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Theo Adams - Taking The London Scene By Storm
A pale 19-year-old boy with braces, 3.89 pounds to his name and a penchant for red lipstick, greasepaint eye makeup, and glitter makes for an unlikely performance art ingenue.
But Theo Adams is nevertheless one of the London avant-garde’s most celebrated new phenomena.
A lover of Philip Glass and Celine Dion, Bob Fosse and reality television, Wagner’s operas and Greek musicals, he refuses to label his cultural inspirations in terms of “high” or “low.”
He has already gained respect, wild notoriety and acclaim with many of London's creative scenes for his performances, film and unique vision. His performances, usually music based, explore extreme human emotion in all its forms. W MAGAZINE has now spotted him and he is well on his way to fame and fortune, we are sure!
The young men and women in "Performance" the W May portfolio by David Sims, are dressed in jewels and tatters, dripping in glitter and soot, striking poses that are variously exuberant, tragic and disturbing. These unlikely models are the Theo Adams Company, a troupe of dancers, singers, and other theatrical types led by 19-year-old London-based performance artist Theo Adams. The group has drawn a cult following for their raw and dramatic performances, usually conducted late at night in some eerie or overlooked corner of their city.
Is there a story you were trying to tell with the W project?
The performance was, like all my work, an amalgamation of all the different inspirations and visions that spin around in my head. The choreography was driven by a New York Times article from 1904 titled "Woman Danced To Death" [about a woman who succumbed to heart disease during a dance competition at a masquerade ball]. It may sound bleak but to me, it's also an example of joyous, passionate expression. I had two hugely inspirational guest performers join my company for the shoot. Lorna Luft was there, singing songs that her mother, Judy Garland, had taught her as a child, and Frances Ruffelle came to reprise her Tony-winning performance of "On My Own" from Les Miserables. Mixing these incredible show-stopping performances with the idea of the ultimate showstopper—the woman who danced herself to death—is the core of the W performance.
The message: Give it your all.
Theo Is Amazing Blog Theo Adams MySpace
The W Artcile on Theo Adams Company
He has a YouTube channel, and here is the W Performance.
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