Blue Building–222 E46th street/Saturday March 26th, 2022.
Welcome back friends, and welcome this week, to a new, fresh, unique, New York based, contemporary, avant-garde, art concept, a monthly performance salon series, celebrating art, in all of its expressions!
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Welcome to Art Bath!
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Welcome to a novel, New York, hip, exciting, inspiring, inclusive, and exhilarating art “salon” venue, staging a wide ranging array, of amazing, trail-blazing, state-of-the-art, cutting edge, modern works, in an expansive, raw, welcoming, open, fun, forthcoming, and yet, intimate environment.
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To all of the above!
Again welcome, welcome, welcome to Art Bath.
What else should we know about Art Bath?
Art Bath is, a fairly new, recently launched, (in February 2022), New York City, salon (art) series, based at the Blue Building, a former huge electrical factory on 46th street, and was founded by three hyper talented, refined, stylish, elegant, outgoing, gregarious, fun, warm, and generous performing artists themselves, from various dance companies (including at the Met Opera); and who, in addition to being, accomplished artists, themselves, have been able, in the past few weeks, to draw in, an eclectic and impressive number of both, highly acclaimed, and upcoming, amazing, inspired, and inspiring international artists, of all genres.
How about that?
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Meet stimulating Art Bath co-producers, Cesar Abreu, Mara Driscoll and Liz Yilmaz, who all, in their own original way, with masterful ease, exhilarating joy, and great expertise, through Art Bath, foster unique, forward-thinking artistic creation, and wonderfully fun experimentation, at their beautifully curated salon series, in an expansive, stunning, soulful, and welcoming space.
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Santiago Felipe photography @santiagraphy
This dynamic co-producing trio, helps create and cultivate, along with the artists and the audience, a personal, free flowing, collaborative, engaging, relaxed, joyful, inclusive environment for all, in which arresting, outstanding, top notch artistic expressions of various cultural traditions, can be enjoyed, discussed and admired, at one’s own unique, and leisurely pace, according to one’s own personality, tempo and style.
How about that?
Wow!
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And last Saturday, the incredibly rich Art Bath program, featured wonderfully diverse works: exciting photography from two different artists, whimsical illustrations, a gorgeous dance film, and eclectic and electric live performing arts (classical music, poetry, singing, and dancing by various companies, on various music genres).
Art Bath did not disappoint: like all, I was simply, dazzled.
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1)Let’s first, admire the work from celebrity and fashion photographer, Johnny Rozsa, a wonderfully spirited, dexterous, and highly skilled artist, and great admirer of early Hollywood iconic glamour.
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And now, here are a few of Rozsa’s works from a few years ago, as well as three portraits, done on site, last Saturday, with audience members and artists.
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Enjoy!
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Just fabulous!
2) And now, let’s switch to music, and admire a short and wonderful excerpt of classical music, of the world renown, classical music trio, Aureole Trio, performing a dreamy, bucolic, atmospheric piece:
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And now, let’s listen to a stunning short video excerpt:
Enjoy!
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So beautiful.
3) And now, let’s add some dancing to this classical music, and here is the beautiful Met opera dancer, Cara Seymour, dancing away on Aureole Trio’s music.
Santiago Felipe photography @santiagraphy
So poetic!
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As is this “dreamy” short film excerpt:
Enjoy!
Just wonderful.
4) Highly talented and imaginative Jaiseok Kang, a.k.a. Jason River Photography and sculpture, had also mesmerizing photography works on display, last Saturday.
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Here are two favorites of mine.
Enjoy!
Just fabulous!
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So free!
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5) Valerie June, a sizzling, original, inspired poet, author, and singer, graced us as well, for a little while, with whimsical, stunning, heartfelt, and philosophical songs and poems.
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Here is a short excerpt of a fanciful and joyful song, Valerie June performed for us.
Listen to the incredible tone and unusual voice:
Enjoy!
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So fun!
And now, admire Valerie June’s unique delivery, of one her incredibly beautiful and deep poems, here in this short, lively, and charming excerpt, featuring fireflies and moonshine.
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Enjoy!
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So playful and yet profound.
Santiago Felipe photography @santiagraphy
And now, here are a few, gorgeous, soulful, playful, mischievous illustrations, still, by Valerie June.
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Enjoy!
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Just fabulous.
And now, get ready for more fabulous dancing/and singing!
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That’s right!
6) And the final live dancing/singing Art Bath performances, (and awesome dance film viewing), last Saturday, took place in the largest space of the Blue room, and we were able to personally enjoy, at incredibly close range, only a few steps away from the artists, I kid you not, a plethora of gorgeous live dancing and singing, from the following virtuoso performers: Michael Mc Bride, a creative producer and dancer(formerly of Alvin Ailey American Dance), Samuel Lee Roberts, an actor, dancer, film maker (also formerly of Alvin Ailey American Dance), Nicholas Korkos, dancer, singer, actor (formerly of Alonso King’s LINES Ballet), Rodney Bush, composer, songwriter, music producer, and Alea Alternative Latin Music, Elisa Toro Franky, and Evolución Latina, a Salsa dance company.
What great joy, infinite beauty, and pure bliss, poured out of these performances!
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Admire first, a short excerpt, of wonderful and brilliant, Alvin Ailey like dancing, set to a beautiful and romantic, live piano piece.
Enjoy!:
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So poetic, lyrical, and moving!
Admire now, a quick snapshot of a beautiful dance film, shot in the streets of New York, a few months ago, projected as well, last Saturday.
Santiago Felipe photography @santiagraphy
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And let’s admire now, some additional powerful and mesmerizing, Latin singing and dancing, from other equally wonderful artists:
First, let’s admire a terrific band, performing unusual, outstanding, unique Latin singing, and great drums and saxophone playing, the Alea Alternative Latin music band, whose music you will hear in the next excerpt.
Santiago Felipe photography @santiagraphy
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And what an inspiring singer!
Santiago Felipe photography @santiagraphy
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And now, let’s admire a short excerpt, of an extraordinary, sharp, sizzling, solo, Latin dancing piece, performed by Elisa Toro Franky, to the Alea Alternative Latin music band.
Enjoy!
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Just hypnotic!
And so beautiful!
And finally, admire this awesome, “ballroom like” couple, from Evolución Latina, dancing with such ease, joy, sensuality, and incredible technique, to some more exciting music, and still too, from the same Alea Alternative Latin music band.
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Enjoy this fabulous salsa dancing!
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Just electric!
So, to sum up my feelings about the second edition of Art Bath, enjoyed last Saturday, in great company: what a wonderfully exciting, new (art) concept, what a brilliant New York monthly (art) salon series, and what a treat, to be seamlessly, up close and personal, with wonderfully exhilarating, brilliant, top notch performances, works and artists, of all expressions, and finally, what fun also, to engage as well, with interesting, openminded, creative audience members, to foster in our lives, more beauty, more whimsy, more joy, more inspiration, more exchanges, and last but not least, a sense of community.
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That’s what I call, not just, artful, artistic bathing.
But also, artful, artistic blossoming.
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And thrilling to all art lovers.
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Bravo Art Bath!
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And again, wow! wow! wow!
Can’t wait for Art Bath’s next month’s program!
Scheduled on April 23rd, it is not to be missed!
Until next time friends!
Soft…
Fluttering…
Sunny
Joyful…
Happy…
Loving…
Eternal butterflies 😊