Salle Patino. Geneva, Switzerland, 1982. Jackie
Planeix and Tom Crocker present their first evening of dance/theatre
works. They adopt the moniker ‘Bluepalm’, dreaming of
an idyllic island where their imaginations can flow freely. Over
twenty years later, Bluepalm continues to share the results of its
utopian quest, creating a life from art and making an art out of
life.
Jackie Planeix and Tom Crocker are graduates of the European Arts
Institute, MUDRA, in Brussels, Belgium, directed by French choreographer
Maurice Béjart, where they studied dance, theater, music,
improvisation and interdisciplinary composition. Upon graduation,
Ms. Planeix and Mr. Crocker toured the world with the Béjart
Ballet, performing in such venues as the La Scala de Milano, the
Bolshoi, the Comédie Française in Paris, Broadway’s
Minskoff Theater and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. It was as
dancers with Oscar Araiz’s company at the Grand Théâtre
de Genève (Switzerland) that Ms. Planeix and Mr. Crocker
created their original works as Bluepalm.
Ms. Planeix and Mr. Crocker have collaborated on
over twenty dance/theater pieces (see complete listing under Creations).
They are also internationally renowned teachers of dance, theater
and interdisciplinary performance techniques. Ms. Planeix and Mr.
Crocker received the diplôme d’enseignement from the
French ministry of Culture, are California Arts Council Touring
Roster artists and recipients of the L.A. Weekly Performance/Creation
award for their exposé of life in the arts, “Dance
Talks!”
From their earliest collaborative works, Ms. Planeix and Mr. Crocker
have expressed their personal and cultural perceptions via performance.
When experience proved that their artistic method could be utilized
as an effective educational tool, Ms. Planeix and Mr. Crocker began
establishing in-depth partnerships with schools, conservatories
and cultural centers. In 2003, Bluepalm expanded its ranks to include
the talents of other professional Art Educators. (see
Art at the Center of Education)
Bluepalm offers General Audience performances, Professional Training
for Dancers / Actors, Arts in Education Programs (K-12) and Private
Classes.
North America:
Dance Kaleidoscope Festival, Los Angeles
California Plaza, Los Angeles
Ford Theater, Los Angeles
New Performance Gallery, San Francisco
San Diego State University, San Diego
Eccles Theater, Park City, UT
Center of Contemporary Arts, Seattle
PS. 122, New York
Bank Street Theater, New York
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa
Lancaster Arts Center, Philadelphia
Toronto Dance Theater
Europe:
Switzerland:
Salle Patino, Geneva
Basler Stadtheater
Teatro Dimitri
Théâtre Populaire Romand, La Chaux-de-Fonds
France:
Festival d’Arles
Maison de la Danse (Lyon)
Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris)
Scènes Nationales de Rennes, La Rochelle, Angers
Centre National de Danse Contemporaine, Angers
(France)
Rotterdamse Dansacademie, Rotterdam (Holland)
Hoge Instituut voor Dramatische Kunst, Antwerp (Belgium)
Conservatoire de Genève (Switzerland)
York University, Toronto (Canada)
College for the Arts, Philadelphia
San Diego State University
California State University, Los Angeles
CAL ARTS
Loyola Marymount University
Chapman College, Orange, CA
UC Riverside
Creation of Interdisciplinary Dance/ Theater
Programs (K-12), LAUSD, Los Angeles
Creation of Dance/ Theater Programs (K-8): Geneva and Vaud Cantons
(Switzerland)
Language Acquisition via Theater and Movement: Ecole Active Bilingue,
Paris
Workshops for Pregnant Teens: McAlister and Riley High Schools,
Los Angeles Residency for Terminally Ill Children: USC Los Angeles
County Hospital
• “Swish, Chansons de Piaf, Beach/Night/City”,
Salle Patino, Geneva, Switzerland, 1982
• “Deux”, original music by Louis Crelier, Salle
Patino, Geneva, Switzerland, 1982
• “Danses en Carré”, Studio des Quatre
Temps, Paris, France, 1983
• “Espaces Courbes”, Maison de la Danse, Lyon,
1983
• “Just in Time”, American Center, Paris, France,
1983
• “Yesterday (Demain)", Salle Patino, Geneva, Switzerland,
1984
• “Deux Positions”, Théâtre de la
Jonction, Geneva, Switzerland, 1984
• “Dance Talks!”, Beaubourg/Centre Georges Pompidou,
Paris, France, 1985
• “Amour”, Festival DUO, Maison de la Culture
de la Rochelle, France, 1986
• “Video-Portraits de Jeunes Danseurs”, Centre
National de Danse Contemporaine, Angers, France, 1986
• “Swanshake”, Theatre/Theater, Los Angeles, 1987
• “Goodnight, America”, LA County/USC Children’s
Hospital, Los Angeles, 1988
• “Cocteau in California”, Cocteau Festival, New
Perfomance Gallery, San Francisco, 1989
• “BLUE PALM Startles Little Red Riding Hood, Eats Hansel
and Gretel, then Dances with Sleeping Beauty” (aka “Fractured
Fairy Tales”), Barnsdall Theater, Los Angeles, 1992
• “Sketches at State”, California State University,
Los Angeles, 1993
• “The Five Senses”, Barnsdall Theater, Los Angeles,
1994
• “Ooh, Baby, Baby”, Theatre/Theater, Los Angeles,
1995
“Folie à Deux”, Barnsdall Theater, Los Angeles,
1997
• “Millennium Stories”, Bing Theater, USC, Los
Angeles, 1999
• “Millennium House”, The Winslow House, Los Angeles,
2000
• “Enfantillages” (with Jean-Yves Lacombe et Fabien
Ruiz), Théâtre Dunois, Paris, France, 2001
• “Childhood”, John Anson Ford Theater, Los Angeles,
2001
• "Enfances", Festival de la Francophonie, Atlanta,
GA, 2003
• “…Donc je suis”, Centre Chorégraphique
National de Rillieux-la-Pape, France, 2005
• “All About Me”, International City Theater,
Long Beach, 2006
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