An Evening of Fashion &Performance
At the French Cultural Center
In collaboration with Boston's French Cultural Center, designer Luke Aaron and the Autumn Salon come togehter to create a beautiful and insired evening of fashion and performance, including a runway show of Aaron's latest pieces, craft cocktails accompanied by Gypsy Jazz from the renowned Rhythm Future Quartet, and intimate performances of classical piano music, French art songs and ballet.
Luke Aaron
Luke Aaron is an American designer who's work expresses an appreciation for past tradition while embracing modern reinterpretation. Trained in costume design at the prestigious Yale School of Drama, his story-teller approach creates a visual narrative through each season in which the wearer becomes the muse.
Emma Sorenson
Lyric mezzo-soprano Emma Sorenson is a featured Emerging Artist with the Boston Lyric Opera, and recently made her debut with Chicago's Fringe Opera as Isabelle Eberhardt in Missy Mazzoli's acclaimed new work Song from the Uproar: the Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt. Critics have praised Emma as a "striking and graceful presence, singing with an attractive, flexible voice that brought strong dramatic engagement throughout..." In addition to her singing career, Emma works as a fashion model represented by Maggie Inc.
Kristine Butler
Kristine Butler received her early dance training at Royal Academy of Ballet in Buffalo, NY. She went on to train at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and at Charlotte Ballet as an apprentice. After spending one season with the Charlotte Ballet, Kristine was in the corps of San Francisco Ballet, where she performed in Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Coppelia, and Onegin. She was also a member of the New Chamber Ballet in New York, and has danced internationally at Kunst am Spreeknie Festival and the Romanian National Ballet.
Rhythm Future Quartet
The Rhythm Future Quartet has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive and expanding in today’s musical universe. The virtuosic foursome, named for a Django Reinhardt tune, performs dynamic and lyrical arrangements of both Gypsy jazz standards and original compositions that draw upon diverse international rhythms and musical idioms.