Max Roach 100
When:
Saturday, Apr 13, 2024 8:00p -
9:00p
Saturday, Apr 13, 2024 8:00p -
9:00p
Where:
Institute of Contemporary Art
25 Harbor Shore Drive
Boston, MA 02210
Admission:
$40 ICA members + students / $50 nonmembers
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Music
Event website:
https://www.icaboston.org/events/max-roach-100/
The ICA joins the centennial celebration of the iconic drummer, composer, and activist Max Roach with an evening of dance made in tribute to the legendary jazz pioneer. Curated by Summer Stages Dance co-founder Richard Colton, Max Roach 100 celebrates Roach’s legacy with new dance works choreographed by Ayodele Casel, Rennie Harris, and Ronald K. Brown. Brown, featuring some of the late musician’s most acclaimed recordings.
Characterized by its Afro-Cuban percussion, the 1961 album Percussion Bitter Sweet becomes the soundscape for choreographer Ronald K. Brown’s latest work for dancers from Havana-based Malpaso Dance Company and Brown’s own EVIDENCE, A Dance Company. In The Dream/It’s Time, Roach’s band joins a recording of Martin Luther King Jr. in an aspirational and urgent conversation, now amplified by the street dance storytelling of Rennie Harris Puremovement. Tap artist Ayodele Casel performs an explosively theatrical solo set to a series of duets between Roach and fellow jazz pioneer, pianist Cecil Taylor.
