Antwan " Big Boi" Patton, the other half to Atlanta's dynamic duo Outkast, and the Atlanta Ballet premiered the show BIG last night at the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. Many questioned the marriage of the two art forms, hip-hop and ballet, but as usual Patton and company set the city on fire with the flair that Outkast has been known for and in that respect the crowd was not disappointed.
Big Boi definitely had support from his musically family. There was the "Star Kitty" herself, Joi (fantastically fabulous if I may add), Bad Boy artist Jonelle Monae (adorned in a white tutu and ballet slippers), the sensuous Sleepy Brown, Konkrete, Khujo Goodie (formerly of Atlanta's Goodie Mob), Scar, the poetic Big Rube and Rock D...just to mention a few.
Although it was not a perfect performance, the exquisite choreography of the Atlanta Ballet was present. The moves were rightly timed, the body symmetry was in line and most of all you could see that a good time was had by all. The bridging of live instrumentation, unconventional/experimental ballet and the vocal bravado of hip hop took audiences to a space that was once a figment of imagination caught in a dream.
This project, a brain-child of Dee Dee Murray, Big Boi and John McFall was a visionary statement and was... well...BIG! Last night there was yet another message not only sent to hip hop fans everywhere but to the community at large and that message was to get down or lay down, hip hop is here to stay and we will forever be re-inventing ourselves and forever be an impression on your minds and lips. Ultimately, I think the bigger question still remains...When you get that voice, what is it that you will say?
Marinate on that!
Miss Know It All
Big Boi definitely had support from his musically family. There was the "Star Kitty" herself, Joi (fantastically fabulous if I may add), Bad Boy artist Jonelle Monae (adorned in a white tutu and ballet slippers), the sensuous Sleepy Brown, Konkrete, Khujo Goodie (formerly of Atlanta's Goodie Mob), Scar, the poetic Big Rube and Rock D...just to mention a few.
Although it was not a perfect performance, the exquisite choreography of the Atlanta Ballet was present. The moves were rightly timed, the body symmetry was in line and most of all you could see that a good time was had by all. The bridging of live instrumentation, unconventional/experimental ballet and the vocal bravado of hip hop took audiences to a space that was once a figment of imagination caught in a dream.
This project, a brain-child of Dee Dee Murray, Big Boi and John McFall was a visionary statement and was... well...BIG! Last night there was yet another message not only sent to hip hop fans everywhere but to the community at large and that message was to get down or lay down, hip hop is here to stay and we will forever be re-inventing ourselves and forever be an impression on your minds and lips. Ultimately, I think the bigger question still remains...When you get that voice, what is it that you will say?
Marinate on that!
Miss Know It All
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