your whole energy field.
GEM has just completed the Grammy NEXT program where she was one of only six producers worldwide chosen to participate in the prestigious program being mentored under Jeff Gitty (The weekend/ HER/ John Legend).
GEM moved to Los Angeles after launching her covers record the2070s. This record, which peaked at #2 on the iTunes Electronic charts, featured classic songs from the 70s reimagined through the lens of modern electronica. GEM scored two nominations at the IMAS for Best Album (electronic) and Producer Of The Year, 2019, and nomination s in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Best Downtempo Song, Best Pop Song and Best Pop Vocal.
GEM was named in the top 5 female producers in the world, ranking second place after Llndy Perry (Pink)
Her retro, disco style leans heavily on her studio background and incorporates energetic live instrumentation and lush vocals.
$﻿20 Per Person. Enjoy The magic of Corazon Secret Gardens and the Topanga Canyon vibe.

QWANQWA Experimental Ethiopian Supergroup in Topanga Canyon
2022-10-08 21:00 - 23:00 UTC

GRASS | Concert & Topanga Film Festival VIP Party (open to public)
2022-10-07 21:00 - 23:55 UTC
GRASS young roots band specializing in upbeat forms of Americana such as blues, boogie, free-form jazz, country, bluegrass & rock-n-roll.

SPECIAL TOPANGA FILM FESTIVAL AFTER-PARTY VIP CONCERT!Get your Dancing shoes, enjoy the gardens and courtyard. GRASS beckons you to shake and move in Topanga Canyon. 2 Sets Friday, October 7th, 9PM and 10:15PM
GRASS, formerly known as American slang, is a young roots band specializing in upbeat forms of Americana such as blues, boogie, free-form jazz, country, bluegrass, and rock-n-roll.

Aidan Aguiree – Drums
Alex Amen – Guitar, Vocals, Keys
Conrad Brudi – Vocals, Harmonica
George Brudi – Guitar, Keys
Casey Nunes – Bass
H﻿aylie Hostetter – Guitar, Vocals

2 Sets Friday, October 7th, 9PM and 10:15PM
$﻿20 or companion pass for 2 people at $30
V﻿IP TFF member badges = Complimentary, You are a Special Guest
The band presents musicians and artists from all walks of life; from street performers, to music students, painters, song writers, and poets. All together, they make up a rare expression in our modern age. A highly energized, captivating live act well-versed in both the American music catalog as well as their own original compositions.
Since releasing their first studio album in 2020, the band has radically evolved with the addition of new members, and a deep well of new material and sound. To solidify the formation of this new musical powerhouse, GRASS is venturing into a showcase of live performances in the Los Angeles area. Joining them in support is local LA songwriter and recording artists, Haylie Hostetter.

Honeywild & House of Hamsa in Topanga Canyon
2022-10-06 20:00 - 23:00 UTC

Movement Magic
2022-10-04 19:15 - 21:30 UTC
(Contact Beyond Contact will return Summer 2023)

Dance improvisation practice combining multiple somatic movement, dance, energetic, personal development & interpersonal relating technique

“This incredible modality created by the wonderful @vanlegakis @unity_space is one of the most potent healing modalities I have experienced. It is a dance improvisation practice combining multiple somatic movement, dance, energetic, personal development and interpersonal relating techniques. It centres around holding a safe space with conscious boundaries in which all can move, integrate, transform, express, release and connect freely. It combines #contactimprovisation, authentic and free form movement, and partner work with chi gong, mindfulness, yoga and breathwork.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 4TH BRINGS A SOUND ARTIST TO COMPLIMENT THE CLASS. ENJOY!
Amongst others. We explore #interpersonalrelating and our own behavioral patterns and conditioning through feeling what comes up in our body as we move with another. We explore the principles of leading and following, our yes’s and no’s, core integrity, subtle energy communication, body language, earthing through and affirmative force. The dance floor becomes a #mirror for our inner worlds, as our bodies do not lie.
I personally was able to access, process, integrate and relearn deep behavioural and emotional patterns and conditioning in a few sessions of this movement and #somaticpractice. Stuff that would have taken me years to uncover and work through with a talk based therapy! That’s a lot of words, to really just say it’s definitely worth being curious about and trying for yourself ???”
You may also pay at door directly to Carly (preferred)
$33 for Drop In
$111 discount for 4 week series
(This class is available for Corazon Member discount)

