You know how we do…

DECA sells out

and so we have added an extra show

Sun 3pm

http://tickets.joyce.org/tickets/production.aspx?PID=334

Check out some rehearsal photos by the brilliant Holly Daggers

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for tickets click HERE

Decadancetheatre opens at Joyce SoHo tomorrow evening (Jul 15), and if I wasn’t excited enough by the all-female Brooklyn-based hip-hop troupe with live DJs, it came to my attention that Artistic Director Jennifer Weber has teamed up with multimedia artist Holly Daggers on integrating 3-D video into all of their performances. I sat down with Ms. Daggers yesterday to talk about this exciting collaboration in the Joyce SoHo conference room.

As the audience walks into Joyce SoHo this weekend, they will be handed 3D glasses to wear at their discretion throughout the show. Throughout the performance, video will be projected on the back wall that is enhanced by wearing the glasses, though they’re not necessary. The 3-D technology being utilized in the video for this performance is different from what you see in an IMAX movie theater – while it operates on the same principle that red images jump forward and blue images jump back, you still will see sharp, colorful graphics even when you take your glasses off.

This is the first collaboration between Ms. Weber and Ms. Daggers, who were introduced through a mutual friend. Jennifer Weber used to work with turning classic narrative works into hip-hop works – for example, she has adapted Firebird and different works by Shakespeare. For this concert, she’s stepping away from narrative and moving into the thematic, presenting an evening entitled When the Sky Breaks. Ms. Daggers has enjoyed the challenge of updating the distinct imagery of hip-hop to be utilized in this evening of hip-hop concert dance. The results are sure to be thrilling.

July 15, 2010, 8pm

Be the first to experience When The Sky Breaks, Deca’s world-premiere piece fusing old school hip-hop with cutting-edge, 3D technology.  Put on your 3D glasses and watch what happens when dancers, a DJ and VJ all collaborate to push the boundaries of hip-hop in new dimensions. “Her leading dancers bring the feminine mystique to hip-hop. They suspend the expected fierce staccato moves in a matrix of lush fluency and add a dimension of alluring mystery to the form’s conventional tough, streetwise attitude.” Tobi Tobias, The Village Voice.

After the show, stay to party with the dancers and enjoy a special dance performance by Future, the legendary House/Waving/Popping artist, music by Deca’s very own DJ Henry C, food and drinks sponsored by Agave NYC (www.agaveny.com) and beer by Gaffel and Jever.  Dance photography by Deca board director Daniel Pincus and Oliver Page will be on display and available for purchase.  Private dance classes with the company members will help raise funds for the company.

Why support Deca?

“The pioneering all-female hip-hop group…a fearless coalition of b-girls” –The New Yorker, Based in Brooklyn, Decadancetheatre features dancers from the US, UK, Norway, France and Japan and has rocked stages from Jacob’s Pillow to NY City Center to London’s Southbank Center—spreading their global perspective on hip-hop dance theatre.  Deca needs to raise funds to help the creation of new work and increase our educational programs.  All donations to Deca are tax-deductable and can be made online at: http://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/fiscal/profile?id=3432

For tickets:

www.joyce.org

212-242-0800

Decadancetheatre

presents

DECA 3D–an evening of new work fusing hip-hop dance with 3D technology

July 15-18 2010, 8pm

Joyce Soho

155 Mercer St. NYC

For Tickets, Click HERE

$20/$15 students

Opening night benefit show/after party tickets begin at $50

What an amazing end to the tour.  DECA created the first piece for the new B Supreme Crew and then performed the world premiere of our new work, “The Cage,” to sold-out crowds at London’s Southbank Center.

“Jennifer Weber’s Brooklyn-based Decadancetheatre got things off to a promising start. In The Cage, a world premiere, the four company members balanced their cohesion as a tightly knit unit against individual strengths.”--The London Times

Full review Here

Rockin on the other side of the Atlantic in 2010

Our Winter Adventure:

Feb 14-19
Brewery Arts Center, Kendal UK
Hip-Hop Half term workshops
Lec/Dem Feb 18

Feb 21-26
The Egg, Bath UK
YPT Urban Arts
Shakespeare Unplugged Workshops
Performance, Feb 26

Feb 29-March 12
Hype Dance, Sheffield, UK
Workshops

March 13-27, France

La Manufacture,  Aurillac

Limoges College, Limoges

Firmin Roz College, Limoges

Calmette Lycee Suzanne Valadon, Limoges

ccsm Jean Moulin, Limoges

ccsm Jean Gagnant, Limoges

b58, Limoges

March 29-April 4
B Supreme Festival Of Women in Hip-Hop
Southbank Centre, London, UK
Workshops and performances

We had a great 2009 and are looking forward to 2010

DECA backstage at City Center Nov 1, 2009

Check Out the Flicker of our 2009 adventures here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46142403@N06/sets/72157622991302259/

Footage from our November performances at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

Sylvia Clark, Lucile Graciano, Nadia Lumley