Thursday, May 31, 2012

WE NEED MEN!

 

For early 1900's inspired site-specific performance at the Flatiron building.

"If you've ever wanted to be part of something that will shut downNYC sidewalk traffic and put the literal meaning of "flash"back into flashmob, this project is it!" Jessica Grippo


Must be available to rehearse Saturdays from 11-1pm
ONLY3 rehearsals!!!
RSVP here:
http://23skidoorehearsals.eventbrite.com/

Rehearsal Schedule:
Saturday, June 2nd, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Saturday, June 9th, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Saturday, June 16th, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

PERFORMANCE'S THURSDAY JUNE 21st 5pm & 6pm (20 minutes)
(raindate June 22nd, 5pm & 6pm)



Rehearsals will take place in Brooklyn off the D & R trains

no pay, but fabulous exposure in a BIG NYC dance event


What?

The work is based on an iconic image from an early 1900’s legend regarding the Flatiron building. It is said that the buildings triangular shape created specific wind currents. These gusts of winds would blow women’s skirts revealing their legs as they passed by. Such an occurrence caused men to loiter and watch, finding fascination with the bare legs of a women, seldom exposed at that time. Local Authorities would shout, 23 Skidoo, as a code word for telling the men to scatter, stop their gazing. Abstracting & exaggerating the representation of this image, the research is derived from how an architectural structure can inform a movement vocabulary. This research also is concerned with a historical transformation between the relationship of men and woman over the past 110 years.

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