When: August 2–4
Where: Senn Playlot Park,
5887 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, USA; Palmer Park,
201 East 111th Street, Chicago, IL, USA; Columbus Park, 500 S Central Ave, Chicago, IL, USA
Price: Free; all ages
Tags: #sitespecific, #hiphop, #party, #interactive, #ContactAdvisory, #MobilityAdvisory (see below)
The Rosina Project is a contemporary adaptation of Rossini’s opera The Barber of Seville that mixes Hip-Hop MCs, opera singers, and street-dance artists with a live DJ and Beatboxer to perform an original female-driven story of empowerment and interracial friendship as an immersive house party.
Opera arias have occasionally been adapted into Hip-Hop form, but no one has ever applied Hip-Hop’s varied musical styles, eclectic dance moves and vibrant street culture to an operatic work in its entirety. The Rosina Project continues the development of the operatic form by creating a kinesthetic opera experience out of Rossini’s classic work ‘The Barber of Seville’.
Limited seating available; audience members are asked to stand if possible.
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Contact Level: Light (Business/Acquaintance). The audience stands in a cypher, defining the playing space.
Content Advisories: Rated PG. There is no swearing or sexual content.
Audience members should expect to be standing/walking during the performance. Limited seating is available; audience members are asked to stand if able.
This performance is wheelchair accessible.
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