Posted on: Thursday, April 21, 2005
Glamour goes for drama on stage
By Paula Rath
Advertiser Staff Writer
Fashion shows in Paris, New York and London are renowned for pushing the envelope and becoming performance art in themselves, providing drama and spectacle in unexpected venues such as train stations and meat packing plants. During the years when Honolulu enjoyed the French Festival, we experienced some of that far-out glamour and drama. Local fashion shows have been more staid in recent years.
Advertiser library photo What: A fashion show with entertainment by Velocity Circus When: 7-8 p.m. today through Saturday Where: Ala Moana Centerstage Cost: Free Velocity Circus is an arts and entertainment company that performs high-impact spectacles with acrobatics, music and dance, along the lines of a Cirque du Soleil performance.
The group's show has been adapted for Ala Moana's Centerstage by Tim Bostock Productions, which worked with the vertical space so viewers on all three levels of the mall will be able to enjoy the free show.
"One of the great aspects of the Velocity Circus is that they can adapt to any theme or venue," Bostock said. "The company has the ability to fuse together elements from ancient, contemporary and futuristic world cultures, dance, circus arts, visual arts, science, astronomy and more. They were the ideal choice to perform in such an innovative fashion show."
The hour-long show will feature the designs of selected retailers from throughout the mall.
Musicians and dancers will be the models; that's an unusual approach and one which will showcase how the fashions move on the body.
The artistic interpretation of the latest spring fashions is a signature event of the Hawai'i Arts Season, which was introduced last year.
Tonight that is going to change, as Ala Moana Center presents "Art of Style," a fashion show featuring a high-energy performance by San Francisco's Velocity Circus.
San Francisco's Velocity Circus will combine its acrobatic, music and dance show with fashions from Ala Moana retailers at Centerstage.
'ART OF STYLE'
