2016
Roam

Writer and New York City activist Jane Jacobs wrote that old cities are, “all composed of movement and change, and although it is life, not art, we may fancifully call it the art form of the city and liken it to the dance.” Roam is a work for five dancers inspired by urban planning that highlights the ways people are physically organized, emotionally affected, and socially structured by the city environments we build. New York based composer Tristan Perich’s architecturally dense music incorporates piano and electronic sounds, evoking images of smooth glass, tall structures, hard pavement and waves of people etching their ways through the space.

Roam premiered on April 15th and 16th, 2016 at Take Root at Green Space in Queens, NY. Development of this piece has been made possible by a 2015 New Stage Creative Residency at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center.

Choreographed by	Kyle Marshall
Performers	Derek Crescenti, Miriam Gabriel, Monica Gonzalez, Kyle Marshall and Myssi Robinson
Music by	Tristan Perich

Past Performances

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