Resilient AF: Rising To The Occasion | Kamakshi Hart
2022-10-02 19:00 - 21:00 UTC

Buddha's Awakening | Yuval Ron Ensemble & Special Guests in Topanga Canyon
2022-10-01 20:00 - 22:30 UTC

Groove Fest lV
2022-09-30 18:30 - 22:30 UTC
Smoky Alternative Folk poppunk big guitar riffs, pop hooks, fast tempos, and an attitude thhardcore

Groove Plug and Outplug host Groove Fest lV this Friday in Topanga! ???6:30pm-10:30pm??jazzy genre-benders, ALT FOLK, hipHop, JaZZ, Funk, POPPUNK, soul, bluesyfolk, electronic, alt ????? ♛? ??? ???? FRIDAY SEPT 30TH BUY YOUR YOUTH WRISTBAND FOR $15 AT DOOR OR 10 BUCKS ADVANCE. ✨️????? ?????✨️??????? ?? ?????? ?????????? ?? ?????????? ????? ???????????? ????????? ??? ???????????

E﻿ternally Cowboy
H﻿oney Lavendar
A﻿lex Infinity
A﻿ddy Idol
M﻿T Pool
D﻿anny Tries
O﻿riginal SSCO
L﻿imbo Yah

A﻿ND MORE!!

School is now in session, so enjoy ? a healthy dose of teenage angst as fall is here and they are already on burnout and ready to play music. Shout out to @dlscanlon for Groovy times!

“Bring your friends, enemies, family, pets, anyone who knows how to have a good time? We got a lineup you won’t want to miss so be there or be ?”

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?Youth Venders with ORIGINAL ART and Fashion, and Creativity.?

Thank You to Artist Matter for being an amazing non-profit partner and supporting the sound needs.

#allageswelcome #soberevent #altfolk #poppunk #punksnotdead #freakfolk #underground #losangeleslivemusic #youngmusician #altfolkmusic #punkhardcore #folk #topangacanyon #topangacanyonmusic.

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ANASA Greek Traditional & Beyond Dimitris Mahlis, Vik Momjian Chris Wabich
2022-09-28 21:00 - 23:00 UTC

SANGAM Record Release in Topanga Canyon Paul Livingstone & Pete Jacobson
2022-09-24 20:00 - 22:30 UTC
Sitarist Paul Livingstone & Cellist Pete Jacobson celebrate their project SANGAM, a dynamic new record just out!

SAT SEPT 24th!!! Join in the celebration of a new record release, SANGAM with one of the leading sitarists in the country, Paul Livingstone & cellist Pete Jacobson. This is a special early concert offering at eclectic Corazon Performing Arts in collaboration with Soul Force Project.
SANGAM is the chamber music duo of sitarist Paul Livingstone and cellist Peter Jacobson. Sangam performs innovative compositions and improvisations straddling the worlds of Indian classical music and European polyphony which arc between deep musical meditations to dynamic poly-rhythmic counterpoint. Their unique sound is imbibed with the free spirit of a jazz improvisation and incorporates touches of Latin and popular music styles. Paul & Pete have been recording and touring together for over 12 years performing with Arohi Ensemble, Build an Ark and Quartetto Fantastico among many other projects born of the globalized Los Angeles creative music community. They have been featured on three Grammy Award winning records artists such as with Ozomatli, Quetzal & Rickey Kej. Sangam means ‘a confluence of rivers’, it is a meeting place of disparate streams flowing into one.

