Laurie Baron stops by ZajacStudio for a Chat!

September 17, 2011


Laurie Baron stopped by the studio today with her baby Sabrina! After meeting the new addition to her family and catching up with her after her “maternity leave,” we found out that Laurie is back with a vengeance!




She was just hired to choreograph for LA Opera’s Outreach Program for their new production of THE WHITE BIRD OF POSTON. She will actually be collaborating another ZajacStudio client, Leslie Stevens.

Leslie Stevens, along with her partner Eli Villanueva, wrote this new piece commissioned by LA Opera. THE WHITE BIRD OF POSTON is the story of a fifteen-year-old Japanese American girl, Akiko, who is sent to the Poston internment camp in the Arizona desert shortly after the attacks on Pearl Harbor. She encounters unforeseen obstacles but also blessings, including a Native American young man, a talking Coyote, and the spirit of her Grandmother. Through lessons in Courage, Faith and her own Prejudice, Akiko finds a way to stay connected to her traditions and move forward as American young woman. She will be a leader for her community. The story was inspired in part by the watercolor paintings of Chizuko Judy Sugita de Quieroz, who was in Poston at 9 years old.




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