LAVA

You needn't be too shocked, because that's exactly what a trio of Australian-based high-tech architects called LAVA are proposing - and they've said the Barbican in London is a suitable case for treatment.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

You needn't be too shocked, because that's exactly what a trio of Australian-based high-tech architects called LAVA are proposing - and they've said the Barbican in London is a suitable case for treatment.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

Unless visionary designers such as LAVA can create building skins that deliver quantum-jumps in environmental performance, their brand of high-tech architecture is at risk of becoming just as brilliant a curiosity as a battered, 37-year-old copy of Yes's most legendary album, Tales of Topographic Oceans.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

Unless visionary designers such as LAVA can create building skins that deliver quantum-jumps in environmental performance, their brand of high-tech architecture is at risk of becoming just as brilliant a curiosity as a battered, 37-year-old copy of Yes's most legendary album, Tales of Topographic Oceans.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

The LAVA dancers plugged into the community as teachers, dancers and hosts to other performers.

Brooklyn Crew Hangs in There Lizzie Simon 2011

The vignette, like all of the work in "Encyclopedia," came to life in a group discussion when a few of the LAVA members voiced their desire to be able to dance shirtless, not in a performance of seduction but rather in one of "freedom and abandon."

Brooklyn Crew Hangs in There Lizzie Simon 2011

She chose to choreograph a dance "You gotta love the New School," she said that eventually became "Volcano Love," LAVA's first public offering.

Brooklyn Crew Hangs in There Lizzie Simon 2011

Now in its 11th year, LAVA has survived as an outsider in the dance world—and through a recession—by cultivating a loyal following from its Brooklyn headquarters, where it operates a school for acrobatics for more than 500 children and adults; presents a seasonal, free open-performance event called "Night of Renegades"; and rehearses for shows across the city and, increasingly, around the world.

Brooklyn Crew Hangs in There Lizzie Simon 2011

As long as LAVA could make mortgage payments, she figured, it could endure.

Brooklyn Crew Hangs in There Lizzie Simon 2011

"You can see better tricks at any circus in the world," she said, adding that LAVA is trying to build a local culture.

Brooklyn Crew Hangs in There Lizzie Simon 2011