Upcoming Performances

UNDERSCORED | University of North Carolina Greensboro | Greensboro, NC
Nov
1
8:00 PM20:00

UNDERSCORED | University of North Carolina Greensboro | Greensboro, NC

UNDERSCORED

EPHRAT ASHERIE DANCE

UNDERSCORED acts as a living archive of five generations of NYC club dancers. The evening-length performance of UNDERSCORED is a multi-generational collaboration with performers ranging in age from 28-80. Celebrating and investigating their connections to the club scene from the 1970s at seminal parties like the Loft and the Paradise Garage until today, UNDERSCORED features EAD ensemble members and three NYC club legends, Archie Burnett, Brahms "Bravo" LaFortune and Michele Saunders. Audiences join the company in an exhilarating journey through deeply personal histories, rarely seen archival footage, a vast musical landscape including funk, disco and house and of course decades of dancing through the culturally reflective styles of breaking, hip-hop, house, vogue, waacking and hustle. The pandemic kept ALL of us from gathering. Whether on or off the dance floor, UNDERSCORED is a reminder of how essential it is to connect to one another. 

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Shadow Cities (World Premiere) | Penn Live Arts | Philadelphia, PA
Nov
14
to Nov 15

Shadow Cities (World Premiere) | Penn Live Arts | Philadelphia, PA

Reflect on the beauty, vastness and joy of the in-between in the world premiere of Shadow Cities, featuring the street and club dance choreography of Ephrat Asherie and original music composed and performed by Grammy® Award-winning jazz pianist Arturo O’Farrill. This Penn Live Arts co-commission explores how we are all an amalgam of cultures, identities and generations, fixed and infinitely fluid, fully embodied and fragmented all at once. With Asherie’s exhilarating remix of dance styles and O’Farrill’s signature Latin jazz grooves, Shadow Cities explores what it means to be in-between and how this vivid place is where we often feel most alive. 

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Shadow Cities | The Joyce Theater | New York, NY
Dec
3
to Dec 7

Shadow Cities | The Joyce Theater | New York, NY

SHADOW CITIES

EPHRAT ASHERIE DANCE with ARTURO O’FARRILL

Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD) collaborates with Grammy award-winning pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill on its newest creation, Shadow Cities, a contemplative and mutli-faceted reflection on the beauty, vastness and joy of the in-between. With a cast of six dancers and four musicians, the performers explore the myriad ways they feel split between cities, memories, and generations, encountering their most enlivened selves in unexpected moments. EAD explores the expansive narrative qualities of a multitude of Afro-diasporic vernacular forms including breaking, hip hop, house, and waacking to tell stories and find new modes of expression. Featuring live music by Arturo O'Farrill and friends, Shadow Cities is a conversation between O'Farrill's vast compositional voice and EAD's dynamic, rigorous and idiosyncratic choreography. 

  • Wed Dec 3 @ 7:30 PM

  • Thu Dec 4 @ 7:30 PM + Post Show Curtain Chat

  • Fri Dec 5 @ 7:30 PM

  • Sat Dec 6 @ 2:00 PM *Family Matinee

  • Sat Dec 6 @ 7:30 PM

  • Sun Dec 7 @ 2:00 PM

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UNDERSCORED | Lenfest Center for the Arts | Lexington, Virginia
Oct
23
7:30 PM19:30

UNDERSCORED | Lenfest Center for the Arts | Lexington, Virginia

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UNDERSCORED

EPHRAT ASHERIE DANCE

Created and performed by members of the company with special guest artists from New York City's underground scene, Asherie's newest work, UNDERSCORED, is inspired by the intergenerational memories of club dancers. EAD invites audiences to join them on an exhilarating journey through the ever-changing physical landscape of New York City's underground dance community; the cast ranges in age from 28-80.

Rooted in African American and Latinx street and social dances, Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD) explores the expansive narrative qualities of various street and club styles highlighting breaking, hip hop, house and vogue as a means to tell stories, develop imagery, and find new modes of expression.

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