
American Contemporary Ballet: Jazz
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ACB JAZZ
Choreographer: Lincoln Jones
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◆ March 9, 2024 – American Contemporary Ballet Jazz Review: Lively, Lovely, and Utterly Unique
For anyone looking to lose their inhibitions, there’s no better place than an underground speakeasy. Not many ballets open with a comedian (and don’t expect him to work clean), or whiskey sours. Then, watch the explosion as ballet meets the wildest dances of the 1920s and 30s, lit up by a band of LA’s finest jazz musicians playing Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton and Johnny Dodds – jazz greats who knew how to fill a dance floor.