Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
$20-$40
Pamela Z — And the Movement of the Tongue
T. J. Anderson — Spirit Songs
Pamela Z – And the Movement of the Tongue
Wynton Marsalis – At the Octaroon Balls for string quartet
T. J. Anderson – Spirit Songs for cello and piano
Simple Measures partners with Spectrum Dance Theater on February 18-21 for “Rambunctions 2.0.” The first show in a series that “boldly disrupts the current conversation around race,” Simple Measures brings a bevy of top-tier musicians, including Brittany Boulding, Mara Gearman, Liza Zurliden, and Simple Measures Artistic Director Rajan Krishnaswami for engaging, evocative works by three African American composers: Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
Z’s 2013 And the Movement of the Tongue finds the music mimicking speech patterns in a quirky and often funny work with recorded voice. T. J. Anderson’s cello and piano work Spirit Songs — with pianist Judith Cohen — uses jazz and spirituals as a base for his expressive language, as does Wynton Marsalis’s string quartet At the Octaroon Balls, though with very different results.
Spectrum’s dancers create shapes and movement to explore Artistic Director and Choreographer Donald Byrd’s ideas and emotions on the “unacknowledged contributions African Americans have made to America’s artistic landscape.”
RAMBUNCTIOUS 2.0: A Festival of Music and Dance... Continued is part of Spectrum’s Black History Month Dance Festival: Making the Invisible Visible, a two-week exploration of the unacknowledged contributions African Americans have made to America’s artistic landscape. Includes panel-led discussions as part of the Dismantling Racism series, a pre-show talk (opening night only), and post-show talks.
A can’t-miss, high-energy evening.
Admission: $40 (students $17.50 – $20). Enter code #RACEish at checkout and enjoy a second free ticket for every one you buy!