For more info visit: www.tanpura.com and www.peteplayscello.com
DOORS OPEN 8PM CONCERT BEGINS 8:30PM
$30 GTD CHAIR SEATING
$45 Companion Pass for 2: GTD CHAIR SEATING
$20 pillow seating garden seating. CHILDREN under 12 WELCOME AND FREE.
No-one turned away for lack of funds–donate at door what you can, if you are experiencing hardship and need a discount.
Corazon doe not sell food or alcohol. You may BYOB or purchase at Endless Colors next door.
PAUL LIVINGSTONE, Sitar
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, international performing artist Paul Livingstone is one of the leading sitarists in America today. He has focused his studies in the creative tradition of Indian classical raga music in which he has been rigorously trained for the past 25 years in India and the US studying under the late Amiya Dasgupta, Rajeev Taranath and the living legend Pandit Ravi Shankar.Paul has performed in around the US, Mexico, Europe & Asia and has just returned from a major concert tour performing Indian music in Nepal, India, Czech & Germany.
As a committed composer Paul also leads his own Arohi Ensemble and has composed for film, television, theater and dance. He also plays a variety of fretless guitars and requintos of his own design and has also developed a unique style of ‘ragajazz chamber music’ blending Indian ragas, jazz, counterpoint & rhythmic material from diverse world traditions. As a creative force for true ‘world music synthesis’, Paul maintains a clear vision for the dissemination of traditional forms and is grounded in the rich cultural milieu of Los Angeles as a dedicated teaching artist & community activist.
PETE JACOBSON, Cello
Peter Jacobson is a cellist, producer, songwriter-singer, chamber musician, teacher and music selector who has recorded, performed and toured with renowned artists. He studied with Eleonore Schoenfeld at USC as well as at Cal Arts and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 2013 he won a Grammy for best Latin Rock Alternative or Urban Album as a member of the group Quetzal. Mr. Jacobson has recorded cello for Dr. Dre and frequently plays alongside the San Diego Symphony. Pete has recorded for film and tv, including The Walking Dead. In 2000 he was a member of the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan and has performed in the US, Mexico, Asia, Australia the Midlle East and Europe. He plays with Grammy winning Southwest Chamber Music, the Arohi Ensemble, the 440’s, SANGAM, ThE CoNcEnTr8s, Quartetto Fantastico, the Hutchins Consort and as a freelance cellist.

Azar Lawrence Experience JAZZ IN TOPANGA CANYON CELEBRATING JOHN COLTRANE
2022-09-23 21:00 - 23:00 UTC

The UnJam Circle - Topanga Canyon
2022-09-19 19:00 - 21:30 UTC
UnJam Circle offers an opportunity to express musically & theatrically in a safe container void of judgment using rhythm, melody, & harmony

The UnJam Circle. What is it? A performance? No. Talent show? No. A jam session? No. A karaoke night? No.

The UnJam Circle offers our community an opportunity to express themselves musically and theatrically in a safe container void of judgment and criticism, as well as encourages participants to practice leadership skills using rhythm, melody, and harmony as the tools for engagement. When you feel ready to introduce your heart song to the group, you must assume the responsibility to “be the jam leader”. How effectively can you help us start and end the song at the same time? And how might you cue us so that between the beginning and the end, we experience the magic available to a room full of people willing to use their instruments together? Everyone was born with the instruments of the voice for melody and the skin for rhythm. That means we are all born musicians. So bring your instruments and a song idea! Could be a well known radio hit, or a nursery rhyme your grandmother used to sing to you, or something original that you’ve written, and witness yourself as the master conductor for an orchestra of curiosity, generosity, and good people. And if you don’t feel ready to lead the jam and only wish to sing and have a good time, then your presence becomes the highest value of all because we only have time for a few songs each night, but each song needs every voice to come alive. So we’ll see you and hear you there.
Donations Appreciated. No one turned away for lack of funds.

