Velocity Circus Headquarters in Home Strange Home

Gregangelo & Velocity Circus/Arts & Entertainment was delighted  to be featured as part of AMS Pictures "Home Strange Home" series for the HGTV network.

This is a candid and whirlwind 11.5 minute spin through the labyrinthine house, our headquarters (a journey which normally takes 2 hours).

Enjoy... 

True Wealth  The Artist's Dividend    February 2013 Film Salon Movie Night!   CALLING ALL  FILM MAKERS We're planning an evening of exciting short films to bring together our remarkable community for a little watching, a little snacking, and some great conversation.   Show your work in a supportive environment, and network with other artists.   Send an email to:  velocitycircus@gmail.com or call 415-664-0095 to submit your film. Contact Us Gregangelo & Velocity Arts and Entertainment 225 San Leandro Way San Francisco, California 94127 415-664-0095 Hello fellow artists,  I just want to share this new TV segment (link below) with you about my house, or better put: our "Circus Headquarters."   I hope, that through your passions and artistry, you continue to thrive and inspire those around you.  In your communities, wherever you are now, or may find yourself in he future.   Imaginatively yours, Gregangelo Herrera Gregangelo and Velocity Arts & Entertainment Circus Headquarters You were there...  and we've got it on film.    Many of you have helped to build this wonderful place, several of you are in this feature, ALL of you, in some way inspired every profound work or art, story and imagery that through many years and layers of labors has become Velocity's calling card; both a visceral and palpable place which actually lives beyond the ephemeral experiences and memories we create for our audiences every day. Enjoy the video, and share as you like. Would you like a tour?  Members of the Velocity team are eligible for a special discount.  Just call! Invite up to three people who's socks you want knocked off.  Velocity Circus is... A San Francisco based Arts and Entertainment company that specializes in the creation of custom works.

Velocity Arts & Entertainment February 2013 News Letter

Velocity Momentum:   Love Letter for a New Year    February 2013 Highlights Adare Next Generation Highs and Louvres Night Circus Artist Spotlight  ADARE    "Capturing the new vanguards of counter-culture, Adare's evocative brush strokes celebrate their dynamic lifestyles by tying the classical style to the unconventional life".  Rose Adare has added Gregangelo's Dervish to her collection Restraint and Revolution.  The corset plays a large role in this latest show.  She reminds us of it's evolution from a constricting cultural norm to "scandalous lingerie" If you've got a ticket to Hawaii this year, go see her work.   Contact Us Gregangelo & Velocity Arts and Entertainment 225 San Leandro Way San Francisco, California 94127 415-664-0095 Love is in the air. Love is in your hair. Love is everywhere. In rush and routine it is easy to overlook the myriad of resplendent expressions all around us.  In this new year, we invite you to find moments of beauty, and share them.  Post a photo, or a quote, or a moment of inspiration on our Facebook page, email it, or give us a call! We aspire to reciprocate your splendiferousness in kind!  "This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess." - Rainer Maria Rilke  Imaginatively yours, Gregangelo Herrera Gregangelo and Velocity Arts & Entertainment The Next Generation waits for no one! Except for those who can entertain them.    Princesses in pink, marionettes, and the  Cult of Beauty have recently dazzled bay area youth.  Teenagers and toddlers alike are spellbound when enter into Velocity territory.   Nothing keeps us on our game like working with children, as they don't accept anything less than True Magic. Our Headquarters are a perfect place for Celebrations! The Highs and the Louvres  Legion lessons of Parisian Honor   For Louis, Marie, and Napoleon, having your portrait taken was a bore.  But our guests at the Legion of Honor's Royal Salon could hardly contain themselves.  If you need to know "Who did their hair?!"  It was indeed Atelier Emmanuel.  The sister show at the deYoung, Art Explosion, was a smash hit.  Closing the season of Friday Night: Cultural Encounters we had as much fun as the audience!  In March the party begins again!   Night Circus Adventures in Scottsdale, AZ Velocity veterans, Jeffrey Lazos-Ferns and Rachel Stegman are fostering a vital artistic community and bringing circus to the desert. Rachel, founder of The Circus School of Arizona, and Jeffrey of Tarra Lazos, invited Gregangelo to collaborate on an exciting exhibition for the SMOCA. This bloom of culture, Night Circus, comes to fruition on May 11th.  Velocity Circus is... A San Francisco based Arts and Entertainment company that specializes in the creation of custom works.

NIGHT CIRCUS

We are working on designing an installation for the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art  for an event in May.
Our collaborators , Circus School of Arizona and Jeffrey Ferns are paving the way to bring our artistry to a new region.
Here are some images of a few CSA artists on site at the museum venue...

See promotional video for the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zVgP_0f9Xo

Look forward to sharing  a full gallery of the finished product early this summer.
 

With maximum Velocity ,

Gregangelo

 

Here is another block-buster Ancient Egyptian exhibition for which I was comissioned to create  an instaltion and show at the San Francisco de Young Museum

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

commonly know as King Tut

Gregangelo creates a multi-media theatrical adventure through a solar temple. Guests explore the mysterious inner sanctum of the temple which includes three dimensional dioramas, unexpected horizons, and dazzling special effects integrated into the interactive installations. The temple art is based primarily on ancient Egyptian icons, motifs, and symbols. Traditional iconography is interpreted with a contemporary sensibility, making “Ra-Balisk” not an ethnographic documentation of something that might have existed in the distant past, but rather a vibrant, living, sacred space that brings the ancient artistic spirit forward to the present and into the future…

We also took the show to even larger venues

see more images here: http://gregangelo.com/entertainment/installations/ra-balisk/

Gregangelo
Artistic Director
Velocity Arts & Entertainment
Velocity Circus
San Francisco
415 664-0095
www.gregangelo.com/entertainment
velocitysf@prodigy.net

To Live Forever

My  favorite jobs are working in tandem with museums to promote their exhibitions to the public.

