Sky-Pony Set for Series of Shows at Prototype Festival, 1/10-13

"Rock performance artists" Sky-Pony will perform four shows, each inspired by a different one of the four Classical Humors, as part of the Prototype Festival on January 10-13

Indie art-rock band Sky-Pony (pictured) will perform 4 shows on 4 consecutive nights as part of the second annual Prototype Festival.

Each unique set is inspired by one of the Four Humors of the Classical World. From the Greeks up through the Elizabethans, western culture believed that different bodily fluids -- blood, phlegm, black and yellow bile -- were linked to different personality types. There was the Melancholic (heartbroken and yearning), the Sanguine (pleasure-seeking and joyous), the Phlegmatic (thoughtful and reflective, and the Choleric (hot-tempered and veangeful).

These shows are just the latest in Sky-Pony's ouvre of works that blur the line between theater piece and rock concert. The group is led by Lauren Worsham (singer/actress currently appearing in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway) and her husband Kyle Jarrow (Obie Award winning writer/composer).

Deli Magazine writes, "Sky-Pony is not the simplest band to classify. They actually may not be best described as a band at all. Sky-Pony could be seen just as well as a burlesque show or carnival of sorts. Whatever you prefer, the rock performance artists have been dotting around NYC for a year now with their flashy costumes and careful choreography. You're never quite sure what to expect from one of their gigs."

The shows will on Friday 1/10 at 11pm (Melancholic), Saturday 1/11 at 11pm (Sanguine), Sunday 1/12 at 9pm (Phlegmatic), and Monday 1/13 at 9pm (Choleric). All shows are at HERE Arts Center (145 Sixth Ave, NYC). Tickets are $20. More info at http://prototypefestival.org/show/sky-pony/.

Each performance will feature a different guest performer, to be announced on the Sky-Pony website. Guest performers already set include:
1/10 - Actress Hanna Cheek (Time Out New York called her a "downtown glamorpuss") performing a story by Clay McLeod Chapman of The Pumpkin Pie Show
1/11 - Acrobats Ben Franklin and Joshua Dean

They're a Brooklyn based band that serves up lush, lyrical, often cheeky indie-pop with a healthy dose of theatrics. They incorporate costumes, choreography, and projections into their high-energy live shows. Rock concert meets performance art meets burlesque, you might say. Their discography includes two EPs: Say You Love Me Like You Mean It and Raptured Live, both available on itunes. In addition to Worsham and Jarrow, Sky-Pony also features the talents of Kevin Wunderlich, Lizzie O'Hara, Kristine Piacentile, Megan Stern (emeritas), Jessi Suzuki, Perry Silver, Eric Day and David Blasher. More info on the band at http://www.sky-pony.com.

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