emerged out of the late 90s and has become a creative, consistently prolific, and invigorating force in the Los Angeles dance community. Hysterica’s co-artistic directors, Kitty McNamee and Ryan Heffington, are both actively creating in the theatrical and commercial arenas. They have brought their passion, skill and devotion to originality to videos, fashion shows, live events, award shows, tv, fi
lm, stage and opera. In addition to concert work Hysterica has been featured on the L-Word and numerous music videos, performed with the LA Philharmonic and opened for Margaret Cho. has performed extensively in the Southland and nationally at the Joyce Soho (dancenow/NYC), the Manhattan School of Music, d.u.m.b.o. dance festival NY, WHITE WAVE Performance Space NY, and at Helm’s Fine Arts Center in Austin, TX. California performances include studio @ REDCAT, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Ford Amphitheatre, LACMA, Highways Performance Space, Brand Library, Alex Theater, Sushi Performance and Visual Art Gallery in San Diego, James Armstrong Theater, Cal State Northridge and the Choreography Under the Stars Festival in Palm Springs. The company has been featured in articles in Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Daily News, Coast Magazine, Daily Candy, New York Magazine and Frontiers, and has been a top ten pick in Los Angeles Magazine. was nominated for a Lester Horton Award for ‘Best Performance by a Company” for their July 2002 performance of “Sticks & Stones” at the Ford Amphitheatre and again for their performance in “Split” in April 2005 and “Rapture” in 2007. a partial listing of clients hysterica members have worked with:
cher, justin timberlake, vanessa williams, celine dion, christina aquilera, ricky martin, margaret cho, lily tomlin, la opera, la philharmonic, adam lambert, tone loc, peaches, britney spears, amela pappin, prince, brian setzer, chemical brothers, spice girls, fischerspooner, beirut, tiga, ladytron, su***de girls, lenny kravitz, tony bennett, janes addiction, p***o for pyros, mitzi gaynor, tina turner, hole, marilyn manson, kinky, laura marling
films:
nine, chicago, dreamgirls, titanic, nine, benjamin buttons, legally blonde, indiana jones, austin powers in gold member, wild wild west, stuck on you, the singing detective, that thing you do, man on the moon, out to sea, batman and robin, rent, she's all that, uptown girls, mafia! tv:
so you think you can dance, 90210, ally mcbeal, malcolm in the middle, six feet under, drew carey show, the l-word, emmys, academy awards, annie, friends, the nanny, the grammy awards, american music awards, fame, ovation awards, wicked, nike, adidas, la gear, sony, canon, Disney, evi’s, pepsi, k-mart, the gap, sprite, coors, gilette, nair, dirty dancing live