Music
Jones, Brown

Premiere
Fall Forward 2019/Black Dance Festival DMV
September 29th
Dance Theater, The Clarice

A revivalist movement that aims to capture the essence of funk and soul music, the SJ Suite embodies the vibrancy and “boogie-down” good time capsulated by artists of the mid-1960’s to the mid-1970s. As jazz music is the marriage of classical music and the African-American experience, the SJ Suite explores the connectivity of Black-inspired social dance vernacular with contemporary dance. Examining the context of human interaction through nonverbal and social expression, SJ Suite demonstrates what happens when “the groove” meets human emotion, diverse dancers, and choreography that’s lit up like the “electric boogaloo”.

Original Cast
Emma Button, Christine Motta, Heather Carlson, Jazmine C. Rutherford, Phillip Fobbs, Daniel Artis, Tony Sewer, Anthony Spivey, Moyston Henry Jr., Moses Brown, William Feldon

Length
10 mins

Costumes By
Shawn Short

Lighting by
Chris Holland