Robots and Aliens: A Love Story
Robots and Aliens: A Love Story
An Interactive Improvisational Dance & Karaoke Installation by
Angela Harriell & "The Love Show"
July 16 - 21, 2010
Open daily: 12p - 8p
(Early closings: 6p on the 17th , 5p on the 21st)
chashama Times Square Art Space
112 West 44th Street
(between Broadway & Sixth Ave. / Subway: 1,2,3,B,D,F,N,Q,R,V,W to 42nd St., 7 & shuttle to Times Square. Bus: M104, M42 to Sixth Ave., M5, M6, M7 to 43rd St.)
New York, NY
info@theloveshownyc.com
www.theloveshownyc.com
The Love Show gets the sexy goin' with their tightly choreographed and costumed numbers, theatrical appeal and gorgeous girls and boys. A little cabaret, a little ballet and a whole lotta rock and roll, The Love Show has entertained all audiences from the glitzy nightclub life to the gritty downtown theater. Classically trained dancers and detailed choreography tell a story with every number... a story both intimate and universal.
The Love Show has worked for such clients as Vogue Magazine and Cointreau liqueur, and rocked stages ranging from CBGB's Gallery to The New York Burlesque Festival. The Love Show has also appeared with the glitterati on Patrick McMullan's website and been seen on The Insider.
Why Robots and Aliens: A Love Story? Since human beings first became sentient and began to understand the ramifications of working within a society, we have been torn between the need to be efficient, predictable, reliable, productive members of that society (robots), and the desire to expressive, unpredictable, incomprehensible, mysterious indataiduals (aliens). In 21st Century urban environments, this is more true than ever. The massive scale of the city demands that we act the robot, lest everything descend into anarchy. Simultaneously, that same massive scale demands that we express our alien indataiduality, lest we drown in a sea of anonymity. While some of us may opt for grey suits while others don fabulous drag, none of us can allow one aspect to completely subsume the other. Robot and alien must learn to co-exist; theirs must be a love story. By allowing – to some extent, requiring – the passerby to choose the direction in which our piece plays out, we give the her or him officially sanctioned permission to act independently and expressively, without ever stepping outside the bounds of the acceptable, robotic behavior that being in public requires. Similarly, the karaoke sing-alongs will encourage the marriage of the two sides. While the singers will inherently bring themselves to the music, they will also be singing in unison, following the projected lyrics and our singer, and performing an action authorized by the powers that be. Thus, the piece hopes to help urbanites heal the rift between two warring sides of their personalities, all while having a huge amount of fun!
bio
Angela Harriell is the director and choreographer of the popular Nutcracker: Rated R, as well as the founder and choreographer of the cabaret dance troupe, The Love Show. Her choreography has been called witty, moving, unique and theatrical with narratives that are simultaneously autobiographical and universal. Richmond Shepard, publisher of Performing Arts Insider, writes the brilliant Angela Harriell... could be the next Susan Stroman. A graduate of Fredonia University, where she received The Graduate Scholarship for ballet, she has worked with Elisa Monte and David Brown dance, Randy James Danceworks, and taught ballet at Binghamton University. Angela's work has been seen at The Flea Theater, HERE theater, The New York Burlesque Festival, White Wave Dance Festival, The Philly Fringe Festival's Late Night Cabaret, and different nightclubs throughout New York, and she has set original works for Jerboa Dance of Seattle as well as Key West Contemporary Dance in Key West, Florida. Cointreau and Vogue magazine have commissioned pieces from her, and she has created and directed two off off Broadway productions, the most recent, Nutcracker: Rated R, selling out in its runs over the past four seasons. Her work has twice been selected to be presented at special galas at the National Arts Club, where Angela has performed along with such luminaries as Elaine Stritch, Tammy Grimes, Charles Busch and Julie Halston. Angela was a Hammerstein Beauty at Simon Hammerstein's notorious downtown supper club, The Box, and also performs with Brooklyn Ballet, Brooklyn Repertory Opera and Opera Francais de New York. She has been spotted amongst the glitterati in the pages of Patrick McMullan's website, and has appeared in several television and music video spots, including an ABC Primetime documentary on connections in the dance world, as well as an STD awareness video with Alan Cumming.
