The Hinterlands with Haleem "Stringz" Rasul - "Voice of the City" live at MOCAD
Another excerpt from the Hinterlands July 21, 2012 performance "Voice in the City" at MOCAD. With Jit dancing from Haleem 'Stringz' Rasul.
MOCAD is pleased to present its premiere artists in residence, The Hinterlands. This Detroit-based company creates original, multidisciplinary performance works, explores the art of performance through ecstatic training and play, and engages their community through direct collaboration and exchange.
The Hinterlands will slowly amass the setting for a new performance exploring American subculture and Vaudeville, which translates as the "voice of the city," to be showcased at MOCAD. Through the course of their month-and-a-half-long stay, they will be on site during regular public hours, rehearsing the piece for all visitors to observe inside the spacious Woodward Gallery. The project will also include a series of off-site performance interventions at locations TBD as well as a two-week intensive summer camp with Detroit teens, which concludes in a live Vaudeville-style performance. The Hinterlands residency is supported with a matching grant from the National Performance Network Creation Fund, while the summer camp is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
