FreEpLaY: ANTIGONE remix

The Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble improvises by weaving jazz, modern dance and theater together in a style called “3D Jazz.”  This night they set their sights on the ancient Sophoclean drama, Antigone, improvising off of excerpts performed by students from Manhattan  International High School.

Strike Anywhere has a multi-year partnership with this school for recent immigrants.   Students and ensemble members will spontaneously riff on one of the world’s earliest plays about civil disobedience.

The Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble was founded in 1997 in NYC by Artistic/Producing Director, Leese Walker. Its mission is to promote empathy, free-thinking and greater social awareness through provocative theatre and educational outreach. Its work is guided by the words of Bertolt Brecht, "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." Performers collaborate through an ensemble-based, improvisational process to create politically-charged, original works that addresses socially relevant issues. The permanent ensemble is comprised of world-class musicians, dancers, visual artists and actors.

Visit www.strikeanywhere.info for more information about the ensemble.