An Interactive Improvisational Dance & Karaoke Installation by
Angela Harriell & "The Love Show"
July 16 - 21, 2010
Open daily: 12p - 8p
(Early closings: 6p on the 17th , 5p on the 21st)
chashama Times Square Art Space
112 West 44th Street
(between Broadway & Sixth Ave. / Subway: 1,2,3,B,D,F,N,Q,R,V,W to 42nd St., 7 & shuttle to Times Square. Bus: M104, M42 to Sixth Ave., M5, M6, M7 to 43rd St.)
New York, NY
info@theloveshownyc.com
www.theloveshownyc.com
The Love Show gets the sexy goin' with their tightly choreographed and costumed numbers, theatrical appeal and gorgeous girls and boys. A little cabaret, a little ballet and a whole lotta rock and roll, The Love Show has entertained all audiences from the glitzy nightclub life to the gritty downtown theater. Classically trained dancers and detailed choreography tell a story with every number... a story both intimate and universal.
The Love Show has worked for such clients as Vogue Magazine and Cointreau liqueur, and rocked stages ranging from CBGB's Gallery to The New York Burlesque Festival. The Love Show has also appeared with the glitterati on Patrick McMullan's website and been seen on The Insider.
Why Robots and Aliens: A Love Story? Since human beings first became sentient and began to understand the ramifications of working within a society, we have been torn between the need to be efficient, predictable, reliable, productive members of that society (robots), and the desire to expressive, unpredictable, incomprehensible, mysterious indataiduals (aliens). In 21st Century urban environments, this is more true than ever. The massive scale of the city demands that we act the robot, lest everything descend into anarchy. Simultaneously, that same massive scale demands that we express our alien indataiduality, lest we drown in a sea of anonymity. While some of us may opt for grey suits while others don fabulous drag, none of us can allow one aspect to completely subsume the other. Robot and alien must learn to co-exist; theirs must be a love story. By allowing – to some extent, requiring – the passerby to choose the direction in which our piece plays out, we give the her or him officially sanctioned permission to act independently and expressively, without ever stepping outside the bounds of the acceptable, robotic behavior that being in public requires. Similarly, the karaoke sing-alongs will encourage the marriage of the two sides. While the singers will inherently bring themselves to the music, they will also be singing in unison, following the projected lyrics and our singer, and performing an action authorized by the powers that be. Thus, the piece hopes to help urbanites heal the rift between two warring sides of their personalities, all while having a huge amount of fun!
bio
Angela Harriell is the director and choreographer of the popular Nutcracker: Rated R, as well as the founder and choreographer of the cabaret dance troupe, The Love Show. Her choreography has been called witty, moving, unique and theatrical with narratives that are simultaneously autobiographical and universal. Richmond Shepard, publisher of Performing Arts Insider, writes the brilliant Angela Harriell... could be the next Susan Stroman. A graduate of Fredonia University, where she received The Graduate Scholarship for ballet, she has worked with Elisa Monte and David Brown dance, Randy James Danceworks, and taught ballet at Binghamton University. Angela's work has been seen at The Flea Theater, HERE theater, The New York Burlesque Festival, White Wave Dance Festival, The Philly Fringe Festival's Late Night Cabaret, and different nightclubs throughout New York, and she has set original works for Jerboa Dance of Seattle as well as Key West Contemporary Dance in Key West, Florida. Cointreau and Vogue magazine have commissioned pieces from her, and she has created and directed two off off Broadway productions, the most recent, Nutcracker: Rated R, selling out in its runs over the past four seasons. Her work has twice been selected to be presented at special galas at the National Arts Club, where Angela has performed along with such luminaries as Elaine Stritch, Tammy Grimes, Charles Busch and Julie Halston. Angela was a Hammerstein Beauty at Simon Hammerstein's notorious downtown supper club, The Box, and also performs with Brooklyn Ballet, Brooklyn Repertory Opera and Opera Francais de New York. She has been spotted amongst the glitterati in the pages of Patrick McMullan's website, and has appeared in several television and music video spots, including an ABC Primetime documentary on connections in the dance world, as well as an STD awareness video with Alan Cumming.
