"In Kitchen Monkey, Campos' inventive use of the steel grid above the stage plunges the audience into the belly of the beast -- literally. Several dancers jump, moan, and make a monkey ruckus in the dark spaces above and around the stage, creating a surround-sound satire to Campos' darkly deviant drama.After a brief slideshow and faux academic lecture on the link between homo sapiens and their not-so-distant cousins, the monkeys, the curtains open to reveal Rudi Goblen and Teresa Barcelo in a domestic drama that quickly moves from dismal to disturbing. Think Blue Velvet rewired with electronica and hip-hop.Trained as dancers, Goblen and Barcelo turned out to be the tour de force of Wednesday's performances.Partially inspired by his work with women in prisons, Campos has choreographed vertical, restrictive movements for Barcelo. She must answer to Goblen's bullhorn-wielding beck and call with arms glued to her side and head down. The exasperation, humiliation and, finally, rage that Barcelo is able to render from Campos' tightly gestural vocabulary speak volumes." The Miami Herald - 3/2007Texts and Scenes Inspired by Richard Schechner, Ernie Cline, Fernando Calzadilla, Anne Bogart, Eugenio Barba and inmates from the Broward Correctional Institute for Women.Director: Octavio CamposMusical Advisors: Grady Cousins & Rudi GoblenMusic: The Wiggles, DJ Muller, Galas, MedeskiCostumes: Emily Peters/FrivoleLighting: Travis NeffCast Dr. O: Octavio CamposBlack Monkey: Rudi GoblenWhite Monkey : Teresa BarceloMini Monkey: Anthony CanoMonkey Orchestra: Tiffany Paterson, Marlin Sill, Edwardo Wienkoski, Phoenix Gonzalez, Katie Gwynn Sackson, Genesis Otero Production Miami Light Project, Carnival Center of the Performing Arts and the New World School of the Arts and Camposition.Special thanks to these master artists, mentors, students, The New World School of the Arts, Patrice Bailey, Justin Macdonnel, Michelle Hefner Hayes, Greg Jackson, Laura Berman, the Camposition Ensemble and Board of Directors for all their input and support for the project.
Technorati: art
dance
david
domestic
entertainment
hip-hop
installation
lynch
theater
violence
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Kitchen Monkey
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment