Groove Downbeat Twig 

Choreographer
Shawn Short

Music
Christian Prommer

Premiere
Fall Forward, October 19th, 2024 Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC (World Premiere)

Fluid bodies move to the drum rhythm in Short’s soft-shoe ballet Groove Downbeat Twig. House music adorns your ears, as the dancers fill the stage with “get down” while “feeling it”. Africanistic movement, club dance, and classical ballet emulsify, bringing sweat to the hot bodies on stage. Performed to the music of German multi-instrumentalist, producer, and DJ Christian Prommer, Groove Downbeat Twig makes slender bodies feel it deep inside.

Original Cast
Joel Kioko (Soloist), Maurissa Powell, Kassi Tiedjens (Soloist), Sarah Phillips, Catherine Casey, Skyy Twyman (Special Feature — Ngoma School Alumna/DDT Trainee)

Lighting by
Chris Holland

Time
8 Minutes