The Bowie Project: A Rock & Roll Soundpainting Premiering in 2014, The Bowie Project, A Rock & Roll Soundpainting features Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre with Austin-based David Bowie tribute band Super Creeps and NYCs Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble. This hybrid performance is an experimental mash-up of a live rock concert with theater and dance using Soundpainting to create an exciting, unpredictable theatrical and musical experience. Soundpainting is a live, composing sign language used to conduct improvised performance among musicians, actors, and dancers. In this live remix and deconstruction of the music of David Bowie, no two shows are the same. The performance uses the Soundpainting sign language to guide, shape and remix material to explore the identity through the music of David Bowie. Choreography, scenes and monologues, along with Bowie tunes serve as content for the Soundpainting – an artistic form which allows familiar narratives or rehearsed material to be disrupted, reordered, and reassembled with new improvised material in surprising ways. Read more at: ift.tt/1vJHDyD Super Creeps, a tribute to the music of David Bowie, is an all-star line-up of Austin musicians including Adam Sultan (lead singer & guitar), John Nelson (drums), Rey Artega (percussion), Andy Nolte (guitar, keys), Claude McCan (keys, electronics) and Alan Uribe (bass). Performing with Super Creeps in this twelve-piece Soundpainting orchestra is NYC-based Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble, an innovator in the field of Soundpainting. Co-Creators and fellow Soundpainters, Leese Walker (actor); Rolf Sturm (guitar); and Nolan Kennedy (actor) join Ariel with company members Steve Ochoa (dancer) and Alyson Dolan (dancer). “Forms of improvisation live and evolve in many fields of the performing arts and music. Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre has taken the best of improv in dance, music, and theatre and thrown them all together in The Bowie Project: A Rock & Roll Soundpainting. And while improvisation in all those forms is not universally admired by people who enjoy the performing arts, this show will make believers, if not lovers, of almost everyone who gets a chance to see it.” “This production was almost impeccable in every way one could imagine. Producer Andrea Ariel took full advantage of rock’s vibrancy and power. The excitement level was sustained throughout the show’s 70 minutes, with very brief pauses for the audience to catch its breath. The performers didn’t seem to need to catch their breath. The entire ensemble exuded talent and All-America training.” “The Bowie Project suffered only from a disappointingly short run at Stateside at the Paramount. At $12 per ticket it was clearly the best performance value in town. Avid fans may insist on a revival of the show soon, although reassembling such a talented ensemble may prove difficult. Bowie fans everywhere can watch and advocate for its return and wide touring.” David Robinson, Austin Theater Examiner “Whether improvising or choreographed, Steve Ochoa, Andrea Ariel, and Alyson Dolan exhibit incredible technique, follow through, and intensity. Its a privilege to watch them perform, and the countless awards and nominations theyve received over the years are well deserved. The Super Creeps are exceptional as well, especially frontman Adam Sultan. Sultan embodies the androgynous style and signature vocals of Bowie without coming off as a carbon copy. Hes a confident, enthralling performer in his own right.” Jeff Davis, Broadway World Production Design by Stephen Pruitt, Video Documentation by Eric Graham, Photography by Kirk Tuck. _______ FOLLOW LIPSapp Hits56 Radio _______ FB: r-js/1rlggeQ / TW: r-js/1us3SdS / Listen to LIPSapp Hits56 Radio r-js/1dOIQ18 #thewho #beatles #elvis #jimihendrix #dylan
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 03:22:26 +0000