Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts present, Darwin The Dinosaur, an innovative blackout theatre experience, Sunday, April 18th at 4:00 PM, featuring eye-popping, larger-than-life, glow-in-the-dark crayon drawing-like characters that are both an entertaining and thought-provoking experience for the entire family, and Music Hall has extended their “Family Pack Deal”, where 2 adults and two children are admitted for $35.The story begins with Professor Henslow, a famous scientist with magic powers who is in the process of bringing to life his newest creation and dinosaur friend, Darwin. The story tells of Darwin’s experiences as he explores his new world, encountering many different types of creatures—Verla, the gangly ostrich; Peche, the beautiful fish; and Brutus, the menacing red dinosaur. In the end when Brutus threatens Professor Henslow, Darwin is forced to make a decision. A decision that will alter his life forever, an ultimately, lead him to discover the true meaning of love.
Darwin The Dinosaur is performed in the dark, using bright electroluminescent wire (EL wire) on costumes and inventive puppet forms. Electroluminescent wire is a thin, flexible copper wire coated in a phosphorescent substance which glows when AC current is applied to it. EL wire glows in a variety of different colors at a high efficiency—a few hundred feet of EL wire can run on two AA batteries for hours. Darwin co-directors, co-creators and co-choreographers Ian Carney and Corbin Popp of CORBIAN Visual Arts and Dance are committed to bringing new theatrical experiences to people everywhere.
Corbian Visual Arts and Dance combines the telling of a heart-rending story with a truly unique and innovative theater experience where the electroluminescent crayon-like creatures light up the stage in a blackout setting. A performance that the family will talk about long after the show ends!
Darwin the Dinosaur is an innovative theater experience for the entire family where electroluminescent crayon-like creatures light up the stage with a heart-rending tale of a dinosaur discovering the true meaning of love.
Through a unique combination of puppetry, dance, storytelling and technology, CORBIAN strives to rethink conventional theatre. The two performers are dedicated to presenting high quality performance with education in arts and science. Carney and Popp originally met as dancers in Twyla Tharp’s Broadway show, Movin’ Out. They discovered their mutual love of art, theatre and technology, and created CORBIAN to develop puppetry-based creatures, educational workshops and original theatre. Recommended for those age 7 and up.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5wWZ9f5A88
Tickets - Family Four Pack $35 (2 Adult, 2 Child tickets) / $7 Child, $17 Adult are available at Music Hall box office, or at www.ticketmaster.com
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350 Madison
Detroit, MI 28226
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