Wise, VA – Fusing awe-inspiring street dancers from Krump, FlexN, and breaking communities with the virtuosic music-making of The Beatbox House, The Missing Element is an immersive experience where street dancers and beatboxers utilize their abilities to embark on an adventure of sound and dance. All music and sound is 100% human generated.
The Missing Element featuring The Beatbox House will perform in the Gilliam Center for the Arts Black Box Theater at UVA Wise on Friday, September 12th at 7 p.m. in conjunction with Pro-Art’s 49th season and the W. Campbell Edmonds Concert Series. Tickets are $15 at the door. Children and students will be admitted free. For more information and to make reservations, please visit proartva.org.
Commissioned by Works & Process, The Missing Element explores the universal elements of Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water. Past performances have taken place at the Guggenheim Museum, Guild Hall, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Little Island, National Gallery of Art, and at the Guggenheim Bilbao’s 25th Anniversary. The project started its life in renowned Brooklyn nightclub House of Yes.
The Beatbox House is a collective of world-champion beatboxers. Through education, performance, and collaboration, the collective is rebranding the art as a new form of music, pushing the boundaries of the human voice.
The audience is encouraged to spectate and also participate! The work embodies the continuum of concert and social to build community, participation, and belonging, rather than asking audiences to solely watch passively.
Pro-Art’s 49th season is underway, and season tickets are on sale now! The season offers an array of dance, from ballet and street to flamenco and Native American traditional, musical experiences that weave across genre, highlighting blues, jazz, beatboxing, old time, Celtic and classical, the famed Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, and theater and cultural programs to expand the palate and open the mind. Explore the season and reserve tickets at proartva.org. Season tickets can be purchased online, in person at any show, or by calling (276) 376-4520. Pro-Art is committed to making the arts accessible to everyone, if price is a barrier of entry to you, please contact us for available resources.
Pro-Art partners with a variety of venues, for accessibility inquiries or general questions, call (276) 376-4520 or email contact@proartva.org. For weather related updates, patrons are encouraged to check proartva.org for real-time information.
This engagement of The Missing Element is made possible in part through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. The performance is additionally supported in part by The University of Virginia’s College at Wise and the Town of Wise. Pro-Art is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the C. Bascom Slemp Foundation, The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, and Mountain Empire Community College.
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