New Work Preview: The Bang Group
The Bang Group, directed by choreographer David Parker and dancer Jeffrey Kazin, are known to Kaatsbaan audiences for Nut/Cracked, their uproarious retake on The Nutcracker. During the rest of the year, the company produces works that reveal a vital and robust commitment to rhythm, using tap dance, body percussion, voice, and movement.
For this New Work Preview, the company will show brand-new works-in-progress that are part of a project called Sodbusters. The piece breaks up traditional ideas about tap and percussive dance with humor, invention, gesture, and endless rhythmic play.
Featured in these new works is a duet choreographed by Parker and renowned choreographer and educator Sara Hook. The pair have worked together for decades and are developing a new contemporary dance duet about the collision of past and present performances in the bodies of seasoned dancers.
With all this rhythmic work, The Bang Group definitely marches to the beat of its own drum!
