Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/13/2016
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
St. Mary's Park
Categories
SummerStage: Joe Bataan meets SETENTA / Joan Català
Free Concert
City Parks Foundation
Location: St Mary’s St bet. St Ann’s Av and Jackson Av Bronx, NY
Joe Bataan, the “King of Latin Soul,” helped coin the phrase “Salsoul” in 1974 lending the name to his first album. Bataan was influenced by two musical styles: the Latin boogaloo and African American doo-wop. Bataan recorded three albums and several singles for Salsoul Records and the Latin subdivision
of Salsoul Records, Salsoul Leyendas. Titles include SalSoul, Rap-O-Clap-O, Joe Bataan II, Afrofilipino
and a new compilation of his greatest hits titled Tropical Classics: Joe Bataan, which features the early 1979 hip-hop hit “Rap-O-Clap-O” and additional classic titles he performed for the Salsoul Leyendas label.
A proposal that eliminates the boundaries between dance, circus, theatre and performance; between audience and spectator. A natural review of artisan techniques and ones’ own memories. A sample changing, only as a result of the interaction with the Viewer. A work that is born from the observation of craft work, the study of the body, that highlights the beauty of movement when working. A sense of community, an ephemeral ritual, a dialogue with nature and the individual, an experience that creates complicity and magnetism. Pelat is silence, expectation, strength, tension, and magical,
spontaneous participation. Pelat is body poetry. Pelat is ritual, movement and collective action. The first solo show by this young multidisciplinary creator, Joan Català, trained in the plastic arts, theatre, circus and dance, with an extensive international curriculum that includes the companies: Circo Klezmer, Daraomaï, Mudances, Mal Pelo, Circo Sincler, Bolna Kist, La Fura dels Baus and Sarruga, among others
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