Rhythmically Speaking is thrilled to return to indoor live performance this November with Riffin’: A Jazz-Danced Celebration of Human Interaction!
We are glad to be back home at the Amsterdam Bar & Hall, the same space that has hosted all three of our CHILL Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack productions. This time around, we’ll be celebrating our shared human status as social animals: creatures that thrive off interacting with not only one another, but also complex rhythms and grooves! RS will use their signature groove, interaction and improvisation-based approach to jazz dance to enliven this concept, along with a combo of live jazz musicians led by guitarist and composer Mike Lauer. Come share in live music and movement and the moment (and a pint and a meal while you are at it) with us and each other in a beloved physical, social space (remember those?)!
Riffin’: A Jazz-Danced Celebration of Human Interaction
Wednesday, November 3 at 7:30pm
Thursday, November 4 at 7:30pm
TICKETS through Amsterdam:
Wednesday, November 3 and
Thursday, November 4
A ‘riff’ is an energetic, often improvised (verbal) outpouring, a succinct or witty comment, or a distinct variation or “take” on something (Merriam Webster). Playing off this and a counterpoint to the idea of ‘ripping off’ or stealing, ‘riffing off’ is a jazz term meaning ‘to borrow and elaborate on.’ This is how we humans navigate our lives – improvising our way from one interaction with one another to the next as we weave our way through our life experiences. Consequently, ‘riffing off one another’ is also a major component of how RS approaches jazz dance – creating improvised interactions off each other, complex jazz music, word prompts, the environments in which we are dancing, etc. Come see this in action at Riffin’!
Find out more at https://rhythmicallyspeakingdance.org/winter-show-riffin/.
See you at the Amsterdam!