Hulse says the club's executive board makes its decisions based on how well the designers use latex paints and how well thought-out the pieces are.Ī piece that Hulse says is "one of the most exciting" is a rendition of the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel." The applications include designs for models and a statement of the overall theme of the piece. The process for Liquid Latex begins in November when applications for piece designers are due.
There are 10 pieces and a fashion show catwalk. Hulse estimates that about 200 people are participating, including models, painters, choreographers and designers. This is the first year in the last three years that the Liquid Latex club had to turn down pieces and applicants for runway modeling because so many people wanted to participate in the show. It was originally a fashion show called the "Body Art Fashion Show." Toy says they organized the show "purely for art's sake." After the initial success, Toy created the Liquid Latex club to continue the performance on an annual basis. He says that the show is "one of those things that is nerve-wracking and awkward to do for the first time, but if you're willing to put yourself out there, I've never met a single person who has not enjoyed the experience." Hulse has danced in the show for the past three years.Īlaric Toy '00 and Sharon Gobuty '00 co-founded the group in March 2000 as part of Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts. Hulse says he heard about Liquid Latex as a shy freshman at a Brandeis pre-first-year meet and greet in his hometown in Colorado, and "I decided okay, I'm going to do it." The student who informed him of the show is now a close friend, and Hulse is dancing in her piece this semester. The only other place he has seen examples of latex painted on the body is during carnival celebrations in Brazil. "There is nothing like it anywhere else in the United States," Hulse said. Tickets will be sold at Usdan Student Center from 11 a.m.
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Liquid Latex is a favorite amongst Brandeis students, with a full house of approximately 700 attending annually. Liquid Latex is entirely student run: Students choreograph dances, design latex costumes, and paint mostly nude models with latex paint. Thursday, April 14, in Levin Ballroom.Īccording to chief coordinator Alex Hulse ‘12, Brandeis is the only university in the country to host an annual dance performance of painted bodies. Liquid Latex – an innovative annual show that last year was risque enough to win Brandeis an honorable mention in Playboy magazine's ratings of party schools – returns for its 10th year at 8 p.m.
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