Category: Jazz

Colin and Yanina

Playing Games with NOLA Musicians (Part 2)

A few thoughts from the musical composers/performers currently working with FLOCK on their pieces in development through Dancing Grounds‘ AIR program. Colin Myers, composer, performer, trombonist in The Stop Suffering Project (and other inquiries) Working with Meryl can be a pretty freaking awesome and terrifying and beautiful thing. In the nicest possible way, she pushes us […]

Playing Games with NOLA Musicians (Part 1)

New Orleans is a place with a rich musical history. It is also a city where musicians can make a living playing music, and where they are treated with a lot of respect and honor. The role of music in contemporary dance is constantly being questioned and explored. As a choreographer I feel that the […]