Here is a challenging one we did in 3 parts in 3 days for the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno promoting an Ancient Egyptian exhibition tilted:To Live Forever

*Promoting the Exhihbit

 

Velocity presented our signature Ancient Egyptian Adagio performance to an enthusiastic crowd of un-expecting baseball fans on the ballpark diamond.
The performers later interacted throughout the park to peak the fans interest in attending a spectacle of a different sort…an art museum exhibition.
The crossover challenge of bringing sports fans to the museum for the first time was a success!

see more photos at top of this page: http://gregangelo.com/entertainment/installations/nevada-museum/

*Pharaoh’s Barge

At sunset on the Nile’s royal fleet, nobles and scholars converged to talk of ancient mysteries.  Over an elegant dinner, the ancient and present were woven together by plans for the future, and performances inspired by the past.  Velocity Circus provided entertainment throughout the night which included Whirling Dervish, acrobats and more.  Guests included Egyptian Minister of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass and educator, activist and former first lady of Egypt, Dr. Jehan Sadat.

see more photos1/4 down this page: http://gregangelo.com/entertainment/installations/nevada-museum/

*Pyramid Party

Even after a few millennia the hottest ticket in town is still ancient Egypt!  With processions to lead the crowd to jaw dropping Velocity performances and toe tapping, ear bending music by the University of California Santa Barbara’s Middle Eastern Ensemble, the party went all night long.   Museum sponsors, donors and long time enthusiasts were dressed the part of Pharaohs and Pharaoh queens which added to the playful enjoyment of the festivities.

see more photos halfway down this page: http://gregangelo.com/entertainment/installations/nevada-museum/

*Egyptian Birthday Bazaar

In celebration of the Nevada Museum of Art’s 80th year the gates swung open to let the people in!  Nearly six thousand people walked the rainbow hallway to meet the mummy, hunted for treasure in the exhibition “To Live Forever”, and smelled perfume from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.  Spirits of generosity, revelry and community were overflowing at this awe inspiring journey through time and curiosity.   Highlights included  standing room only performances of Velocity’s Neo-Egyptian circus acts inspired by the exhibit, and a magical outdoor bazaar inspired by Egyptian markets of the past and present.

see more photos 3/4 down this page : http://gregangelo.com/entertainment/installations/nevada-museum/

Gregangelo
Artistic Director
Velocity Arts & Entertainment
Velocity Circus
San Francisco
415 664-0095
www.gregangelo.com/entertainment
velocitysf@prodigy.net

I am a Whirling Dervish

Photo: Gregangelo- Whirling Dervish at the Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco

 From the tiniest subatomic particles, to the most majestic of spiraling galaxies, all material elements of nature revolve. It is the first, and will be the last  story told by the universe...

Since the time of Ancient Egypt, mystic men – members of secret societies, harnessed this knowledge by ceremoniously whirling, imitating the spiraling structure of life and the cosmos. By spinning into a state of blissful euphoria, they transcended the physical limitations of gravity, their consciousness peaked,  their bodies  bridged earthly and heavenly  (or eternal ) spheres.
This ceremony of whirling resurfaced in 13th century Turkey where it was performed by dervishes, members of the mystic brotherhoods, who were often philosophers, poets and astronomers.
Combining these ancient concepts with his own interpretation, Gregangelo has been performing his uniquely  mystical adaptation of the whirling dervish for over two decades, dazzling and intriguing secular-audiences worldwide. His spectacular costumes represent the omnipresent realm of the cosmos and eternity. As he sheds layer by layer, the story morphs from the infinite expanse of the Universe to our galaxy, to our solar system, to Earth and finally to the individual.
More Whirling Dervish photos :
http://gregangelo.com/entertainment/characters/dervish/

Whirling Dervish video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGcxHEKyS9k

To hire, Gregangelo, Whirling Dervish

Velocity Arts & Entertainment

Velocity Circus

San Francisco

www.gregangelo.com

velocitysf@prodigy.net

415 664-0095

Eternity

Just read a remarkable book titled "Proof of Heaven" http://www.lifebeyonddeath.net/node/15/done?sid=12023 and though I am no holy roller (just a roller skater), was motivated to send the author this message and invitation:

I am a whirling dervish and stumbled upon your very inspiring book/experience per chance at an airport, read it, pondered it, and as usual  intuitively found myself very familiar with the topic or... THE topic.
Though I have never experienced a NDE  (Clinical Near Death Experience) or any psychotropic induced state (other than the natural elated state of consciousness while whirling); since birth, I have never lost the firm memory  of eternity or as I refer to it, and noticed you occasionally did as well, -Reality. My entire life has been dedicated as an artist and entertainer to creating shows, stories, artistry, and installations for secular audiences based on "Eternity" (though sometimes masked in more accessible and sometimes even popular imagery depending on the audience) .
I have a permanent installation in San Francisco based on Eternity to which I extend an open invitation to you and your family to share together should you find yourself in this "City by the Bay" .The experience pushes the limited perception of our earthly eyes, ears and multiple senses to expand far beyond the horizons of perceived reality to that far more wondrous , yet always present realm of eternity...

Enthralled with your overall message of  Love, and hope that you inspire many, many people who are in need of seeing beyond the veil of mortality...

Gregangelo
http://gregangelo.com/entertainment/