Hey, folks. Here is some more info on Jump Rhythm Jazz, performing at UTC
next Sunday the 17th.
DOROTHY PATTEN FINE ARTS SERIES
presents
Billy Siegenfeld's
Jump Rhythm Jazz Project
Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002 at 7:30 pm at the UTC Fine Arts Center.
Billy Siegenfeld created the Jump Rhythm Jazz Project in New York City in
1990. With his long-time associate, Jeannie Hill, Siegenfeld shaped the
company by generating a style of dance built upon the rhythmic and dynamic
foundations of classic jazz music. Dance Magazine called Siegenfeld and
Hill "a delightful latter-day Fred and Ginger" in a review of their chamber
jazz musical Romance in Swingtime.
This style, formalized in the Jump Rhythm Jazz technique, favors an
energy-rich, "rhythm-first" approach to teaching body movement based in the
laws of natural motion. Different from ballet-based techniques, it
emphasizes the percussive articulation of energy through all body parts
democratically, rather than primarily through the legs. Siegenfeld
organized Jump Rhythm Jazz Project into an ensemble of eight dancers to
train in the technique and rehearse repertoire and new works on a regular
basis. In August 2000, in recognition of its unique approach to jazz
dancing, the company performed at the Third International Jazzdance
Symposium in Helsinki, Finland. While in Chattanooga, the company will
conduct workshops on Jump Rhythm Jazz with schools and local dance companies.
· "Few can fearlessly pack a house with a concert of pure jazz-tap
dance; Siegenfeld has found a formula - feet and faces - that does the
trick."
Lisa Traiger WASHINGTON POST
· "Billy Siegenfeld is on to something with the Jump Rhythm Jazz
style, a matter of taut, precise, fast and far-moving jazz dancing...The
dancers are like hard little projectiles hurtling through space ...each
step and gesture are clear, and soon the hurtling becomes a kind of
ground-skimming flight that captures the exuberant physicality of good
dancers when moments of extreme control and abandon are seamlessly
combined."
Jennifer Dunning, NEW YORK TIMES
· "Siegenfeld makes bouyant, breezy motion in fast-paced, funky jazz
rhythms. Consisently catchy and inventive, his Jump Rhythm makes the
stage sizzle and the audience yell for more."."
Gus Solomons, Jr. DANCE MAGAZINE
· "We need artists in jazz. We need more choreographers like Billy
Siegenfeld...[his] movement recalls the best qualities of jazz music and
dance, but is absorbed, digested and re-invented in a look that is
instantly recognizable as his. And importantly, there appears to be a
particular motivation for each movement. The choice of movement springs
from the thought of what exactly needs to be said at that point in time.
No gymnastic-like passes culminating in a switch split. No maudlin
displays of syrupy sentimentality. And he makes dances where women are
noteworthy for their style and expressive ability, not their revealing
costumes."
Bob Boross DANCER
· "Thank goodness - jazz!"
Joseph H. Mazo DANCE MAGAZINE
· "'Romance in Swingtime' maps a romantic relationship - courting,
squabbling, and making up - in perfect rhythm. The couple - bouncing and
dipping to live piano, bass, and drum arrangements with a refreshingly
stylish mix of ballroom, soft shoe, and jazz - are a delightful latter- day
Fred and Ginger."
Gus Solomons, Jr. DANCE MAGAZINE
The UTC Fine Arts Center website is at - http://www.utc.edu/finearts/
The web page with the show is at -
http://www.utc.edu/finearts/2002brochure/jumpjazz.htm
The UTC Fine Arts Center Box Office is at (423)755-4269.
Box Office Hours: 9:00 to 5:00 Monday to Friday and 1 Hour prior to the
show.
Adults $18 Seniors $15 Faculty/staff $13 Students $7
Kim Edward Renz
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Fine Arts Center, Department 1351
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403
423-755-4371 Office
423-755-5249 Facsimile
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