Villa Aurora Events Archive
March 2019
Tiger Girl
UCLA James Bridges Theater (235 Charles E Young Drive West, Los Angeles, CA 90095)
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UCLA Graduate Student Association Melnitz Movies present:
TIGER GIRL
IN PERSON: Director Jakob Lass
Germany, 2017, 90 min, In German with English subtitles
Push-over Maggie (Maria Dragus) is desperate to fit in. After failing the Berlin police entrance exams, she settles for training as a security guard, but her passivity constantly lands her in risky situations. Enter Tiger (Ella Rumpf), an assertive, street-smart young woman who gets what she wants - occasionally by violence - and takes Maggie under her wing. Hitting the streets of Berlin in borrowed security uniforms, the unlikely duo aims to correct minor social injustices, but the increasingly self-confident Maggie ultimately takes things a bit too far.
Following his own FOGMA manifesto, director Lass’ third feature skillfully blends mostly improvised dialogue with documentary-style camerawork to bring the powerful, action-packed visuals and stylized fight scenes to life in this intelligently edgy “Martial Arthouse” film.
Yodeling Workshop by Villa Aurora Fellow Doreen Kutzke
Villa Aurora (520 Paseo Miramar, Los Angeles, CA 90272)
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Ready to Cheer? Start yodeling!
Yodeling is not a solely Alpine tradition but extends across many disparate cultures around the world, including Central Africa Pygmy singers; Persian classical music; and Australian Aboriginals. A yodel is not necessarily the sound we associate with pigtails and lederhosen. It is a vocal oscillation between the head voice and the chest voice; the break that occurs upon the movement between the two voices is the central characteristic of yodeling. Yodeling is not demanding on the lungs as it relies on diaphragmatic breathing which produces the same feeling of physical wellbeing as laughter or yogic breathing. Consequently, yodeling has long been used by humans as both an effective form of long distance, non-verbal communication and also as solo and communal vocal play.
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Kutzkelina aka Doreen Kutzke is a German performance artist, composer, singer, and vocal-teacher specialising in the art of yodeling. She grew up in the Harz-Mountain region and started yodeling at the age of six.
Her activities includes workshops, performances and concerts with numerous projects.
She founded the Yodel School Kreuzberg and teaches yodelling and advanced vocal techniques all over the world.
Doreen is the Villa Aurora Fellow of Musicboard Berlin.
Styx by Ika Künzel and Wolfgang Fischer
Laemmle Royal (11523 Santa Monica Blvd 1st floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025)

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Germany / Austria 2018, 94 min., color, English, German, starring Susanne Wolff
The work of unrelenting intensity and technical brilliance tells the story of ER doctor Rike who is on a solo sailing turn to Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean. When Rike comes across a sinking ship of refugees, she is quickly torn out of her contented and idealized world and must make a momentous decision.
Aptly named after the mythological river that separates the living from the dead, STYX is an astute modern day parable of Western indifference in the face of marginalized suffering.