Dance Jamaica! (September 12 2009)

(In the event of rain, the event will move indoors to the auditorium.)

 

FREE and open to the public

chashama, in association with Greater Jamaica Development Corp (GJDC) and Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL), is proud to once again present Dance Jamaica!, unexpected dance performances outside the Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC).

 

Three dance companies that operate in the Queens area, ESOTA!, Mariana Bekerman Dance Company ("Black & White"), and JR Entertainment, have been selected to create outdoor performances for the lawn in front of the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in this second season. JPAC is located on one of Jamaica's busiest thoroughfares, and these public performances will delight the public as they go about their Saturday activities.

 

Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) is a community-building organization that plans, promotes, coordinates and advances responsible development to revitalize Jamaica and strengthen the region. Marshaling the resources of the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, GJDC's work expands economic opportunity and improves quality of life for the ethnically and economically diverse residents of Jamaica and for the region at large, which benefits from rational, well-planned, and sustainable metropolitan growth.

 

The Jamaica Performing Arts Center (JPAC), located on Jamaica Avenue and 153rd Street adjacent to a major subway and bus terminal, is a landmark Former Dutch Reformed Church building and open space that was renovated by the City of New York. The space will soon open for reuse as a 400-seat state of the art performing arts center to be operated by the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. Planned programming includes theatre productions, music concerts, film festivals, dance performances and arts education. 

 

*ESOTA dance program:

Soul Glo

choreographed by Adrienne Brown-Strother & David "Sincere" Aiken

 

The Pioneer

choreographed by Wendy Edge & Kerri Edge

 

Wade in the Water

choreographed by Alvin Ailey; staged by Kerri Edge

 

The Day is Past and Gone

choreographed by Kerri Edge

 

Four Swans

choreographed by Marius Petipa; staged by Kerri Edge

 

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

choreographed by Derek Parson

 

Stand

choreographed by Kerri Edge

 

O Happy Day

choreographed by Kerri Edge

 

Motown Jazz

choreographed by Adrienne Brown-Strother

 

One

choreographed by Kerri Edge