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Couture Breathes New Life into Classical Music
November 22, 2011
Nouveau Classical Project (NCP) members backstage before their performance (Left to right: Mariel Roberts, cellist, and Samir Zarif, guest saxophonist) / Photo by Teresa Mahoney
The entryway to a five-by-nine dressing room glows backstage at the Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo, just a few blocks from the Brooklyn Bridge. Damp socks are scrunched into rain boots, and unlaced sneakers find edges in the tiny room. Street clothes are traded for hooded cloaks, draping mini-dresses, and velvet leotards with large puffy sleeves.
Members of the Nouveau Classical Project (NCP) were getting dressed for their October performance of “From the Margins, This, Unmentioned”—a musical work originally by Bryan Senti for a multimedia production that included music, video, poetry, and fashion. The eight-person ensemble re-created the piece, narrowing it down to two ordinarily independent components: classical music and fashion.
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DISCUSSION: BLENDING FASHION & CLASSICAL MUSIC
November 22, 2011
The Nouveau Classical Project explains the role fashion plays in classical music when it comes to performing and acquiring grants. The ensemble collaborates with fashion designers to create custom clothing to wear during their performances—a modern twist on the traditionally all black conservatory attire.
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