The Illustrious Ancestors | Interstellar Country & Eastern Psychedelic folk
2022-09-17 21:00 - 23:59 UTC
evening of interstellar cosmic stuff – fresh from the fingertips and hearts of this crew of soul searching string/mind benders mandolin

ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTORS return. An Interstellar Country & Eastern music experience- fresh from the psychedelic fingertips and hearts of a crew of soul searching string/mind benders.
We have limited beverages to share complimentary and BYOB IS ALLOWED (no hard alcohol).
The Illustrious Ancestors features multi-instrumentalist/urban griot John Kruth (TriBeCastan, Hal Willner) on voice, ?ELECTRIC MANDOLIN?FLUTE ?ELECTRIC SITAR, harmonica, and?BULBAL TARANG (Indian keyed zither),
with Willie Aron (The Balancing Act, Syd Straw, Thee Holy Brothers) on? KEYBOARD, ?GUITAR and VOICE,
⚡BASSIST⚡ Dave Soyars
⚡DRUMMER⚡ Devin Flynn
Blending their own funky brand of Americana roots with interstellar “Country and Eastern” jams (that blend pedal steel guitar and sitar!) the Illustrious Ancestors freely skip from songs to Kruth’s spell-binding and often hilarious stories to funky, prodigious instrumental improvisation.
THE ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTORS
“The Illustrious Ancestors bring back the sense of surprise, mystery and adventure that is missing from so much music today. Good luck trying to corner them into a category—every time you think you’ve got them nailed, they throw another curve and you’re back where you started from. Add to that the band’s superior musicianship and open-armed embrace of so many different facets of the musical universe, and you know that the Illustrious Ancestors are truly onto something.”
– Jeff Tamarkin, contributor to Mojo, JazzTimes, Relix, & more.
“What they do is undefinable, kissed by fearlessness, charm and mystery. Add to that heartfelt love for musical expression and serious artistry, along with Kruth’s comic verbal flair. The Illustrious Ancestors, all gifted players mix up great real-time gumbos of Americana-flavored exotica, burning brightly on electric mandolin, electric sitar, harmonica, flute, bulbul tarang (an Indian zither) with Willie Aron on keys and Joel Martin’s spectral pedal steel. Kruth has coined the music “Country & Eastern” so that should give you a fair approximation of their music. But better than trusting me, go to one of their shows – or maybe all of their shows – Be prepared to feel giddy. “– Paul Zollo – Senior Editor – American Songwriter, Author of Conversations with Tom Petty and Songwriters on Songwriting

“The authentically strange is at a premium these days. Those portals of shamanic transcendence on a planet so plastered with flash and filigree are still there for the adventurous… ya just gotta poke around, and if you’re lucky, you will find yourself in the same room with the Illustrious Ancestors. What kind of music is this? With its groove and ooze and tonic and spirit, the Illustrious Ancestors’ music shimmers and segues to and fro: psychedelic blues, jazz (funky and free), banshee bluegrass, poetry kooky and sublime, Mississippi Metal, folk fantabulous and fearsome, sublime “Space” worthy of the Dead’s late ‘60s best, if Pigpen were still alive and morphed into a surrealist poet, rhythms global and local… blink your ears and you’ll miss a reference or knowing gesture. There’s real drama here, the kind that gets you gazing into that eternal/internal mirror and ponder what’s going to happen next. There’s wise, sly humor and genuine romance here too. The kind that will put a smile on your puss and keep it there till it hurts as your heart reminds what a great thing it is to be alive.” – Oliver Trager – Author of The American Book of the Dead: The Definitive Grateful Dead Encyclopedia; Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia and Dig Infinity! The Life & Art of Lord Buckley

“What happens when the Garage rock of ? Mark and the Mysterians goes on a Country bender and then hitches a ride with a refugee Beat Jazz band on the lam? You wind up with The Illustrious Ancestors’ shadowy echoes of the Doors and the Dead tripping in the backseat.” – Kevin Orton Soundblab

“John Kruth is the high-octane raconteur of the Underground” – Legendary Beat composer/musician/author David Amram
As Chief Black Fox (Sitting Bull’s Great, Great, Grandson) said after the Illustrious Ancestors second show: “I hear a lot of music, see a lot of bands, most of them have no soul. But this band, The Illustrious Ancestors has a very big soul.”
“I feel like I’m having a psycho-active experience and I didn’t even eat any ‘shrooms!” – Young Fan
Guest Ancestors at past shows have included Camper Van Beethoven’s Victor Krummenacher on guitar and voice, and Jonathan Segel, violin, guitar and voice, as well as Victoria Williams on vocals and Chinese harp – So you’ll never know who is going to show up to jam!
