POW! Delving into the 20's, 50's and 60's
The POW! girly girl band working hard both in the dance and the music studio
Jillian Hollis, Kiersten Franz and Molly
Merkler rehearse to the Shangri-Las
In the dance studio we are playing with
the sounds and feels of the 1920's and 50's. For the 20's, we are doing
that classic swing thing and throwing just a touch of old school hip-hop in the
mix. Choreographically, I'm designing the bodies to create plaids. Costumes
will probably accentuate this. I'm thinking fringe with multicolored gloves and
tights. I want to see plaid pop out in the space now and again. POW!
PLAID!
For the 50's scenario, I'm basically mixing ska
with the Shangri-Las sound- both classic 50's, very cool and easy
breezy. I'm using circle imagery mixed with lots of
percussive isolation. For costumes, I need something that will
accentuate the calmness of the circles (flowing fabric perhaps) but will not
hide sharp movements. Perplexing...
Katie Atherton on the Harmonica Molly Merkler on the Guitar
On the music side of the board, debuting
this Friday at Fontanas, the girly-girl band will perform their first ever song
and dance with live instruments! (they also will be doing a little Choreokay, our favorite karaoke songs with live backup dancers)
This was my attempt to see if I can make
live music work with the dancing, and Katie and Molly really pulled through!
ALRIGHT!!!!! I'm feeling super about their new 1960's inspired number to These
Boots are Made for Walkin', where they transform from two
meek geeks into raucous riot girls. Let's see what happens when they get
in front of an audience... It's our little experiment with being a dance
band that actually plays their own music.
You're invited to deathmask's Wonderful CD Release party!
FRIDAY MARCH 7!!
at FONTANA'S
105 Eldridge St. between Broome and Grand
Horny Worms 9pm
POW! girly girl band 10pm
deathmask 1030pm
DJ Dawn all night!
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Jessy Smith on March 6, 2008 7:02 PM
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