SummerScape - SCAT!… The Complex Lives of Al and Dot, Dot and Al Zollar

SCAT!… The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar
URBAN BUSH WOMEN
A New Dance-Driven Jazz Club Spectacular
SummerScape Commission/World Premiere

Conceived, Directed, and Choreographed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
Co-Choreographed by Vincent E. Thomas
Original Music Composed by Craig Harris
Dramaturgy by Talvin Wilks

Building upon a repertoire of bold, life-affirming dance works, Urban Bush Women celebrates its 40th anniversary with a new dance-driven jazz club spectacular that tells the story of two people making their way in Kansas City—from the Great Migration to the present.

Urban Bush Women founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar grew up performing in floor shows in Black neighborhoods in a segregated Kansas City in the mid-20th century—an era when Black businesses were booming, and there was great hope of upward mobility post-WWII.

Performed with a live band to an original jazz score by Craig Harris, this world premiere tells the powerful journey of the Zollar family and what happens when dreams encounter the harsh realities of American life in the 1940s & 50s.

Location: Sosnoff Theater

Ticketing:
Tickets start at $25
$5 tickets for Bard students are made possible by the Passloff Pass.

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