madart - morphing me

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526 W 147th Street, #44New York, NY 10031Tel: 1.914.843.9435

ForimmediatereleaseMADArtCreativeProductionsMorphingMeDateandTime:May25that7PM

Tickets:$15AdvanceTickets&$20DayofEvent

Venue:FlamboynTheater,CSVCulturalCenter,107SuffolkStreet,NewYork,NY10002

MADArtCreativeisproudtopresentMorphingMe,amultidisciplinaryartsexperiencetakingplaceatFlamboynTheater,CSVCulturalCenter.Thetheateristransformedintoaninteractiveenvironment,

centeredwith

afluorescent

water

installation

Glow.

Inspired

by

the

changing

nature

of

water

dancers,musiciansandvisualartistsworktogetherandexploretheideaofindividualandcollective

transformationandtransferenceofpower.Theinteractivestagemorphsandshiftswithmusicand

dance,deliveringanimpactandanunforgettableexperience.Thehourlongperformancewillbe

accompaniedbyanafterparty,withlivemusicperformanceandacashbar.Change is the essential process of all life forms. Inspired by the morphing nature of the waterfront,

MADArt director Santino Lo built up a light of water installation with ultraviolet light and fluorescent

enhanced water. Based on the installation, resident choreographerLauren Camp creates a dance piece

with 6 dancers with music performed by Americas leading modern trombone collective Guidonian

Hand andcomposed by ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award winnerJeremy Howard

Beck. To bring in visual arts components, Colombian artistLeo Castaneda will exhibit his illusionisticabstract paintings, and work with Artistic Director Santino Lo to design the moving

environment. The performance on 5/25 will conclude with an after-party featuring Paris-based post-

modern jazz trio The Kandinsky Effect, and the audience is encouraged to meet the artists over

reception.

AspartofthepartnershipwithTwoBridgesNeighborhoodCouncil,theprojectalsoincludesaspecial

communitypreviewonMay24th.ChildrenandstudentsfromtheTwoBridgescommunitywillbeinvited

toattendforfree.TicketsforMay25theventwillbeonsaleamonthpriortotheeventonMADArtCreativeswebsiteon

April25th:www.madartcreative.com.MorphingMeismadepossibleinpartwithpublicfundsfromtheManhattanCommunityArtsFund,supportedbytheNewYorkCityDepartmentofCulturalAffairsinpartnershipwiththeCityCounciland

administeredbyLowerManhattanCulturalCouncil.MorphingMeisalsomadepossibleinpartwithpublicfundsfromtheFundforCreativeCommunities,supportedbyNewYorkStateCouncilontheArts

andadministeredbyLowerManhattanCulturalCouncil.

MediaCONTACT:[email protected]://www.MADArtCreative.com


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ParticipatingArtistsSantinoLo,MADArtCreative,Producer/DirectorOriginallyfromHongKong,SantinowenttoSUNYPurchaseCollegeforadoubledegreeinMusic

PerformanceonTubaandArtsManagement.Fascinatedandmotivatedbytheideaof

Gesamtkunstwerk,the"allinclusiveartform",SantinofoundedMADArtCreativein2012afterhe

graduatedfromcollege.SantinoiscurrentlypursuinghisMastersinPerformingArtsAdministrationat

NewYorkUniversity.Hehadexperienceworkinginproduction,marketing,anddevelopmentwith

institutionssuchasLowerManhattanCulturalCouncil,Baryshnikov/ArktypeProductions,Lincoln

CenterforthePerformingArts,ArtsandBusinessCouncilofNewYork,NewYorkCityOpera,andmore.LaurenCamp,MADArtCreative,DanceCoordinator/ChoreographerLaurenCampreceivedherBFAindancefromSUNYPurchaseCollegewithanemphasisinChoreography.

WiththePurchaseDanceCompanyshehasdancedworksbyGeorgeBalanchine,PaulTaylorandTwayla

Tharp.ShehasalsoworkedwithchoreographersCorrineBlum,RichardGibbs,AmySeiwert,JinJuSong

Begin,HeeRaYoo,RosalindNewman,JordanaTobackandCalenKirka.Laurenisafreelanceteacher,

dancerandchoreographerinNewYorkandCalifornia.SheiscurrentlydancingwithYoo&Dancers,and

theLMProject,aswellastheCoFounderofCOLAB[ExperimentsinCollaboration].LeonardoCastaneda,VisualArtistLeoCastaeda,born1988,Cali,Colombia,isanartistlivinginNewYorkCity.Hisworkscombineclassical

methodsofillusionisticimagemakingwithabstractiontocreatespacesthatabsorbtheviewer.

Castaedathen

recreates

events

in

his

paintings

and

drawings

using

mediums

such

as

interactive

sculpture,animationandperformance,toengagehisaudienceasparticipatorsratherthanpassive

observers.CastaedareceivedhisBFAfromCooperUnionandiscurrentlypursuinganMFAatHunter

College.JeremyHowardBeck,FeaturedComposerForJeremyHowardBeck,writingmusicisanintegral,urgentpartofalifelivedinsearchofextremes,

adventures,andadrenalinelifelongpassionsforrollercoastersandgymnasticshavelenthismusic

intense,visceralphysicalityandemotionalimmediacy. Hismusichasbeenperformedacrossthe

country:atthe25thannualBangonaCanMarathon;MYTHOS,aconcertbenefitingEducationThrough

MusicLosAngeles(California);theBangonaCanSummerFestivalatMASSMoCA(Massachusetts);the

InternationalTrombone

Festival

(Austin,

Texas);

the

Norfolk

Chamber

Music

Festival

(Connecticut);

and

NewYorkvenuesSymphonySpace,TheCell,GalapagosArtSpace,TheTank,andtheGershwinHotel.He

istherecipient,forhistrombonequartetAwakening,ofa2011ASCAPMortonGouldYoungComposer

Award,andhisfirstsymphony,Metropolis,wasawardedHonorableMentioninthe2010ASCAP/CBDNA

FrederickFennellPrizecompetition.


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TheGuidonianHand,FeaturedEnsembleAcclaimedbytheNewYorkTimesfortheirexpertlyplayedperformancesdisplayingmeatylower

brasstextures,theGuidonianHandisAmericasleadingmoderntrombonecollective.Tirelessadvocatesforcontemporarymusic,thisadventurousensemblecollaboratesfrequentlywith

livingcomposers,bringingtolifecompellingnewworks.Theyhavecommissionedoveradozennew

worksandreceivedgrantsfromorganizationssuchasChamberMusicAmerica,theBarlowFoundation,

andNewMusicUSA(formerlyMeettheComposer). TheHandhaspremieredworksbyEveBeglarian,

ConradWinslow,J.MarkStambaugh,GalenBrown,andJeremyHowardBeck. Currentcommissions

includepiecesbyMaryEllenChilds,JeremyHowardBeck,MaxSeigel,ChristianGentry,TimHanson,and

AlexWeiser,thegroupscomposerinresidenceforthe201213season.CSVCulturalCenterTheClementeSotoVlezCultural&EducationalCenterInc.isaPuertoRican/Latinoculturalinstitution

thathasdemonstratedabroadmindedculturalvisionandacollaborativephilosophy.WhileCSVs

missionisfocusedonthecultivation,presentation,andpreservationofPuertoRicanandLatinoculture,

itisequallydeterminedtooperateinamulticulturalandinclusivemanner,housingandpromoting

artistsandperformanceeventsthatfullyreflecttheculturaldiversityoftheLowerEastSideandthecity

asawhole.

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