Kitty McNamee
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Kitty McNamee is a highly regarded choreographer and director working across media. McNamee earned distinction from Dance Magazine as an artist with ?an outsize talent for that most elusive gift, originality.? Kitty began her career as the Artistic Director of Hysterica Dance Co., a consistently ...
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Kitty McNamee Biography
Kitty McNamee is a highly regarded choreographer and director working across media. McNamee earned distinction from Dance Magazine as an artist with ?an outsize talent for that most elusive gift, originality.? Kitty began her career as the Artistic Director of Hysterica Dance Co., a consistently prolific and creative collective that redefined dance in Los Angeles. Kitty?s work has been enriched by collaborations with composers, filmmakers, directors, and writers on live performance, TV, and film projects. Recent work includes LA Opera?s La Traviata and Tales of Hoffman, Sense and Sensibility at South Coast Rep, LA Phil?s A Midsummer Night?s Dream, Target?s ?A New Kind of Strong? campaign, Secret Cinema?s groundbreaking live performances with Laura Marling in London and The Fantasticks at Pasadena Playhouse. She has also begun directing, as well as choreographing, short dance films. Her first film, The Yellow Room, screened at over 24 festivals world wide. Kitty loves working with actors and is known for her ability to draw out organically nuanced performances. She has created for Paz Vega, Julianne Hough, Margaret Cho, Vanessa Williams, Vittorio Grigolo, Lily Tomlin, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, the boys of 90210 and the ladies of the L- Word. Kitty has loved getting down and dirty choreographing Beautiful and Twisted, Petals on the Wind and Lizzie Borden for Lifetime. She has created movement for music artists Laura Marling, Belly, Fono, Josh Kelley, Kait Weston, Kinky, Hecuba, Nicole Turley, Henry Wolfe and Ariana Delawari. Commissions include: The Farewell, a work inspired by Agnes de Mille commissioned by SDC?s Abbott Awards; and RIFT commissioned by Marin Alsop and Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, which was recently performed at the Kennedy Center. She has also created the new ballets Traces and Transit for National Choreographer's Initiative and colony for LA Ballet. Kitty collaborated with music icon Easy Mike to create a new hip/hop ballet of On the Waterfront for Muse/ique. Opera credits include Tales of Hoffman, Lucia de Lammermoor, Don Carlo and La Rondine for LA Opera, La Traviata for LA Opera, San Francisco Opera and San Diego Opera, Romeo and Juliette for LA Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago. She has a long and fruitful relationship with the LA Philharmonic, where she has choreographed, directed, and developed new productions including Esa-Pekka Salonen?s Wing on Wing. On the commercial front clients include Target, Mercedes, Adobe, FIDM, GreyAnt, Uniqlo, Proactiv, Wynn Hotels, Devlinhair/Novartis, Flash on the Beach, MADD, Hexbug and Magic Sofa.Kitty McNamee News
LA Opera to Open 2022/23 Season With New Production of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOORby Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 22, 2022
LA Opera will open its 2022/23 season with a new production of Lucia di Lammermoor, Gaetano Donizetti's spellbinding tale of marriage, madness and murder. Lina González-Granados leads the proceedings in her debut outing as the company's new Resident Conductor.
THE 24 HOUR MUSICALS to Stream Tonightby A.A. Cristi - Jun 7, 2022
Distinguished artists from across the nation's entertainment industry came together at The Bourbon Room in Hollywood for The 24 Hour Musicals, the intensive theatrical endeavor where stars from Broadway, film and TV write, compose, rehearse and perform four original musicals within 24 hours. Now, the show premieres tonight on Stellar at 5:30 PT/8:30 ET and will be available through June.
Lisa Loeb, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Kether Donohue, and More Took Part in THE 24 HOUR MUSICALS This Weekendby Stephi Wild - May 25, 2022
On May 23, 2022, distinguished artists from across the nation's entertainment industry came together in Los Angeles for The 24 Hour Musicals, the intensive theatrical endeavor where stars from Broadway, film and TV come together to write, compose, rehearse and perform four original musicals within 24 hours at the Bourbon Room.
20th Anniversary Dance Camera West Fest Will Be Presented in Januaryby Stephi Wild - Dec 14, 2021
Dance Camera West (DCW) will screen the top 75 films selected from a record number of 400 submissions from around the world at LIVE IN PERSON events at two esteemed Los Angeles performance and film venues across the city.
