Miami Light Project Presents 'Glossy Page Pimps' Free!
By: Beau Higgins Aug. 19, 2005
stage a free reading of their latest work in progress Glossy Page Pimps
on Friday, September 9, 2005.Written and performed by Teo Castellanos and Raquel Almazan, featuring
music DJ Snowhite and directed by Michael John Garces, Glossy Page
Pimps is a critical and humorous assessment of popular culture's
misogynistic slant that explores the oldest profession of Pimpin' and Ho's set to
a soundtrack of old school Funk and contemporary Hip Hop From music videos on BET and MTV, commercials on major networks and
print advertisements in magazines, we are constantly assaulted by images
and sounds that objectify women and other minorities. However, there is
debate that if a woman is an active participant-willingly modeling or
dancing-then it isn't misogynistic or denigrating. Who owns images? Who
decides how genders and different racial groups will be defined? How do
those definitions and descriptions ultimately affect generations of
youth and their self-image? How does it effect overall race relations and
progressive movements in the United States? D-Projects will set the
stage to explore these questions in a work that reflects a sorely needed
female voice in a male dominated Hip Hop community. Glossy Page Pimps
will offer genuine aspects of women's lives and explore issues pertinent
to them, within a spectrum ranging from the blatant chauvinism of
commercial rap to the message of unity, peace and understanding of
underground
activist work.
A reading of a work in progress of
A D-Projects jointFriday, September 9, 20058:00pmThe Light Box3000 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33137FREECall 786.271.2076About D-ProjectsFounded by Fringe First Award winning actor/director/playwright Teo
Castellanos, D-Projects represents a cross section of conservatory and
street trained artists who have joined forces to create provocative
contemporary performance. Influenced by the collages of Juan Sanchez and
Romare Bearden and the compositions of John Coltrane; D-Projects fuses
ancient traditions with contemporary performance to bring the wisdom of
world culture to the stage. D-Projects
e: dprojects@hotmail.com
p: 305.333.3605
http://www.teocastellanos.com
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