POP DANCE TAKES A NEW TURN… INWARD and IT’S All OK!
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Painting by Sarah Lee Choi

A review of the Second Run of the Immersive Dance Show “Daydreamers” Created by Bo Park and Directed by William Yao, presented by BAZA Studio.

Rethinking the fine arts with an interdisciplinary understanding of the contemporary time is a virtue only bestowed to the most enlightened of Artists. To see the convergence or mash up of mediums perfectly crafted to portray the life story of a fellow Artist takes on a multi-dimensional introspective journey of sound, space and light in a way we can only describe as immersive.

“What I thought dance school was all about!”

Daydreamers takes you out of your shell and opens a world of relatable ideas expressed with Dance, Painting, Film, Voice, Music, Light, Audience, and the Space. It’s kind of a living film, it expounds a similar thrill of feeling like one is actually in the film as Being Jon Malkovich. Here, we go a step further, the audience gets riled by the tone, music and emotions expressed by Bo Park on her journey. The audience yells and screams, whistles, claps and waves at the 15+ dance ensemble. The show’s ability to encapsulate sentiments so ephemeral yet universal allows any individual — New Yorker, Artist, Actor, etc. — to feel a part of and be touched by the inspiring story of self-discovery. In fact, the show is not only a watching spectacle. It also transforms into collaborative creative space where the performers and audience both contribute as one creative entity. Such experiences are expressed through a KPOP style flash-mob and live painting session with the audience.

The crux of the show lies in making personal connections with other human beings. To give hope to those who are discouraged and to acknowledge the vulnerability that comes with love, life, family, and career. What is the love that guides you? By the time Bo Park conceived this elegant and masterful autobiographical dreamscape, her life had cycled through the brutal business of Dance in New York City. She is a teacher and a master of Urban Dance. Teaching more than 100+ students each week, she is driven by her passion to provide everyone a safe place to learn, grow and feel freedom through music and dance. She has achieved the highest accolades with dancers who performed with top acts like BTS, Adam Lambert, Keone & Mari, Adidas, Moncler fashion week, and Pharrell.

Do I really like you or not!

These are new world leaders of modern/contemporary dance. As New York is the birthplace of all modern dance forms. Maestros, like Bob Fosse, Alvin Ailey, Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham of the 20th Century, Bo Park represents the 21st Century of Dance Experience. Its experimental as it crosses a line of disciplines where academic Dance collides with free-styles — chaotic yet precise with idiosyncratic beauty. As much as a ballerina will rely on her pointe shoe, Bo’s Dancers rely on the lighting, the flooring and the multimedia projections. This will be the legacy of the early 21 st Century, where Pop Art meets Dance is now an undeniable cultural artefact. This is Neo- Neo-Expressionist, Pop-Art and Post-Modern in one show it lends itself to a new breed of artist. This is by far the most unique and novel “Show” I have seen.

New York, New York, December 16, 2019 — by Dennis Adamo — Art Critic and Producer of www.mouthtrap.info

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