MASS MoCA Co-Presentation: Ephrat Asherie Dance

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Ephrat Asherie Dance | April 28, 2018 at 8pm

Preview this brand new work before its world premiere in the Doris Duke Theatre! Ephrat Asherie Dance presents a special sneak peek of the work-in-progress Odeon, two months before its highly anticipated world premiere at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2018 (June 27–July 1). In this new work, The Boston Globe’s “bona fide b-girl” and New York Dance and Performance (“Bessie”) Award winner Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie layers breaking, hip-hop, house, and vogue to the buoyant Afro-Brazilian rhythms of 20th century composer Ernesto Nazareth, played live by acclaimed pianist and Asherie’s brother, Ehud Asherie.

Odeon was created in part through two residencies at Jacob’s Pillow.


About Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie

Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, a 2016 Bessie Award Winner for Innovative Achievement in Dance, is a New York City based B-girl, dancer, and choreographer. As artistic director of Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD) she has presented work at the Apollo Theater, FiraTarrega, Jacob’s Pillow, New York Live Arts, Summerstage, and the Yard, among others. Asherie has received numerous awards to support her work including a Mondo Cane! commission from Dixon Place, a creative development residency at the Pillow Lab from Jacob’s Pillow, Workspace and Extended Life Residencies from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, a Travel and Study Grant from the Jerome Foundation and two residencies through the CUNY Dance Initiative. Her first evening-length work, A Single Ride, received two Bessie nominations in 2012 for Outstanding Emerging Choreographer and Outstanding Sound Design by Marty Beller. Most recently Asherie received a National Dance Project award to support the development and touring of her newest work, Odeon. Asherie is a regular guest artist with Dorrance Dance and has worked and collaborated with Doug Elkins, Rennie Harris, Bill Irwin, David Parsons, Gus Solomons Jr., and Buddha Stretch, among others.