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Funeral Party
Funeral Party


Background information
Origin Whittier, California
Genre(s) Rock
Indie Rock
Alternative Rock
Dance-punk
Years active 2004—present
Label(s) RCA Records
Sony Music
Jive Records
Fearless Records
Associated acts Omar Rodríguez-López
Marcel Rodríguez-López
Website Website
Members
Chad Elliott
James Lawrence Torres
Kimo Kauhola
Tim Madrid



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Outkast Star Makes Debut In Hip-Hop Ballet

April 16, 2008
Outkast Star Makes Debut In Hip-Hop BalletOutkast’s Antwan Patton has won rave reviews in a new ballet production that is inspired by hip-hop music.

The show, entitled Big, is a collaboration with Americas oldest ballet company, Atlanta Ballet.

Patton performs onstage during the production which, according to the Guardian, features a mash up of Guiseppe Verdi's ‘La Traviata’ and OutKast’s ‘Morris Brown’.

The Outkast rapper’s collaboration has been described as an obvious partnership by Atlanta Ballet's artistic director, John McFall.

"Hip-hop is a defining element of Atlanta," he said.

"It only makes sense that the two art forms would come together at some point."

After a host of American dates the ballet is expected to come Europe later this year.

(by Jason Gregory)



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