Musical Numbers:

“Check it out”, “Use What You Got”, “Piece of the Action”, “My Body; My Body Dance Reprise”, “Leave Us Alone”, “Hooker’s Ball”, “Red you win; Black you lose” & “Mister Greed”

Movement Vocabulary:

Sharp, defined, violent, abusive, demanding, reaching, thrusting, competitive, selfish, intrusive, desperate, bold, loud, manipulative.

Synopsis:

This show explores and depicts, in gruesome detail, the underbelly of the pulsating life on the streets of Times Square, inhibited by pimps, prostitutes, and drug-dealers, during the 1980s; prior to 42nd Streets’ disneyfication.

Choreographic Objective:

To Highlight the separation, and physically define the difference, between the three main groups of actors: Hustlers (smooth-liquid), Pimps (rough-jagged), and

Hookers (round-curves). Simultaneously, to challenge the audience to venture into the raw intensity, anger, fear, regret, desperation and tragedy of The Life.

Link to Director’s Website:
http://www.msu.edu/~roznows5/showpage/thlife-01.htm