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The Cortège: A Festive Funeral for Our Times



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The Cortège: A Festive Funeral for Our Times

Occurring outdoors at dusk, The Cortège is a first-of-its-kind production existing in the liminal space between performance, ritual, and festival. This outdoor theater experience activates the lost arts of mythic pageantry and mourns the fate of the modern era through movement, sound, costume, and spectacle.

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Highlights
  • Outdoor theater and festival experience set at dusk
  • Live musical prelude with indigenous woodwinds, cello, hang drum, percussion, and more
  • A moving theatrical performance tells a wordless, archetypal story
  • Simulcast headsets transmit a cinematic musical score 
  • Movement and dance rooted in street-style battle dance and global traditions
  • Costuming and large-scale puppetry inspired by medieval pageantry and seasonal rites of passage
  • Drone sky apparitions and quadruped robotic integration transmute circuitry into ceremony
  • Participants are invited to join a celebratory participatory procession 
  • Afterlife Tent offers tea service, ambient soundscapes, and gentle reintegration (Programming and appearances from special guests TBA)
  • By embodying archetypes instead of characters, and ceremony instead of spectacle, the evening offers participants a space to witness, feel, and begin to process what cannot always be named

General Information
  • Dates and times: Every Thursday - Sunday from September 11 - September 28
  • Duration: Approximately 3 hours
  • Location: The Field at Los Angeles Equestrian Center, 480 Riverside Dr, Burbank, CA
  • Food and beverage: Open air food market with food and beverage offerings
  • Accessibility: The venue is ADA compliant
  • Age requirement: There is no specific age requirement. The show is best suited for guests who are comfortable sitting through a 60-minute performance and engaging with mature themes. Parental guidance is recommended
  • Parking: Parking is available on-site. Advanced parking is available at a discount rate
  • FAQs: Please consult the FAQs of this experience here

Description
Premiering via a limited engagement in Los Angeles, The Cortège is a three-hour experience anchored by a 60-minute procession that revives the lost arts of mythic pageantry. In an era defined by disconnection and cultural upheaval, The Cortège offers a rare space for solace, celebration, and renewal. Amid a rapidly expiring culture and scarcity of shared meaning, The Cortège serves as a container for collective and individual grief.

The evening begins with an open-air food market and live musical prelude from our house ensemble. As twilight descends, passengers don headsets transmitting a cinematic score featuring artists such as Air, El Búho, Kiasmos, Rival Consoles, A Beautiful Chorus, Boreta, and TOKiMONSTA.

What follows is a wordless journey through choreographed movement (from global hip hop battle dance talent including MiYU and Cap Jay), archetypal costuming and puppetry (with works by Jonny Cota, Damselfrau, Spencer Hansen, and Orly Anon), drone apparitions (by Nova Sky Stories), robotics, participation, and integration.

At evening's close, all are invited to join the procession and gather for shared tea and ambient sounds in the Afterlife and whatever may await beyond the veil.

Seating Arrangements
  • Field Tickets offer open seating directly on the lawn. All field seats include backrests
  • Reserved Tickets offer individual elevated chairs
  • VIP Experience offers exclusive lounge-style seating on an elevated terrace, and includes complimentary parking, a dedicated entry line, and a curated basket for your group. Available for groups of 2 or 6

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About the venue

Los Angeles Equestrian Center

The LA Equestrian Center offers a premier equestrian experience with top-notch facilities, including stables, riding arenas, and event spaces. It serves as a hub for horse enthusiasts of all levels, p...

Getting there

Los Angeles Equestrian Center

480 Riverside Drive, Burbank, 91506

480 Riverside Drive, Burbank, 91506

Select date and session

Ticket for 1 person, includes:
  • Open seating within designated zones directly on the lawn. All seats include backrests
Ticket for 1 person, includes:
  • Designated individual chairs in elevated seating areas
Ticket for 2 people, includes:
  • Exclusive lounge-style seating on our elevated terrace, complimentary parking, a dedicated entry line, a personal Cortège Concierge, and a curated picnic basket for your group
Ticket for 6 people, includes:
  • Exclusive lounge-style seating on our elevated terrace, complimentary parking, a dedicated entry line, a personal Cortège Concierge, and a curated picnic basket for your group
Ticket for 1 person, includes:
  • Open seating within designated zones directly on the lawn. All seats include backrests
Ticket for 1 person, includes:
  • Designated individual chairs in elevated seating areas
Ticket for 2 people, includes:
  • Exclusive lounge-style seating on our elevated terrace, complimentary parking, a dedicated entry line, a personal Cortège Concierge, and a curated picnic basket for your group
Ticket for 6 people, includes:
  • Exclusive lounge-style seating on our elevated terrace, complimentary parking, a dedicated entry line, a personal Cortège Concierge, and a curated picnic basket for your group
Ticket for 1 person, includes:
  • Open seating within designated zones directly on the lawn. All seats include backrests
Ticket for 1 person, includes:
  • Designated individual chairs in elevated seating areas
Ticket for 2 people, includes:
  • Exclusive lounge-style seating on our elevated terrace, complimentary parking, a dedicated entry line, a personal Cortège Concierge, and a curated picnic basket for your group
Ticket for 6 people, includes:
  • Exclusive lounge-style seating on our elevated terrace, complimentary parking, a dedicated entry line, a personal Cortège Concierge, and a curated picnic basket for your group
Ticket for 1 person, includes:
  • Open seating within designated zones directly on the lawn. All seats include backrests
Ticket for 1 person, includes:
  • Designated individual chairs in elevated seating areas
Ticket for 2 people, includes:
  • Exclusive lounge-style seating on our elevated terrace, complimentary parking, a dedicated entry line, a personal Cortège Concierge, and a curated picnic basket for your group
Ticket for 6 people, includes:
  • Exclusive lounge-style seating on our elevated terrace, complimentary parking, a dedicated entry line, a personal Cortège Concierge, and a curated picnic basket for your group

Getting there

Los Angeles Equestrian Center

480 Riverside Drive, Burbank, 91506

480 Riverside Drive, Burbank, 91506