Lazer Eyes:
About the Show
This performance presents one act of Lazer Eyes, a dazzling, one-of-a-kind electronic dance-opera. Originally a fully produced concept album by New York-based creative collaboration Van Broh, Lazer Eyes pays heed to classical form while utilizing a variety of EDM styles. The work will be adapted to the stage in three parts by multidisciplinary production company Amanda + James.
Telling the story of a young coal miner who strikes a magic meteor, the sparks of which leave him with “lasers for eyes,” Lazer Eyes follows his journey as he becomes a hero, defending the world against the savvy media-mastermind Reflektor, who is bent on enslaving the world one digital screen at a time.
Lazer Eyes: The Prophecy finds Lazer Eyes defeated after his first encounter with Reflektor, separated from his true love, Leila, alone and wounded in the wilderness. How will he recover the mantle of glory?
Produced and Adapted by Amanda + James
Written and Composed by Van Broh
Choreographed by Amanda Hameline in collaboration with dancers
Video Design by Nicholas DiMichele
Graphic Design by Shakeil Greeley
Narrated by James Danner
Dancers:
Kristina Bermudez
Sara Ciampa, Leila
Kristi Cole
Anna Hull
Michael Parmelee, Reflektor
Jae Beum Woo, Lazer Eyes
About the Artists
Amanda + James
Amanda + James, Inc. is a New York-based company dedicated to producing the work of young artists. Through monthly meetings, we provide a space for this community to follow creative impulses, refine ideas into projects, and collaborate and learn from their peers. In this open environment for interdisciplinary collaboration, the company is sparking conversations between rising artists across as wide a range of artistic disciplines as possible, encouraging multifaceted perspectives throughout the creative process. It is the company’s mission to see these projects fully realized.
In short, we provide space for young artists to grow. Through a range of activities and opportunities, we buy artists their time so that they can focus on making.
Van Broh
Van Broh is a New York based creative collaboration. In the fertile pastures of their creative subconscious, a sonic vision of lasers was born. Over the years the dynamic duo has brought their epic vision to life. Future projects include “Lonely Computers of the Internet” and other creative distillations of our digital age.
