Events
Jamal Jackson's "Supplant" rushes
in like a fresh windstorm. Tiffany Harris, Meredith Moore, Asha Rhodes
and Sean Thomas join Jackson for a joyful, feverish bout of dancing
that stirs the pot and rouses the viewer to a' twitchin'. Jackson
situates W. African and modern dance vocabularies in such a way that
traditional comes to mean "from a time-honored practice" but not of an
old, fixed or quaint place. Here tradition is alive, progressive and in
fluid dialogue with the present.
- Maura Nguyen Donohue, www.DanceInsider.com
Equally energizing was the Jamal Jackson Dance Company's
entertaining performance of joyous Afro-Caribbean dance.
- Lisa Jo Sagolla, Back Stage
The last act by the Jamal Jackson Dance Company was a brilliant
display of vivacious musical interpretation. Jackson choreographed
steps to an Angolan song in what was an inspiring and uplifting
performance.
- The Brooklyn Eagle
One of the more exciting offerings on Saturday’s program came from
Brooklyn. “Supplant,” choreographed by Jamal Jackson, blended West
African and modern dance in a collage of fury and fire. Dancers Tiffani
Harris, Meredith Moore, Asha Rhodes and Jackson brought intensity and
speed to their performances. When they all fell to the floor with a
resounding echo at work’s end the audience let out a collective breath
and immediately applauded.
- Clare Croft, American-Statesman
Jamal Jackson Dance Company: Supplant, 2008 sheer joy of movement
from beginning to end, to kuduro music by Puto Prata, with African
softness and swinging arms and a quality of being simultaneously
floating and weighted, ending beautifully in silo, silence and
perpetual motion
- Quinn Batson, www.OffOffOff.com
JJDC’s
upcoming performances
JJDC at Solar 1 on 4/28/10
For more information go to www.solar1.org
JJDC at Riverdale
Country Day on 5/10
2010
Next Time at Queen of All Saints
Next Time at the Cool NY Dance Festival
2009
Supplant at the Drumline Holiday Benefit
Supplant at Food for Thought Series at Danspace Project
Supplant at the Festival at DTW
Supplant at the Battery Downtown Dance Festival
Supplant at the Solar Powered Dance Festival
Supplant at the Big Range Dance Festival in Austin, TX
TPCH at The Berkeley Carroll School
Supplant for the Uganda Arts Outreach Dance Benefit
Supplant at Queen of All Saints
Supplant at the Cool NY Dance Festival
2008
Assimilation at The Dancenow|NYC Festival at Dance Theater Workshop
TPCH at PS21
TPCH at The Yard in Martha's Vineyard
Assimilation at the Solar-Powered Dance Series
Workshop for the Theater For Social Change Mini-Summit at BAX
Assimilation at the Cool New York Dance Festival
Assimilation at Hunter College
Assimilation at New York City College of Technology
Assimilation at the DanceNow Raw Festival
Assimilation and To Venture at Riverdale Country Day
Assimilation, Due Negligence, and Supplant at Brown University
This Place Called Home at the Connelly Theater
2007
United We Stand at The CityKids Foundation
To Venture at PMT Dance Studio
Run at Jennifer Muller/ The Works
Due Negligence at the Macy's Fashion Expo
The Downtown Dance Festival
This Place Called Home at PS21 in Chatham
To Venture at the Dumbo Dance Festiva
2006
United We Stand at Hudson Guild Theater
At Sea at Gowanus Arts
Due Negligence at Brown University
Island Overture at The Yard
At Sea at Ballet International Africans Summer Festival
Run at The Abrons Arts Center
United We Stand at the Kiltgorn Auditorium
at New York City College of Technology
2005
Images of the Union at Westport Hall
Election at Dance New Amsterdam
Election at Steps
Election at Jennifer Muller/ The Works
Election at MoPitkins