Andre's show in SaMo, CA this weekend!

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From: andrae
Date: Feb 12, 2007 9:04 AM


If you are in LA this weekend, come see the dance show that Jamie and I are producing, called "Bathroom Follies" at Highways Performance Space, 8:30pm. Not only is Jamie "the Shit" for choreographing the whole thing, but he actually dances the role, in one of the pieces. I'm doing the costumes. Here's a little more info about it and a link to buy the tickets:
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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 16TH AND 17TH
8:30 PM

BATHROOM FOLLIES

For Immediate Release

DANCE, FASHION, SPECIAL EVENTS leogarcia@highwaysperformance.org

PROJECT RUNWAY DESIGNER AND CHOREOGRAPHER COLLABORATE ON DANCE PRESENTATION ABOUT PUBLIC RESTROOM LIFE, ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, FEB 16 & 17.

Santa Monica, CA - Highways Performance Space presents the premiere of "Bathroom Follies", a dance work conceived by Choreographer Jamie Benson and Project Runway's Andrae Gonzalo. Benson garnered critical attention originating the role of "Eldon" in LATC's Ovation award winning production of "Shag with a Twist" in 2005. Los Angeles Fashion Designer Andrae Gonzalo gained acclaim as the emotionally bald designer of Project Runway's 2nd season, and for his conviction that good fashion is "clothing that tells a story". In these pieces, Benson and Gonzalo appropriate the inherent relationship of dance with fashion to explore the dynamics of public vulnerability. Early notions for "Bathroom Follies" arose from their shared experiences, serving LA's cultural elite in the Founders Room of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, as well as the aftermath of Gonzalo's Emmy-nominated breakdown on Project Runway.

Highways performance Space is located at 1651 18th Street, in Santa Monica, CA, ½ block north of Olympic Blvd. Tickets are available for either night at $20/general and $15/students (students must present ID at door). Buy your tickets on-line @ www.highwaysperformance.org . Call 310-315-1459 for show information.




For this dance work, Benson and Gonzalo collectively investigated scenarios which dramatized the common human realities confronted within "the facilities". Inspired by this goal, the fashion/costumes for the piece are intended to be clothes which tell a more experiential story than those in an ordinary fashion show. Benson's choreography incorporates jazz, modern dance, and ballet, in order to access the varied spectrum of human dynamics found in this unorthodox setting. The final result is a series of six dance sequences which dissect the social and psychological dimensions of human activities in front of the bathroom sink, or within toilet stalls.

Each of these pieces focus on the public performances which occur the moment we expose our human intimacies to the florescent gaze of "the john". Whether transformed by the anxiety of pending urine test results, the vexing pretense of female social politics, or even the simple pleasures of an illicit blowjob, the bathroom still remains the quintessential "room of rest", and the repository of those experiences which unite us all as human beings.


Highways Performance Space is in its 18th year as Southern California''s boldest center for new performance, promoting the development of contemporary, socially involved artists and art forms from diverse local, national and international communities. Artistic Director Leo Garcia continues to affirm Highways mission of developing and presenting innovative performance. For more information, photos or interviews, please contact Leo Garcia, Artistic Director @ 310 453-1755