Philadanco November 20, 2010

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College kicks off its 2010-2011 World of Dance series on Saturday, November 20 at 8pm with Philadelphia-based company PHILADANCO, performing a program that includes the New York premiere of "By Way of the Funk", a new piece created by Brooklyn’s own Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Founding and Artistic Director of Urban Bush Women.

“Philadanco’s dancers are a miracle of skill and energy.
They work in a range of idioms most companies don’t even try to possess."
~Dance Magazine

The evening’s repertoire includes Talley Beatty’s "A Rag, a Bone, and a Hank of Hair", a ballet reconstructed by Kim Y. Bears-Bailey; Rennie Harris’ "Philadelphia Experiment", a hip hop retrospective of the city of Philadelphia; The New York premiere of Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s "By Way of the Funk", which harnesses the energy and culture of funk music in a joyous celebration of the 40 years of Philadanco’s existence; and Christopher L. Huggins’ "Enemy Behind the Gate", explores the enemies in our midst and is set to the music of Steve Reich.