Heartbeats

Choreographer
Kareem B. Goodwin

Music
Various (Erykah Badu, Cleo Sol, SZA, Teyana Taylor, Tems, and Durrand Bernarr)

Premiere
Workshopped in Fall of 2023 (The Clarice (UMD)/Atlas Studios (Joy of Motion Dance Center, DC)
X Marks Da Spot, March 2nd, 2024 Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC (World Premiere)

Heartbeats explores the stages of human connection—platonic and romantic—through Horton, jazz, and contemporary lyrical movement. Set to the soulful sounds of Erykah Badu, Cleo Sol, SZA, Tems, and more, Goodwin’s work invites audiences to embrace every emotion, celebrating love as an ode to being alive and connected.

Original Cast
Cora McMahan, Daniel Artis, Edgar Lacaba, Marissa Escalante, Luigie Barrera, Whitney Hester, Tirza Panunto, Maya Richard (Apprentice), Mikayla Anderson (Apprentice)

Lighting by
Chris Holland

Time
15 Minutes