Brooklyn, NY
LORE: Hansel/Gretel Reloaded
Ever wanted to party in a fairytale?
LORE is a series of events that hybridize show and party. We re-imagine classic folktales by immersing audiences on a dance floor, inviting YOU to become the main character. On December 13 we will tell the story of Hansel/Gretel: Reloaded." But you already know this story… after all, it happened to you. The story is told through spoken word narration layered over a DJ set, with pop-up performances throughout in artforms like drag, burlesque, and performance art from up-and-coming NYC artists. Revelers are enveloped in the story with custom visual projections, lighting design, and immersive scenery that also help tell the story. The Narrator tells the story of how you were abandoned by your parents and found a house made of candy in the woods, all while you twirl the night away to the DJ's selections. Our retelling invites participants to re-enter a classic story, exposing and remixing the white, imperialist, and hetero-patriarchal frameworks it entrenched in our collective subconscious. On the transformative plane of the dance floor, we become a temporary community empowered to develop new ways of thinking about the story. When the night ends, we each triumph as the main character of our own story; we collectively rewrite a “happily ever after” that never was.
Audience Role
While on the dance floor, audience members are invited to become the main character in their mind's eye, as the story is narrated in the second-person "you." But they need not take any action (other than dancing, mingling, and doing whatever else they might do at a party!). There is no need for interaction with performers, and audiences can participate in whatever ways they are called to.
Ages: 21 +
Possible nudity, and allusion to sex. The story of Hansel and Gretel deals with deep themes like abandonment, hunger, and the murder of the witch.
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About Prostalgia HD
Prostalgia HD is a decade-long performance collaboration between laura Hunter petree and Delilah Friedler. we create highly original works that confront and re-write dominant myths around whiteness, lineage, gender, and the state. we believe everything is research, art is god, and our experiences are the kindling we need to burn it all down and build a better world. our performances resist passive consumption, empowering participants to act within intentional worlds ranging from imagination games to built environments. we ‘facilitate’ rather than ‘direct’: when artists contribute autonomously, they multiply our possibilities. the experiences we make question worldviews, re-write narratives - and they’re fucking fun.