Composer Anna Clyne Releases MYTHOLOGIES, Performed By BBC Symphony Orchestraby Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 3, 2020
On Friday, October 16, 2020, composer Anna Clyne releases Mythologies, a portrait album of five orchestral works recorded live by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, on AVIE Records.
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Presents Virtual, Reimagined Seasonby Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 8, 2020
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary is pleased to announce a reimagined, virtual 58th season, July 25 - August 9, 2020.
BWW Review: PETER PAN & TINKER BELL Panto Flies Into Laguna Playhouseby Michael Quintos - Dec 14, 2019
The family-friendly fun of Lythgoe Family Productions' annual holiday British Panto returns to the Laguna Playhouse, this time with the reimagined Yuletide re-telling of PETER PAN & TINKER BELL: A PIRATE'S CHRISTMAS, which continues through December 29, 2019 in the city of Laguna Beach. Overall, the show is an amusing, energetic Panto, though admittedly not as over-the-top as the two previous holiday Panto's that I have seen staged here. Still, the show had me smiling the whole time, and it's safe to say that you and your family will like sharing the experience, too.
Neil Patrick Harris, Garrett Clayton and More to Perform at LYTHGOE FAMILY PANTOby Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 12, 2019
Each year, in the decade since the Lythgoe Family first introduced Panto to American audiences, stars of TV, film and Broadway come together at the holidays-many returning year after year-to perform alongside local talent in cities across the U.S. This year's offerings include the beloved tales of Snow White, Aladdin and Peter Pan, featuring Richard Karn, Garrett Clayton, Neil Patrick Harris and many others. Past productions have featured the star power of Ariana Grande, Jordan Fisher, Morgan Fairchild, Lucy Lawless, John O'Hurley, Tamyra Gray and Alex Newell, among others.
Photo Flash: PETER PAN & TINKER BELL: A PIRATES' CHRISTMAS At Laguna Playhouseby A.A. Cristi - Dec 6, 2019
Laguna Playhouse Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham, Executive Director Ellen Richard and Lythgoe Family Panto (LFP) presents Lythgoe Family Panto's PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL: A PIRATES' CHRISTMAS,
Lincoln Clauss, Dakota Lotus, Bryce Charles and More Join PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL: A PIRATES' CHRISTMASby Stephi Wild - Oct 11, 2019
Laguna Playhouse Artistic Director Ann E. Wareham, Executive Director Ellen Richard and Lythgoe Family Panto (LFP) announce that LINCOLN CLAUSS (Broadway's Bat Out of Hell) will star as a?oePeter Pan,a?? DAKOTA LOTUS (Disney's a?oeCoop & Cami Ask The Worlda??) will star as a?oeJohn Darling, a?? BRYCE CHARLES (Pasadena Playhouse Ragtime, The Book of Mormon) will star as a?oeWendy Darling,a?? BEN GIROUX (a?oeBack to the 90s,a?? Nickelodeon's a?oeHenry Dangera??) will star as a?oeSmeea?? and CLARICE ORDAZ (a?oeSo You Think You Can Dancea??) will star as a?oeTiger Lilya?? in Lythgoe Family Panto's PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL: A PIRATES' CHRISTMAS, written by Kris Lythgoe, with choreography by Kitty McNamee, musical direction by Doug Peck and directed by BT McNicholl. They will join the previously announced TV and Broadway actor John O'Hurley (a?oeSeinfeld,a?? a?oeDancing with the Stars,a?? Broadway's Chicago) starring as a?oeCaptain Hooka?? and Ashley Argota (Laguna Playhouse Beauty and the Beast: A Christmas Rose) starring as a?oeTinker Bell.a?? PETER PAN AND TINKER BELL: A PIRATES' CHRISTMAS will begin performances on Wednesday, December 4 and run through Sunday, December 29, 2019 with a press opening on Thursday, December 5 at 7:00 pm at the Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road in Laguna Beach. Casting is led by LFP Producer Becky Lythgoe.
Kitty McNamee Videos
by BroadwayWorld TV - Mar 26, 2019
Last night Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF), the non-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), hosted the annual "Mr. Abbott" Award gala and celebrated the 60th anniversary of SDC.
