6:30PM Doors ✖ Hall ✖ $22.00 ADV / $26.00 DOS ✖ All Ages

Rhythmically Speaking dance company is back at it with their longtime partner Amsterdam Bar & Hall to present The Jazz Standard(s), a new original production offering a spirited dance through the culture of standards: personal and social ideals, and, when it comes to jazz, well-known tunes that have stood the test of time and helped define an artistic genre. This show will explore the communal nature of ‘standard tunes’ in jazz like “Basin Street Blues” and “Chameleon,” and the three principles RS holds as standards at the heart of their work in jazz dance – groove, interaction and improvisation. The production features company dancers Doug Hooker, Amy Jones, Sara Karimi, Erinn Liebhard, Kelli Miles, Jake Nehrbass, Kathleen Pender and Betsy Schaefer Roob and is centered around arrangements of 10 popular jazz standards (like the ones named above) from the 1920s through 1970s, arranged by Mike Lauer and performed by Patrick Adkins on piano, Chris Bates on bass, Emma Garau on drums, Andrew Long on Saxophone and Mitch Van Leer on Trumpet. Come explore the vibrancy and connectedness of jazz through dance and music at The Jazz Standard(s)!