Dream Rockwell
Dream Rockwell | |
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| Born | London |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Artistic director, stage director, public speaker |
| Known for | Lucent Dossier Experience, Lightning in a Bottle, The Do LaB, music video direction |
Dream Rockwell is an artist, director, public speaker, and multidisciplinary event creator.[1] She has worked in cirque, rock music, electronic dance music shows, and concert tours. She specializes in interactive theatre as well as immersive events[2][3] and festival creation.[4]
Past talks include TEDx Talks Vail, Leaders Causing Leaders,[5] XLive,[6] Burning Man,[2] PPTOW, Worldz,[7] Temple of Consciousness, One Love[8] and many other conferences and festivals worldwide. Her subjects have included: Unleash Your Legend, YES AND...!, The Human Uplevel, Rise of the Feminine, Grace of Venus (her forthcoming book for young women) and Unraveling the Universe ~ Keys and Codes to the Matrix.[9]
Director, Producer and CCO
[edit]Rockwell directed the performance portions of Panic! at the Disco's VH1 award-winning video "I Write Sins not Tragedies".[5] Their acceptance speech was infamously interrupted by Kanye West, something he also did to Taylor Swift,[10] She went on to direct Panic! at the Disco's international sold out concert tour that followed the video's success. She directed The Duhks' video "Fast Paced World",[11][12][13] and Mötley Crüe's last world tour with Aerosmith[14]
Rockwell is the founder and director of Lucent Dossier Experience, a "high-concept, steampunk-meets-neotribal",[15] nouveau cirque circus troupe.[14]
Rockwell is a co-founder of The Do Lab,[16] an event production company responsible for the music festival Lightning in a Bottle which she co-founded and produced from its inception in 2004 - 2016.[17] She invited artists and guests to her highly curated stages and custom designed immersive areas making LIB the first transformational festival to emerge out of the music festival scene.[18][19][20][21]
In 2023, Rockwell became an adviser to the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince for his city of the future, NEOM. She also co-created a project in the deserts of Saudi Arabia called Karavan as the projects CCO.[22]
Early life and career
[edit]As a young woman, Rockwell lived in New York City, where she produced Lunatic Fringe, a monthly open mic poetry slam.
She toured internationally with Madonna, helping to create some of her most iconic looks influencing millions of fans worldwide.[23]
Prior to touring with Madonna she spent 18 months as a backup singer and dancer with Shania Twain.
In the early 2000's, Rockwell formed and performed in two 60's inspired electro-pop bands, VOXBOX and Willpilot.
Philanthropy
[edit]Rockwell is the founder of Cuddle the World, an organization that takes teddy bears, cuddle blankets, inspirational toys and musical instruments to needy children around the world.[24][25]
Rockwell enjoys a plant based diet and is interested in creating a cruelty-free world.[26][27]
Personal life
[edit]Rockwell is an adoptive parent and adopted a child in 2014.
Rockwell has been tied romantically to Elon Musk, Gerard Butler and American Soccer hero Edson Buddle[28]
References
[edit]- ^ "Festival All-Star: Lightning in a Bottle's Dream Rockwell". 19 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Dream Rockwell & the Lucent Dossier Experience". 9 June 2014.
- ^ immersive events
- ^ festival production
- ^ a b "About".
- ^ "Live Design Online".
- ^ Worldz Preview: Dream Rockwell – Co-Founder, Lightning in a Bottle & DoLab. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08.
- ^ "Unravelling the Universe with Dream Rockwell – One Love Experience 2018". onelovefest.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-30.
- ^ WORLDZ TRIBE (2017-03-02), WORLDZ Preview: Dream Rockwell – Co-Founder, Lightning in a Bottle & DoLab, retrieved 2017-11-05
- ^ "Dream Rockwell with Panic! at The Disco". Alternative Press.
- ^ "The Duhks Unveil World Premiere of "Fast Paced World" Music Video". Dirty Linen Newsfeed. 27 January 2009.
- ^ "Search results". YouTube.
- ^ "The Duhks release video for "Fast Paced World" | BluegrassJournal.com". www.bluegrassjournal.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03.
- ^ a b "Los Angeles LA Vida – LA People 2009: The New Vaudevillians — Lucent Dossier – page 1". www.laweekly.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-26.
- ^ Johnson, Alexis. "Creatures of the Night." Style Section L.A. November 30, 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ "SoCal's Best at". Socal.com. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
- ^ "Freedom of Speech Spirit Living LIB 2016". July 2016.
- ^ "La weekly Lucent Dossier's Dream Rockwell Is Still Waging Her Legal Battle Over Lightning in a Bottle". 25 July 2017.
- ^ "The do Lab presents Lightning in a Bottle 2011 | Metrowize.com". Archived from the original on 2010-11-06. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
- ^ "Lucent Dossier's vaudeville troupe lights up Edison - SGVTribune.com". Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- ^ "Dream Rockwell Talks Lucent Dossier, LiB Fest & Removing the Stigma of Sexual Abuse [Interview]". Archived from the original on 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Saudi Arabia NEOM Advisory Board Announcement". 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Dream Rockwell with Madonna".
- ^ "Vaudeville Cirque // Current TV". current.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10.
- ^ "What's trending in today's young adult world". Millennial Magazine. 13 May 2022.
- ^ "My LA: How a Vision at Burning Man Brought Magic to LA". HuffPost. 14 September 2011.
- ^ "Vegetarian StarLucent Dossier's Dream Rockwell Rocks Taran Smith's Vegan Tacos".
- ^ "DeepMind's cofounder partied with Elon Musk for his raucous 40th birthday party on the Orient Express, a new book revealed". Business Insider.