Ephrat Asherie Dance: Shadow Cities
This summer, Ephrat Asherie Dance will perform Shadow Cities, created in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill. Performed by seven dancers and four musicians, this work is a contemplative, raucous, celebratory reflection on the unexpected ways we encounter our most enlivened selves. In Shadow Cities, the company moves seamlessly through the edges of light and dark, exploring themes of belonging, longing and the ways we find joy in the in-between.
About Ephrat Asherie
New York City-based director, choreographer, performer, and b-girl Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie always finds a dynamic groove at Jacob’s Pillow. From her company’s Festival performances in 2013, to the extraordinary Pillow premiere of ODEON in 2018, to her crowd-pleasing collaboration with Michelle Dorrance last summer, Asherie creates work that is aesthetically innovative, physically rigorous, and unceasingly curious. Her dynamic company Ephrat Asherie Dance is dedicated to honoring the ethos of the underground club community, rooted in Black and Latine vernacular dances including breaking, hip hop, house and waacking.
A Bessie Award winner and recipient of two National Dance Project Awards, Asherie has been presented on stages nationally and internationally with commissions from Fall for Dance at New York City Center, Works & Process at the Guggenheim, the Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences, Vail Dance Festival, PHILADANCO!, Parsons Dance, Malpaso, and more. Ephrat Asherie Dance is committed to celebrating and bringing awareness to street and club dance culture by creating and sharing innovative performance works, teaching workshops and classes, and creating platforms for dialogue across the field.
Show Information
Expected run time
60 minutes, no intermission
Additional information
Live music, first appearance since 2018
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Talks
Pre-Show Talks
30 minutes before each performance
Gain insight into the performance you are about to see with a free 15-minute Pre-Show Talk. All Pre-Show Talks for this performance will be presented in the Doris Duke Theatre's Jameson Family Lobby.
Post-Show Talks
Immediately following the Thursday evening performance
Participate in a free question & answer session with the artists just after they step off stage. Ticket-holders are invited to stay immediately after the show in order to enjoy the Post-Show Talk.
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