Grammy-winning artist Nile Rodgers is bringing a brand new form of music expertise to Los Angeles’ South Coast Botanic Backyard.
Working alongside Constellation Immersive, an affiliate of CAA, Rodgers is taking his lifelong love of rollerskating to a brand new degree. The DiscOasis, an expertise that mixes dance music, skating, and artwork, is slated to open subsequent month.
“The DiscOasis is a dream come true for me. Folks know and love to bounce to my songs, what they might not know is that I’ve been a skater all my life and I like to curler disco!” Rodgers mentioned. “I can keep in mind the primary time I ever walked right into a disco and noticed individuals from each stroll of life put their troubles, prejudices and variations apart within the identify of affection and dance. It was the right place and we glance to create that very same spirit.”
Rodgers says he appears to be like to deliver again the enduring 70s and 80s model exercise in a complete new means. With colourful lights, disco “bloom” field artwork installations, and meals vehicles serving up snacks and cocktails of the period, it is sufficient to make attendees really feel they’ve transported again in time.
Based on Variety, DiscOasis will function from July sixteenth via the Labor Day vacation. Proceeds from the enterprise will profit Rodgers’ nonprofit We Are A Family Foundation, which helps cultural range and gives mentorship alternatives to younger visionaries.