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Jo-Mé Dance Theater of Boston
“Jo-Mé Dance Theatre of Boston to perform and run open master classes at Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church on Locust Street in Danvers on Sunday, January 7, 2024.”
Founded in 2013, by two of Boston’s leading professional black dancers, Jo-Mé Dance Theatre cultivates young dancers in the art of contemporary ballet, leading to both avocational and professional careers in contemporary dance.
Both Jo-Mé Dance Theatre and Jo-Mé Dance 2 companies will perform pieces from their repertoire, including co-director Joe González’s choreography, during the Sunday service at 10:30am. Reverend Caro Barschow, Minister of Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church, loves dance and is excited to integrate dance performance into a service on the theme of “love in motion.”
Following the service and reception, Jo-Mé dancers will conduct master classes from 1 to 2:30 pm. Both the service and master classes are open to the public. Young dancers interested in participating in the classes need only submit their names, age and dance level in order to be assigned a group. Adults are welcome to watch the master classes.
Jo-Mé Dance Theatre was founded by May-Lisa Chandler and Joe González. May-Lisa Chandler, trained at the famed Alvin Ailey Company in New York City, toured professionally before dedicating herself to bring the gift of movement to hundreds of young, urban dancers in Boston. Joe González, a graduate of Boston Arts Academy High School, earned a dance degree at Boston Conservatory. He danced professionally for many years with Philadanco in Philadelphia. He is now lead dancer with Complexions Contemporary Ballet in NYC. His choreography is sought after by dance companies around the globe.
Jo-Mé Dance Theatre, in its Jamaica Plain studios, trains the very youngest students and boasts a junior company, Jo-Mé Dance 2. Its professional troupe tours across the USA and internationally. Jo-Mé Dance Theatre fills the dance floor with contemporary movement that shares expression in order to connect us all without words. Its mission is to enrich lives of people of all backgrounds through dance.
The Northshore UU Church at 323 Locust Street in Danvers will feature guest artists of color at its Sunday services throughout the winter and spring of 2024. The church’s mission is to be a dynamic, creative congregation and an inclusive and welcoming spiritual home for all, guided by values that promote caring relationships and the active pursuit of social, racial and environmental justice. The performance and master class are supported by a generous grant from the Danvers Arts Council. For further information go to nsuu.org. To sign up for the master class contact [email protected].
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