Scratch and Burn
November 19 - 21
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Dance Umbrella presents the multi-cultural, multi-talented group Teo Castellanos D-Projects in “Scratch & Burn”, a contemporary mediation on war and dominance.
The all-male company performs “Scratch & Burn” a 70-minute anti-war ritual influenced by hip hop on Friday and Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in the Debra and Kevin Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 W. Riverside.
Tickets are $22 for Adults, $18 for DU members, $15 students and seniors. Group rates available by calling Dance Umbrella at 512.450.0456. Tickets are available here.
Written and Directed by Teo Castellanos with choreography by break dance legend Ricardo "Speedy Legs" Fernandez, this original theater piece explores war traditions and battle cries using modern Hip Hop vernacular and movement - begging the question—when is war not the answer? Incorporating early Zulu rituals, elements of Butoh, Maori War Dance, Tibetan Buddhism and modern political war games, Scratch & Burn is a potent investigation of human nature and our incessant need to battle for supremacy and dominance.
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.
Dance Umbrella presents innovative contemporary dance makers from around the world in its DISCOVER DANCE series to engage both the young and old in programs that express the diversity of the human experience and bring the power, culture and history of dance to the Austin community.
Dance Umbrella is a NPN Partner of the National Performance Network (NPN). This project is made possible in part by support from the NPN Performance Residency Program. Major contributors include the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: www.npnweb.org. This project is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
For more information contact Dance Umbrella at 512.450.0456.