Call it hip-hop dance theater. Call it contemporary performance. Call it five guys getting their antiwar freak on. Call it whatever you like so long as you go see "Scratch & Burn." -- Miami Herald
Teo Castellanos/D-Projects, "Scratch & Burn"
January 19 & 20, 8:30 p.m.
Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts
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Written and directed by Teo Castellanos, with original music by Brimstone 127 and choreography by break dance legend Ricardo "Speedy Legs" Fernandez, Scratch & Burn uses the language of hip-hop and urban street combat to create a powerful statement about the battle for supremacy and domination----begging the question When is war not the answer?
The immensely entertaining dance theater work blends elements of ancient Zulu and Maori rituals with live African drumming, a megaton soundtrack and dramatic effects with lighting, props, costumes and video projection. Five male dancers assume various roles and rarely leave the stage, concluding the show with a display of break dancing that leaves the audience gasping. Scratch & Burn is fast and furious, forceful and athletic, delivering a searing critique of war, violence, racial stereotypes, the Bush administration and U.S. imperialism.
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TEO CASTELLANOS/D-PROJECTS
Founded by award-winning actor, director and playwright Teo Castellanos, the all male company, D-Projects, represents a cross section of conservatory and street trained artists who have joined forces to create provocative contemporary performance. Influenced by the collages of Romare Bearden, Juan Sanchez and the compositions of John Coltrane, D-Projects fuses ancient traditions with contemporary performance and B-Boy choreography confronting social issues and bringing world rituals to the stage.
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TEO CASTELLANOS BIOGRAPHY
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Miami, Teo Castellanos is an award-winning actor, writer and director who works in theater, film and television. Teo Castellano's NE 2nd Avenue was awarded the International Cultural Exchange grant by Miami-Dad County Cultural Affairs, which allowed Teo to bring his work to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where it won the Fringe First Award, the most prestigious theater award of the festival. It was also nominated for a South Florida Carbonell Ward for Best New Work and was awarded Best Solo Performance by Miami new Time and Best Original Play by Miami Beach Sun and is currently touring nationally and internationally
Sponsored by the Lois & Richard Rosenthal Foundation
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This project is made possible in part by a grant from the National Performance Network's Performance Residency Program. Major contributors of the NPN include the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency), Altria and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Find out more about NPN
Media Sponsor: CityBeat
Performances are 8:30 p.m. on January 19 & 20, 2007.
Ticket prices: $27 & $22; $17 Students & Seniors. Available at the Aronoff Center Ticket Office at 513/621-2787 or on-line at www.cincinnatiarts.org. Or go directly to the page by clicking Friday or Saturday.
The Aronoff Center for the Arts is located at 650 Walnut Street in Downtown Cincinnati.
