Projects

Fat Boy

Fat Boy coalesces ancient and current art forms to tell a timeless and timely story. Fat Boy explores its theme of abundance and waste versus scarcity and economy through movement and thumping dub beats. By deconstructing the narrative elements of American consumerism and wastefulness juxtaposed with world hunger and poverty, Fat Boy tells its compelling story.

Written and Directed by Teo Castellanos | Choreographed by D-Projects

Fat Boy is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Miami Light Project in partnership with Tigertail Productions, 7 Stages, Hip Hop Theater Festival and NPN. HHTF support made possible through the Future Aesthetics Artist Regrant (FAAR) program, funded by the Ford Foundation

Fair Welling

Fair Welling is an autobiographical, interactive dance theater piece that allows the audience to travel alongside a man’s afterlife experience, that he experienced while still alive. It explores his depression and mortality through a series of letters, conversations, and stories from his life. Although meditated on sickness and death, it is sprinkled with witticisms, muscle men, stilt walkers, flowers, a game show, and cup cakes — even salsa dancing girls.

Written and Performed by Rudi Goblen | Directed by Teo Castellanos | Choreographed by Rosie Herrera

Running time 35 minutes, suitable for alternative performance spaces, touring company: 3. Originally commissioned by Miami Light Project and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts for the “Here & Now” as part of the “Miami Made Festival”

Insanity Isn’t

Insanity Isn’t is the story of Acey Sickly. While trying to sleep through the American dream, Acey wakes to an American nightmare to find himself plagued by financial burdens, media propaganda, religious beliefs, keeping up with the Jones’, his 9 to 5 and apocalyptic prophecies. B-Boy movements, rhyme, beatbox and live music weave together his journey back to insane sanity.

Written and Performed by Rudi Goblen | Developed and Directed by Teo Castellanos

Running time 55 minutes, suitable for alternative performance spaces, touring company: 3. Originally commissioned by “Miami Light Project” for the “Here and Now” Festival in 2006.

Scratch & Burn

This original theater piece explores war traditions and battle cries using modern Hip Hop vernacular and movement – begging the question—when is war not the answer? Incorporating early Zulu rituals, elements of Butoh, Maori War Dance, Tibetan Buddhism and modern political war games, Scratch & Burn is a potent investigation of human nature and our incessant need to battle for supremacy and dominance.

Written and Directed by Teo Castellanos with Choreography by TCDP members and Ricardo “Speedy Legs” Fernandez.

Running time 70 minutes, touring company: 9 Originally Commissioned by Miami Light Project in 2005