Artistsplus Productions Inc

A COLLABORATION WITH MUSE/IQUE FOR A SIGHT-SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE CALLED STRING AWAKENING IN PASADENA, CA. THIS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO NOT ONLY ENTERTAIN THE AUDIENCE BUT TO OFFER VARIOUS LECTURES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRINGED INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR EVOLUTION. DANCERS WERE USED ALONGSIDE A STRING ORCHESTRA TO PORTRAY THE VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS BEING PLAYED. ARTISTSPLUS WAS INVITED BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART (LACMA) TO BE A PART OF THEIR SPECIAL EXHIBITION ON DEGAS, THE FAMOUS PAINTER. DESIGNED AS A PUBLIC LECTURE, WE SPOKE ON THE HISTORY AND PASSION BEHIND DEGASFASCINATION WITH THE BALLERINA. ARTISTSPLUS CREATED A DANCE CONCERT TO PARALLEL THE LECTURE IN THE MUSEUM. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THE DANCERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE DRESSED AS THE DEGAS PAINTINGS AND PERFORM AMONG THE ART. CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYS MUSIC SCHOOL INVITED ARTISTSPLUS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR SUMMER MUSIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. STUDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14-22 WERE INVITED FOR A TWO WEEK IMMERSION AT THE UNIVERSITY TO STUDY INTERDISCIPLINARY TECHNIQUES IN MUSIC, THEATER, MOVEMENT, AND VISUAL ARTS. THE GOAL WAS TO INTRODUCE THE MUSICIANS TO TECHNIQUES IN MOVEMENT, DRAWING, AND ACTING IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THEIR PERFORMANCE AS MUSICAL ARTISTS. RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DANCE AND THEATRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM, ARTISTSPLUS BROUGHT THE STUDENTS TO LOCAL CONVALESCENT HOMES AND A PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR OPEN CONCERTS, GIVING THE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO PERFORM. A SECOND COLLABORATION WITH MUSE/IQUE OCCURRED ON THE CAMPUS OF CALTECH FOR THEIR SUMMERTIME CONCERT SERIES. PERFECT UNION COMBINED 5 DANCERS WITH A FULL ORCHESTRA PERFORMING THE CONCEPT OF PAIRS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE NOT ONLY IN MUSIC, BUT IN DANCE. SHORT LECTURES WERE INTERJECTED BETWEEN MUSICAL PERFORMANCES WHICH PROVIDED AN EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING ELEMENT. ARTISTSPLUS WAS HIRED BY THE ANGELES CHORALE FOR A COLLABORATION WITH MAESTRO JOHN SUTTON. "CARMINA BURANA" WAS PERFORMED WITH 6 LOCAL DANCERS, A FULL ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR IN PASADENA. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WAS FULL TO CAPACITY WITH LOCAL FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ATTENDING THE CONCERT.