I love public art (free!) and this looks fantastic at the Los Angeles Music Center.
"SLOW DANCING"
West Coast Premiere
Created by David Michalek
Commissioned by the Music Center
Dance at the Music Center proudly presents the West Coast premiere of Slow Dancing. An outdoor installation of larger-than-life, hyper-slow-motion video portraits of extraordinary dance artists from around the world. Also being presented by New York’s Lincoln Center, Slow Dancing simultaneously captures the beauty of the body in motion, while exposing its most intricate nuances.
(Information and photos from the Los Angeles Music Center Website.)
Free nightly performances from 6 pm to midnight. (Optimal viewing is said to be after 7:30 pm)
September 18 – 26, 2007 at the Los Angeles Music Center
135 North Grand Avenue. Los Angeles, CA 90012
213/972-7211
This sounds like it would be a great date idea, kinda like going to a drive-in movie, but cooler. I suggest bringing some grub and drink and having a picnic while you’re at it. There is food at the center too. Check their website for details about food, directions, and parking. If you go earlier, you can check out nearby sites such as the Disney Concert Hall, the Catholic Cathedral, MOCA, Little Tokyo, Olvera Street, Chinatown…
To learn more about the dancers and read quotations from them about what it was like to be part of this exhibition, click here. To see some glorious pictures of the dancers, go here.
