Disco Lives At SLEEPLESS: The Music Center After Hours, The Music Center's Ultimate Late Night Experience
For two nights, Sleepless: The Music Center After Hours (Sleepless) , an immersive multi-sensory event, invites Angelenos to relive the days of Disco and experience the genre's evolution from the cultural explosion of the 70s to Disco's influence on current dance music and aesthetics.
A transformed Dorothy Chandler Pavilion will set the stage for a Disco wonderland where the pulsating beats, ecstatic dancing and indulgent fashion of the 70s serve as the backdrop for larger-than-life art installations; screenings of full-length, Disco-inspired films; a Studio 54-inspired discotheque; and access to the Pavilion's private rooms. The event ** includes:
- Roller skaters Indy Indy Jamma Jones, Kim Manning and Estro Jen skating to a mix tape created by dublab's Daniel T and played through the iconic Lasonic boombox. [Friday night]
- Iconic Disco images from the 70s and rare glimpses of underground club culture with large-scale projections by Love Injection.
- Pop-up dance happenings by Invertigo Dance Theatre, dropping a touch of Disco magic into the present.
- The Grand Cinema Salon, featuring Disco-inspired trailers curated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences along with screenings of full-length, Disco-inspired films, Saturday Night Fever [Friday night] and Daft Punk's Electroma [Saturday night].
- A larger-than-life mirror-ball installation by artists Kyle McDonald and Jonas Jongejan.
- Live sets by LA-based bands Luxxury [Friday, April 6] and De Lux [Saturday night] at the Sleepless version of Studio 54 with the sounds of Disco from its halcyon days to its evolution into mainstream pop an underground electronic music; live music and DJs curated by dublab.
- A Sleepless Underground Garage curated by dublab with DJ sets by DJ Nicky Siano [Friday night], Greg Belson [Saturday night], and more.
- A Disco revue curated by Stephen Galloway, complete with professional drag performances and music by DJ Lady Bunny. [Friday night]
- Disco fashion installation by Cameron Silver of Decades set to a cosmic Disco soundtrack provided by dublab.
The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Tickets on sale on Monday, March 26, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: $20 in advance; $30 at the door; Online at musiccenter.org/sleepless; at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Box Office, 135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012; or at (213) 972-0711. Parking is available in the lot under The Music Center for $5.00 after 8:00 p.m. MORE INFO: musiccenter.org/sleepless
**Schedule and artists subject to change.
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