With a desire to create new forms of Live and Media Art that blend aspects of art-world-style performance, club/nightlife and theatrical performance, and potentially including (but not limited to) video, dance, vocals, music, photography, and installation, the group hopes to blend audiences as well.
As the name suggests, the group has as a primary goal to bring to life the endless realm of shared human experience confirming that we are overwhelmingly more alike than different; that our communality of spirit unites us all far more that superficial differences separate us.
Sources of inspiration include Pina Bausch, Jean Genet, Charlie Chaplin, Robin Williams, Marina Abramovic, and The Rockettes.
For Media Inquiries & More Information:
David Rohn, (305) 301 1772, rohndvd@bellsouth.net
Danilo de la Torre, 3005 751 9656 yesadora@bellsouth.net
www.homo-sapiens-live-art.org
Danilo de la Torre / Adora
Bio
Born in Havana Cuba .
Trained in classical ballet . Worked in musical theater and cabaret from age of seventeen.
Went to Paris France in 1985 to join Le Ballet Theatre de la Seine, where he continued to
work in contemporary and modern dance.
Visit Miami Beach in 1986 (later to be know as South Beach) Relocated there, soon to become an integral part of the emerging international Scene as Drag persona known as Adora.(A name that involved with Danilo de la Torre and his fellow peformance
artist Carlos Rodriguez -then know as the Adora Sisters).
When Carlos Rodriguez died of AIDS in
1991 Danilo de la Torre survived him to become Adora, an icon whose outrageous bouffant wigs, extraordinary make up and captiveting stage presence made him/her the undisputed “Queen of South Beach” ,a title that survives even in that somewhat changed Scene.
Adora’s repertoir of lip-sinc’ed interpretations include a variety of muscal styles languages and culture including the Cuban singer Celia Cruz, La Lupe Yma Sumac, Maria Callas, Shirley Bassy, Janis Joplin, Mina, Peggy Lee,
Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf, Dalida, Carmen Flores, Violeta Rivas, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and many other.
Her performances are highly regarded for the quality of her lip-sync skill no less than
the polished dance and specialty ballet -based movements which she exploits to great and often
paradoxical dramatic and comic effect.
Adora is also much sought as a hostess and MC because
of her comedic skill and the sense of warmth and intimacy she effortlessly generates with a live audience.
In 2008 Adora teamed up with Miami performance Artist David Rohn to form ‘Homo-Sapiens’ (Art for evolution) in collaboration on ‘Silencio’ –a theatrical performance Piece about a Prisoner and Guard in a US Detention Center who fall in love.
It was performed at the Miami beach Cinematheque in ’08 and The Wolfsonian, also on Miami Beach in ’09
David Rohn Bio
Born and Schooled in and around New York City with early exposure to the art museums there, and the Soho, and East Village gallery scenes.
Travelled extensively in Italy and France.
Studied Architecture in Paris and New York, worked in
Architecture and Studio art, focusing primarily on painting in
New York in the late ‘70’s ’80′s.
Moved to Paris in 1989 and continued to paint, and make
composite paintings using bread and papier mache and
Installations; exhibiting with Galerie Elizabeth Valleix and
Maroe Pellat.
Moved to Miami in 1992, began making papier mache
figurative sculptures, continuing Installation work and paintinng,
eventually adding Performance , and then photography and video as
complements to Live Art practices.
Began writing about art shortly after arriving in Miami and contributes to Artlurker and Whitehot Miami.