STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos
CIRCLES: going in
Sat | Feb 3 | 7:30PM
Schaeffer Theatre
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Black Joy. Femme. Cycles of Life and Love.
Layering dance, visual arts, with pulsing beats and bass lines, the work presents snapshots of popular culture through choreographer Staycee Pearl’s lens as a Black woman. With an ensemble of five dancers, CIRCLES: going in is a colorful, unapologetic, and daring path to self-reclamation.
Central to the work is an original sound score of hip-hop, house, techno and ballroom music samples – bringing the joy, spontaneity and uncensored freedom of self-expression from the club to the stage.
“CIRCLES: going in” became an uplifting spiral perfect for counteracting the pandemic blues.” –– Dance Currents
Choreography: Staycee Pearl
Sound Designer/Engineer: Herman B. Pearl
Music Collaborators: DJ Haram, DOTGOV, Geña, Ixa, Kha’DJ, Kilamanzego, Madame Dolores, Meejah, Queen Jo, Yah Lioness
Lighting Design: Scott Nelson
Costume Design: S. Ruth
Set Design: Rob Hackett
Dancers:
LaTrea Derome Rembert
Chandler Bingham
Cameron Waters
Nia Goodman
Joy Holder
Tour coordinator: Joanna Futral
Exclusive USA tour representation: PENTACLE Sandy Garcia
sandyg@pentacle.org
www.pentacle.org
More about the artist
Staycee Pearl is the co-artistic director of PearlArts Studios and STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos, where she creates artful experiences through dance-centered multimedia works in collaboration with her husband and artistic collaborator, Herman Pearl. In 2009, STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos (SPdp&SS) debuted at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater. Since then the duo has produced several works including …on being…, OCTAVIA, and FLOWERZ, and has recently premiered their National Dance Project supported CIRCLES: going in, presented by the Kelly Strayhorn Theater and the August Wilson Center for African American Culture. Staycee is passionate about sharing resources and creating opportunities for the arts community by initiating project-generating programs including the Charrette Series, the In The Studio Series, and the PearlDiving Movement Residency.
