Stomp Out Loud

ISBN 10: 0783113331 ISBN 13: 9780783113333

Publisher: HBO Home Video, 2009

Synopsis

Alfred Music Publishing is the world-s largest educational music publisher. Alfred produces educational, reference, pop, and performance materials for teachers, students, professionals, and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument, style, and difficulty level.

The creators of the internationally successful stage production Stomp produced this video, taking the show's innovative style out of the theater and into the streets of New York City. Combining aggressively-physical dancing with everyday objects (brooms, garbage can lids, hammers, and plastic jugs, among other things) used both to make noise and balance the performers, Stomp created a sensation in London, on Broadway, and on tour around the world. For this production, a collection of new numbers have been staged to take place in real-life locations all around New York, from crowded alleys to a billboard scaffolding high above the streets. Approximate running time is 50 minutes.

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Synopsis

Stomp is a rhythmic, musical extravaganza that has stunned audiences across the globe. If you weren't lucky enough to catch them in your hometown (or you did and you crave more), now there's Stomp Out Loud, a special performance bringing the unusual musical feats right into your living room. You might just find yourself grabbing a broom or even your remote control to keep time. "It's comedy, it's theatre, it's very physical, it's energetic, it's occasionally quite terrifying," says one performer. Taking their show from the theatre to the streets, this astonishing troupe can make music out of just about anything and just about anywhere. The opening sequence shows them dangling by harnesses across the back of a Manhattan billboard drumming on hubcaps, pipes, street signs, and plastic garbage pails, all the while swaying and keeping in perfect time. You know how you like to groove along to the radio while driving? Stomp doesn't need a radio--they use their hands to make their own music while cruising the streets of New York. Using just basketballs in a steamy alleyway, the troupe creates an incredibly intricate dance with the street, brick walls, and dumpsters. --Dana Van Nest

About this edition

• Publisher: HBO Home Video
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0783113331
• ISBN 13: 9780783113333
• Binding: DVD
• Language: English