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Makers Lab
ML: Heaven is Here!: A Eurodance Party and Spiritual Rebirth Seminar
Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 8:00PM

Ars Nova
511 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
United States


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HEAVEN IS HERE!:
A EURODANCE PARTY AND SPIRITUAL REBIRTH SEMINAR

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Created by EMILY OLIVEIRA & MAX BRANIGAN
Featuring JAMES GENTILE

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ABOUT
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Koko the sign language gorilla is a divine liaison to the spiritual world. Communicating through her YouTube videos, Koko has commanded us to spread her word through dance music. She has named us All Ball. Dance to All Ball, learn the word of Koko, drive out fear, live in perfect love, Heaven is Here!!!

Emily Oliveira is a member of Ars Nova’s Makers Lab

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
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EMILY OLIVEIRA is a Brooklyn-based performance artist, sculptor, textile artist, and costume designer. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and studied performance at Brown University. Her performance works include a transcription-based adaptation of ABC’s ‘The Bachelor’ [Everything Happens for a Reason (Panoply Performance Lab and Judson Memorial Church)], a live re-enactment of an episode of the radio show Delilah [DELILAH (What Is Love? Baby Don’t Hurt Me) (Hot! Festival of Queer Theater at Dixon Place)], a disco meditation on the wedding and funeral of Princess Diana [Kings and Queens of Love (Ars Nova)] and Do You Ever Long for True Love From Me, a musical seance to summon the soul of Buddy Holly into the Judson Memorial Church so that he could be her boyfriend. Her work uses transcribed and original text, original and popular music, dance and full-body costumes to subvert the despotism of white femininity and examine narratives about love, sex, gender and race in American popular culture. Her costumes have been shown at The Judson Memorial Church, Invisible Dog, CATCH, The Center for Performance Research and Theatre for the New City. She is a teaching artist at the Children’s Museum of the Arts and a freelance design assistant at Todd Oldham studios. She is currently a 2017 Ars Nova Maker’s Lab Resident Artist.

MAX BRANIGAN is Brooklyn based photographer, musician, and performer. You can find more information at maxbranigan.com or by calling 973-508-5497.

JAMES GENTILE is a photographer and musician. He can be reached at info@jamesgentile.com.

They are all members of JELLY, an experimental music act. JELLY can be reached at jellymusicny@gmail.com.

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