American Bandstand, The Stroll, the Diamonds, 1958/1967, Dick Clark VS Soul Train, War Ballero, Don Cornelius, circa 1970s

BOOK BY DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU
CHOREOGRAPHED BY CAMILLE A. BROWN

DIRECTED BY KAMILAH FORBES

AUG 25–OCT 1, 2023

THE TONI REMBE THEATER

abdurraqib, page 19:

I am haunted by your radiance: The man in the ocean-blue jumpsuit drowning in silver who kicks his leg heavenward during Rick James shouting

“Give It to Me Baby.” The woman in a pink sweater with a bow and massive white collar swinging her hips and fanning herself with a church fan simultaneously during Michael’s

“Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough.” The couple coordinated perfectly, the woman in a white dress decorated with dark crimson flowers and the man in a dark crimson suit and white pants, his cream shirt held together by only one button at the bottom, his whole chest on display, both of them shimmying their shoulders in sync to War’s “Ballero.”

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Mark Weiss, founder of Plastic Alto blog, is a concert promoter and artist manager in Palo Alto, as Earthwise Productions, with background as journalist, advertising copywriter, book store returns desk, college radio producer, city council and commissions candidate, high school basketball player, and blogger; he also sang in local choir, fronts an Allen Ginsberg tribute Beat Hotel Rm 32 Reads 'Howl' and owns a couple musical instruments he cannot play
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