Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/12/2016
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
St. Mary's Park
Categories
SummerStage: Johnny Rivera / Joan Català hosted by George Nenadich
Free Concert
City Parks Foundations
Location: St Mary’s St bet. St Ann’s Av and Jackson Av Bronx, NY
Johnny Rivera is a Tropical/Salsa recording artist and producer with more than 35 years of singing experience. After graduating from high school in the South Bronx, Rivera moved to Puerto Rico where he began a successful singing career. In 1993 Johnny recorded the production Cuando Parara La Lluvia, which featured three hit singles: “Cuando Parara La Lluvia,” “Por Eso Esta Conmigo,” and “Voy a Conquistar Tu Amor.” Cuando Parara La Lluvia earned platinum accolades shortly after its release, and made a worldwide impact. Rivera made a name for himself at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, during two “Combinacion Perfecta” concerts and the popularity of this live performance has contributed to the overall success of his musical career. Today Johnny continues traveling around the world as a Tropical/Salsa sensation, appearing at special music events in Puerto Rico and in Latin America
A proposal that eliminates the boundaries between dance, circus, theater 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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