JUMP RHYTHM Jazz Project by William Frederking

JUMP RHYTHM Jazz Project

February 18, 19 & 20 * 8:00 p.m.



20th Anniversary Season

The Emmy Award-winning JUMP RHYTHM Jazz Project is known nationally and abroad for its explosively, rhythm-driven storydances performed to the beat-driven sounds of jazz, hip-hop, and world music. The company will mark its 20th anniversary with premieres as well as revivals of JRJP classics. The latter includes artistic director Billy Siegenfeld’s god of dirt, a trans-national folk-dance set to the exuberant sounds of Serb-Croat composer Goran Bregovic. Siegenfeld will also premiere You Do Not Have To Be Good, about the reclaiming of emotion by the dancing body, and Why Gershwin?, a wry romance based on the music and words of the Gershwin brothers. To celebrate JRJP’s outreach programs, company member Heidi Malnar will premiere Sing, Sing, Sing, created on a crosssection of dancers representing Chicagoland’s teen communities.

Jump Rhythm Jazz Project (short video) February 18, 19 & 20, 2010 at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago colum.edu/dancecenter; Jump Rhythm Jazz Project (long video) February 18, 19 & 20, 2010 at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago colum.edu/dancecenter; JUMP RHYTHM Jazz Project February 18, 19 & 20, 2010 at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago colum.edu/dancecenter



Other Events

Post-Performance Discussion


Thursday, February 18


FamilyDance Matinee


Saturday, February 20 * 3:00 p.m.

More information about FamilyDance





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JUMP RHYTHM Jazz Project’s performances at The Dance Center are funded, in part, by The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and the Illinois Arts Council.