Main stage performance
The Pulse is a 70-minute immersive performance experience, turning audiences from mere spectators into active participants. It guides them through a polyrhythmic roller coaster of layered African Diasporic Dance, Tap Dance, Body Percussion, Sand Dance, and Audience participation, igniting the senses by translating global rhythms to the human body, producing a rhythmic score of movement and music. The Pulse includes the company's latest work, Body Language, a sonic and kinetic exploration of African Diasporic Percussive Dance with loop machine technology, building an original soundscape in real time that the artist then performs too. The Pulse was developed during The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in an Office Hours Residency and premiered at Jacob's Pillow in 2023.
THE PULSE
Dancer(s): Five
Musician(s): One
Crew: Three
Arts Education and Community programming packages can be added to The Pulse.
Tap, Body Percussion workshops, and residencies can be added to The Pulse.
ZAZ: The Big Easy, a recipient of the 2023 NEFA NDP Award, is a choreography-led immersive performance that showcases African Diasporic Percussive Dance, accompanied by immersive sound and media technologies. The performance explores the theme of global warming through the lens of Hurricane Katrina. It features tap dance, body percussion, West African and contemporary partnering, original music, and technology inspired by actual events and the oral histories of survivors.
ZAZ: The Big Easy has been in residency at Dance Place (D.C.), The Dance Lab NY (NYC) and The Ohio State University (OH).
Premiering in 2025/2026!
ZAZ: THE BIG EASY
Dancer(s): Six -Eight
Musician(s): Three-Five
Arts Education and Community programming can be added to Zaz:The Big Easy
Tap, Body Percussion workshops, and residencies can be added to ZAZ:The Big Easy
