FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The Elektrik Zoo performs live tonight at the Manship Theatre
Baton Rouge, LA – January 10, 2010 – The Elektrik Zoo will debut their newest projection art along side the Chard Gonzalez Dance Theatre tonight in the Manship Theatre at the Shaw Center for the Arts. The piece, entitled “Double Entendre Tooth Tiger,” is their 5th collaboration with the dancer/choreographer. “Chard is constantly challenging me,” said Daneeta Jackson, co-founder of the Elektrik Zoo creative partnership. “His pieces are strange and funky. They conjure images in my head that I can’t really explain. He’s really taught me to trust my instinct, and that has helped me in my other work.
Double Entendre Tooth Tiger (2010) grapples with the issues of Evolution and Creationism. To pursue individual freedom of expression, this work releases the constrictive rules and conventions of traditional dance forms. Without specific codes often perceived in dance, the audience is also free to interpret what is meaningful or truthful from their own perspective. The addition of contemporary film projection and musical accompaniment establishes the work’s multi-media aesthetic. This provocative dance theatre production does not intend to make a statement about what is wrong or right, but does aim to challenge the viewpoints of two opposing sides.
Chard Gonzalez Dance Theatre is a recently established nonprofit organization based in New Orleans. Their mission is to amplify the talents of dance theatre artists and to enhance the public’s appreciation of dance theatre through evocative productions performed locally, nationally and internationally.
