Event

Jazz on the West Side

JAZZ ON THE WEST SIDE is a multi-media dance show, performed by Sue Samuels' Jazz Roots Dance Company, based around a loose storyline using a modern version of the music from West Side Story and set against striking projections of original citiscapes by Sonya Sklaroff.

SUE SAMUELS' JAZZ ROOTS DANCE COMPANY is an international Company with dancers are talented professionals from such diverse countries as Italy, Argentina, Mexico, the UK, Germany and Japan in addition to the US. The Company is
dedicated to the preservation of the classic jazz form, and aims to entertain and educate all generations about the roots of classic jazz dance and their repertoire includes Swing, Theater Dance, Lyrical, Classic Jazz, Latin Jazz as well as music with different time signatures.

In April 2013, the Company presented its First Season and Gala at the Salvatore Capezio Theater at the Peridance Capezio Center and in September 2013 they went on tour to L.A to perform at the Tri Art Festival 2013.

The Company has an established record of performing with such organizations as Jazz Choreography Enterprises and the NYC Jazz Choreography Project, Choreographer's Canvas, the Undertoe Dance Festival and the Young Choreographer's Festival just to name a few. They have performed at prestigious New York City venues such as Symphony Space, Manhattan Movement and Arts Centre and the Buttenweiser Hall at the 92nd Street Y. They have also performed at numerous festivals, such as FAB (Fourth Arts Block).

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