Pillow Lab:
Music from the Sole
At Perles Family Studio: Nov 9
Event Dates
About
Music from the Sole
Developmental Residency | October 30 – November 10, 2024
Showing | November 9, 2024
Music from the Sole is a tap dance and live music company that celebrates tap’s Afro-diasporic roots, particularly its connections to Afro-Brazilian dance and music, and its lineage to forms like house dance and passinho (Brazilian funk). Led by Brazilian tap dancer/choreographer Leonardo Sandoval and by bassist/composer Gregory Richardson, Music from the Sole embraces tap’s unique nature as a blend of sound and movement, incorporating wide-ranging influences like samba, passinho, Afro-Cuban, jazz, and house. The company performed as part of the 2022 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.
During their Pillow Lab residency, Music from the Sole will expand and deepen their exploration of tap’s fluid identity as both dance and music, focusing particularly on the development of a new, currently untitled evening-length work. This work is co-commissioned by the Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow, Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Guild Hall, The Yard, and Dance Place.
Music from the Sole’s new work is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by The Yard, Joyce Theater Foundation Inc, Works and Process, Inc., Guild Hall of East Hampton, Jacob’s Pillow, Dance Place, and NPN. The Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: www.npnweb.org
Location
Perles Family Studio
Want to see the work? Jacob’s Pillow Members at the $500 level and above, as well as our College Partners, are invited to Jacob’s Pillow to attend an in-person showing by the artists at the end of the residency. Video livestreams may also be available for certain showings. This opportunity is offered by email invitation in advance of the event.
Already a Member or College Partner? RSVP links will be emailed to you directly at the email associated with your Membership or College Partnership. Have questions or want to attend via Zoom? Please email membership@jacobspillow.org or community@jacobspillow.org.
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Lead support for the Pillow Lab is provided by the Mellon Foundation
