Event Date

Friday, April 23 2010 : 7:00pm – 9:30pm

Location

The Center

Description

Friday, April 23, 2010
Program at 7PM, $20 online, $25 at the door
The Center presents Flow Affair: The New Documentary About The Latest Dance Revolution 

Join us as we celebrate the Flow Affair, with a website launch party and special performances by Tony Award-winning actress Melba Moore, top Billboard singer Meli'sa Morgan, and performances of the new dance, "Floguing" by celebrated Floguer Aaron Enigma.  

Flow Affair explores the evolution of dance by showcasing the emergence of"Floguing" – a breakthrough in dance that has only begun to show up at underground circuit parties and dance clubs, and in innovative dance choreography. “I am grateful that the community is supporting Flow Affair,” said Busch. "We are revolutionizing dance, and I hope this fundraiser will help us bring Floguing to the whole world." 

In 2006, Busch, the director and producer of Flow Affair, brought together members from the House Ball community, the originators of the dance “Voguing,” and members from the Flagging community, the originators of the dance “Flagging” and “Fanning,” to create a new dance: FLAGGING + VOGUING = FLOGUING.
At the House Ball's Voguing competitions, there is a dance category called Voguing with a Prop, where dancers sometimes use fabric and fans. Introducing flags was the next step in the category's artistic progression. Soon, dancers were "walking therunway" with flags, and, in the process, the new dance “Floguing” was created. 

About the stars at the benefit:
Melba Moore, the ground-breaking Tony Award-winning actress and singer who has collaborated musically with Michael Jackson has starred on Broadway opposite Eartha Kitt. Melba Moore was a member of the original cast of the musical Hair along with Diane Keaton. Eventually, Moore replaced Keaton in the role of Sheila, the first instance of a black actor replacing a white actor in a leading role on Broadway.
 
Meli'sa Morgan was attended Julliard School of the Performing Arts and also attended the famed Lee Strassberg acting school. In 1994, she topped Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Also performing at the Flow Affair fundraiser will be Aaron Enigma, the celebrated Floguer from Chicago. In the 1980's, Enigma saw flaggers at the Chicago gay pride parade and incorporated it into his dance. Busch and Enigma are credited with using Floguing to revolutionize dance. 

About Wolfgang Busch:A community-organizer and activist, Busch is an openly gay documentary filmmaker.His first feature documentary release, How Do I Look (2006), was about the success of the Harlem House Ball community in creating cutting-edge trends in fashion, dance, and runway. He uses the arts to empower communities across the country.

Price

$20 online, $25 at the door

Register

Tickets can be purchased at the door!

For More Information

Yojani Hernandez, yhernandez@gaycenter.org, 212-620-7310

 

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