Kevin Berlin: "Nutcracker Gone Wrong!"
Live performance
A morality tale where greedy mouse loses all. Filmed at RVS Fine Art and The Parrish Art Museum sculpture garden in Southampton, NY, and Giardini Torrigiani in Florence Italy.
*NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE FILMING OF THIS VIDEO*
Dates: July 2011.
Location: RVS FINE ART, 20 Job’s Lane, Southampton, New York. (631) 283-8546
Featuring: Classical ballerinas Olivia Gonzales and Sarah Renna, Francesco Gnot as "The Evil Farmer," and Kevin Berlin as the ill fated "Mouse King." Videography in USA by Green Lit Productions, videography in Italy by Segni Barbarici, editing by Maurizio Trapani.
For over 20 years, artist Kevin Berlin has been exploring the secret life of ballerinas. Focusing on moments backstage and behind the scenes, Berlin has worked with some of the most famous dancers and theaters in the world including Kirov Ballet, St. Petersburg, Russia, The National Opera and Ballet in Kiev, Ukraine and Florence Dance Center in Florence, Italy. Kevin Berlin, as a sculptor, has created monumental portraits in bronze and cast glass posed for by Anastasia Volochkova, Maestro Luciano Pavarotti, and Maestro Valery Gergiev.
Artist Kevin Berlin uses performance as a platform to open a conversation about important social issues. The performances are presented live at art fairs, galleries, and street settings. Recorded in short video/documentary format, they eventually find a global audience online.
Kevin Berlin is an international artist best known for painting, sculpture, and performance. Berlin shares his time between Southampton, New York and Florence, Italy. Berlin, a Yale University Alumnus, studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Shanghai Daily, The Miami Herald, USA Today, MTV, Tokyo Television, BBC Radio and over 40 television stations. Berlin's works are found in the collections of Buzz Aldrin, Barton G., Kim Basinger, Henry Buhl, President George W. Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton, General Motors Corp., National YoungArts Foundation, HRH Princess Antonella de Orleans-Bourbon, Quincy Jones, Luciano Pavarotti, Ron Rice, and Pieter & Marieke Sanders. Recent solo exhibitions include New York, Miami, London and The Hague.
www.kevinberlin.com
@kevinberlin
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