Join us for a Meet & Greet with AMK Artist Léonardo Sandoval on Saturday Feb 18 at 5pm
During this residency, choreographer/ dancer Léonardo Sandoval and composer/ instrumentalist Gregory Richardson will collaborate to initiate the creation of seed material for a new evening-length piece of choreographed and improvised tap and Afro-Brazilian dance, house, body percussion, and live music for 7 dancers and 4-piece band. This work, a new commission developed for their company, Music From The Sole, will celebrate the pivotal role that tap has played in Black dance and music, with lineage to jazz, samba, and especially to club and street dances like house, passinho (Brazilian street funk), and hip hop; it is anticipated to premiere in Fall 2024 in New York City.
The Alan M. Kriegsman Creative Residency honors Alan M. “Mike” Kriegsman, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Criticism in 1976, the first Pulitzer for writings on dance. While he belonged to the entire world of dance, Mike was a special friend to Dance Place and the artists presented here.
This program was established by Sali Ann Kriegsman and Dance Place in remembrance of “Mike” Kriegsman’s passionate support of artists and their commitment to research and discovery. The five day residency offers focused time for the early development of new work by established choreographers.
About Music From the Sole
Music From The Sole is a tap dance and live music company that celebrates tap’s Afro-diasporic roots, particularly its connections to Afro-Brazilian dance and music, and its lineage to forms like house dance and passinho (Brazilian funk). Led by Brazilian dancer/ choreographer Léonardo Sandoval and by bassist/ composer Gregory Richardson, their work embraces tap’s unique nature as a blend of sound and movement, incorporating wide-ranging influences like samba, passinho, Afro-Cuban, jazz, and house. As part of its mission to bring tap dance, America’s original vernacular dance form, to new audiences, they appear as both a dance company and a band at dance and music venues. Recent credits include appearances at Lincoln Center, Jacob’s Pillow, the Guggenheim Museum, The Yard, Kaatsbaan, Portland Ovations, Caramoor Jazz Festival, Bryant Park, the 92Y, and Tap in Rio.