THURSDAY JUNE 1
MOVEMENT RESEARCH FESTIVAL SPRING 2017
"SURPRISE! SURPRISE(!) SURPRISE/! SURPRISE"
THE JACKIE 60 MCs with DJ JOHNNY DYNELL
Johnny appears with JACKIE MCs PAUL ALEXANDER and CHI CHI VALENTI for an MC workshop and performance at the dance/performance festival MOVEMENT RESEARCH. Curators LAURIE BERG, MONSTAH BLACK and AMY KHOSHBIN envision their installment called "Inside Out Upside Down" as "paying homage to our roots and the importance of coming together in this political battleground. What is the role of the club in activating a community and creating a cross- cultural blend?" TENDAYI KUUMBA, LARISSA VELEZ- JACKSON and MR. RICHARD KENNEDY blend movement and sound in a series of performances that move into the 9 PM workshop led by famed JACKIE 60 MCs PAUL ALEXANDER, CHI CHI VALENTI and special guests, with DJ JOHNNY DYNELL. JACKIE 60, a nightclub hybrid that blurs the lines between performance and party, will be representing their unique brand of dynamic space in the lounge as DJ ADAM RHODES from Papi Juice pumps up the back room into a reckless abandonment dance party with the Jackie 60 MCs and DJ Dynell taking it over (the top) to the end of the night.
MC WORKSHOP:
The special MC workshop with the original Jackie 60 producers, DJ and MCs teaches the history of their particular style of MC'ing, one that engages a stream of consciousness, musical structure, and the all-important relationship between the MC and the DJ. Learn how to pull the audience's focus to different objects and people in the space, how to read the room and the narrative arc of the night's energy. It's a performative way of hosting, and the skills learned in the MC workshop are being put into practice as you participate.
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