A Dance/Music/Fashion Collaboration
On February 14, as part of New York Fashion Week, students from Parsons The New School for Design, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and the Joffrey Ballet School’s Jazz and Contemporary Program came together to create Reconstruction 3.0: Life is a Journey, a night of live performances featuring original music, dance and fashion—and we’re still drooling over the fabulous dancing and the oh-so-fashionable costumes (two of our favorite things!).
But that’s not all. This night was also a contest between five teams, each consisting of a Parsons fashion designer, New School composer and Joffrey Ballet School choreographer, who developed works with original music scores, choreography and costumes that were reconstructed from previous Louis Vuitton clothes and textiles.
The victorious piece, titled Chronogenesis, was choreographed by Angelica Stiskin; danced by Catie Leasca, Maria Rodriguez, Jaedon Thomson, Alex Hopp, Amy Patterson, Shay Saver, Carly Piotrowski, Kali Mikelson, Anna Simms and Michele Montana; composed by Arthur Hnatek; and costumed by Jack Burns, Kumie Asai and David Valencia. Congratulations!
What did they win? Oh, just a trip to Paris, including access to Louis Vuitton’s workshop and the historic home of the Vuitton family. Oh là là!
Check out this awesome slideshow of the evening, complete with to-die-for costumes:
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