bryanjazz

My first foray into new York media production is a collaboration with D Underbelly to produce First Dark Drama (FDD). The conceptual artist/musical composer, Daniel Givens, has been a close friend of mine for about 8 years, and I was happy to be able to contirbute to his artisitc endeavors. I intend to further explore my media mogul proclivities in the near future. :-)

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FIRST DARK DRAMA
A project of D UNDERBELLY
AT THE ONTOLOGICAL THEATER AT ST. MARK’S CHURCH
August 23 - 26 @ 8PM (Wednesday - Saturday)

Experimental DJ/Composer Daniel Givens and Interdisciplinary artist Baraka de Soleil, inspired by Givens' latest album, Dayclear/First Dark, collaborate to create FIRST DARK DRAMA: a multisensory work that journeys deep into the subconscious of urban dwelling & personal memory; enmeshing Afro-post mod movement with stark visuals & dissonant compositions.

Through intimate and exposed episodic pathways, FIRST DARK DRAMA’s world orbits around the ever-fluid relationship between sensory recall, time and history. It is a cosmic space embodied in refractions of memories, distilled from the legacies of race & culture; a prism into how we as Black gay men continue to love & survive in the midst of loss & longing.

Originally conceived by Daniel Givens;
Sound Composition, Text & Media: Daniel Givens
Movement, Direction, Conceptualization & additional text: Baraka de Soleil
Performed with: Sunder Ashni, Karen Armatrading, Christal Brown, Crystal
Davis, Roger Halll, Taji Maalik Hill, Lela Jones, Mutale Kanyata & others.
Produced in association with the Ontological-Hysteric Inucbator
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First Dark Drama, a project of D UNDERBELLY
in association with The Ontological-Hysteric Incubator
DATES & TIMES: August 23 - 26 WED - SAT @ 8PM
TICKETS: $15 Adults, $10 Students: www.ontological.com or TheaterMania @
212.352.3101
LOCATION: Ontological Theater at St. Mark's, 131 East 10th street and 2nd Ave