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Jack

Advance D-Lux

About Me

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Myspace LayoutsHello, I'm a theatre and film maker who has invested his energies in two fascinating cities, Lisbon, Portugal and New York, NY. I have been creating, collaborating and heading artistic productions since 1994. I have created a performance collective Advance D-Lux. We believe in destruction, action and reinvention.MY BIOGRAPHY:Jack Shamblin has originated, collaborated and performed for numerous artists including Caryl Churchill, The Skriker, U.S. Premier NY Public Theater, Theodora Skipitares, Under The Knife, La MaMa Etc. NY, Paulo Henrique, Minimally Invasive, Expo 98 Festival Dive Into The Future Lisbon Portugal, Siemen’s International Dance Festival Germany and Eva Mueller, Submergence, Sketch Gallery London. Solos include Fonte De Pow Wow, Jangada W.A.Y. Festival at LUX Lisbon, 3 Places, HERE NY, Teatro de Trindade Lisbon, Dixon Place NY, 42nd Street Windows Festival and Sodomite! Mother NYC, The Red Room NY and Dixon Place NYC. Original Plays include Thurma and Fake performed at Dixon Place NYC and University of Iowa. He co-authored, directed, produced & performed with Nicole Zaray Bread & Circus 3099 at La MaMa Annex NY 2003 which made Time Out New York’s list of must see events and was called “striking” and “funky” by Patrick Gallagher of Show Business Weekly. He has worked with Oscar Award Winning Actor 2005, Philip Seymour Hoffman; Mark Wing-Davey, Jayne Atkinson, Valda Setterfield, Kate Bornstein, Ellie Covan and Ezequeil Santos. He teaches performance construction, periodically at Lisbon’s Centro Em Movimento C.E.M. Workshops include High Fantasy, Causing A Scene, Haikurama and Advance D-Lux. In the world of experimental film he was featured in Godfrey Reggio’s Naqoyqatsi with music by Phillip Glass produced by Miramax, in addition he appeared in the 35mm short film Fan Mail dir.Brett Vapnek starring Carrie Brownstein of the band Sleater Kinney. Currently he is head of Advance D-Lux a performance collective based in Lisbon Portugal. The collective’s 30 minute experimental film O Castelo Preto (Black Castle) will premier in October. He is also presenting his new solo Revofuckinlution in various venues in NYC and Lisbon. Revofuckinlution has appeared in various stages at Dixon Place NYC and the Museum of Natural History Lisbon. Further information can be obtained by visiting www.advancedelux.com.

My Interests

Literature, Portuguese, Film, Experimental Theatre & Spirituality

I'd like to meet:

Artists, writers, scientists, dreamers, poets & gurus.

Music:

I like various forms and styles of music. I appreciate the unusual and melodic.

Movies:

I'm a Guy Maddin fan. I love Twilight of The Ice Nymphs.
Fan Mail (2003) from Brett Vapnek on Vimeo .

Television:

I'm into Brit Com, Portuguese Novellas, Biographies, Histories & Science.

Selling Yogurt in Portugal
http://www.vimeo.com/1415908

Want to see me selling Yogurt on television and playing it cool click on the link.

Books:

Authors: Anais Nin, Henry Miller, Lawerence Durell, Jose Sarmargo, Toni Morrison, Jane SmileyFavorite Books: The Greenlanders, Pope Joan, The Trees, In AmericaI tend to forget the names of books, authors & music

Heroes:

Guy Maddin, Abe Lincoln, Caryl Churchill & Frederico Garcia Lorca

My Blog

Performance

Revofuckinlution at Dixon Place NYC December 2006.Creator and Performer: Jack ShamblinThis is the earlier version of the performance. New music and video concepts are being developed by H...
Posted by Jack on Fri, 30 May 2008 08:15:00 PST

Movie

Fan Mail (2003) from Brett Vapnek on Vimeo. Jack Shamblin plays the model in this short film by Brett Vapnek. Enjoy....
Posted by Jack on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:17:00 PST

Performance Archive: Circuit/ Advance D-Lux April 2007

Recent work by Advance D-Lux soon to be renamed Vance Kímica. To join our collective you only need to step under our umbrella and think about your identity and your ability as an individu...
Posted by Jack on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:50:00 PST

Performance Archive: Jack Shamblin Bread & Circus 3099 La MaMa Annex NYC

BREAD & CIRCUS 3099 © 2003La MaMa Annex Feb. 27th - Mar. 16th 2003Created and Performed by Jack Shamblin & Nicole ZarayFeatured Hadas Gil-BarChoreography by Paulo HenriqueMusic C...
Posted by Jack on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:38:00 PST

Performance Archive: Submergence Dixon Place NYC 2002

These performances came from a series of performance art nights at Eva Mueller Studios on W. 37th street in New ...
Posted by Jack on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:30:00 PST

Advance D-Lux/Museu de Agua/Exposição 10 anos Cais/ Pintura Dina Guiar

Performance Archive May 2005/Advance D-Lux/Museu de Agua/Exposição 10 anos Cais/ Pintura Dina GuiarWe created this for Dina Guiar & Cais Magazine. This was a charity event to raise money for the home...
Posted by Jack on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:45:00 PST

Performance Archive : Jack Shamblin: 3 Places

3 Places by Jack Shamblin, Directed by Marion Schoevarte, Projections and Photos by Eva Mueller, Music by Rui LeitãoPerformed at Without Author Festival C.E.M. at Teatro de Trindade Lisbon 2000, Here ...
Posted by Jack on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:28:00 PST

Advance D-Lux Performance Collective: Lojarítmo Cúbico 3, Bairro Alto, Lisboa Antiga

Lojarítmo Cúbico 3 was created in early 2005 out of our intensive workshop at C.E.M. Lisbon's Centro Em Movimento (Center In Movement) which is an artistic research center. The creations performed in ...
Posted by Jack on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:18:00 PST

Slava & Myspace Censorship

I was sick to find Slava Mogutin's profile deleted. It just reminds me of how outside the group we are. Who thinks that they are all protective enough to judge what is nude, pornography or offensive?...
Posted by Jack on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:47:00 PST

Distractions

Distractions, I heard could be worth it. I was art modeling at SVA and one of the teachers that I liked the most said this, Peter Hirstoff (I hope I spelt his name right). Myspace can be very distra...
Posted by Jack on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:47:00 PST