A new work commissioned by Scottsdale Arts. Original music composed by Imogen Heap. Inspired by Bessel van derk Kolk’s book The Body Keeps the Score.
Los Angeles-based Jacob Jonas The Company returns with Nature Sounds while the IV Drips, the second work in the company’s Keeping Score trilogy. Forged by choreographer Jacob Jonas’s personal battle with cancer, the new work explores themes of endurance and survival of the human spirit through JJTC’s cinematic blend of contemporary dance, acrobatics, and street dance influences. The work grew directly from Jonas's experience with stage 4 cancer and moving through treatment, recovery, and the strange beauty of beginning again.
Program:
• Product of Divorce, featuring Antonio Sanchez
• Nature Sounds while the IV Drips
Content Advisory:
This performance includes mature depictions of trauma, violence, and nudity. It also holds moments of tenderness, love, illumination, and resilience. The work was created with care for each performer.
Nature Sounds while the IV Drips was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.
About the Company
Jacob Jonas The Company (JJTC) is a Los Angeles-based creative company that intersects dance across mediums to make original works and initiate nontraditional collaborations. JJTC has created more than 100 original works for the stage and the camera. Presentations in live performance include Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Lensic Performing Arts Center, and Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. JJTC has collaborated with other artists, including Rosalia, Elton John, Sia, Vanessa Beecroft, and Patrick Watson. The company has created original works for brands, including Apple, Gap, James Perse, and Sony, and partnered with museums, including Metropolitan Museum of Art, Getty Museum, Swiss National Museum, and Whitney Museum. The company continues to create work with a mission to make dance more visible and valuable. Instagram: @JacobJonasTheCompany
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