FirstWorks presents Urban Bush Women – WALKING WITH ‘TRANE
FirstWorks presents Urban Bush Women – WALKING WITH ‘TRANE
Event Details
A towering jazz masterpiece comes alive onstage with unbridled energy, innovative choreography and live music
This electrifying, all-female, “unstoppable force in American dance” salutes John Coltrane’s "A Love Supreme". Grammy Award-winning pianist/composer George Caldwell, one of modern jazz’s current pre-eminent players, has created new music around the legacy of one of jazz music’s greatest innovators. For three decades Urban Bush Women’s powerful moves have shaken theaters and inspired communities celebrating the culture of the African diaspora. The evening promises to leave an indelible mark, as The Miami Herald-Sun exclaims, “They shimmied, shimmered, sparkled, strutted and stamped as though trying to put out a fire.”
Premium ticket includes the best seats, plus complimentary admission to your choice of a morning-after Jazz Brunch or a Feb. 24 studio performance of "dark swan".
Funded in part by DanceUSA/Doris Duke Foundation, Creative Arts Council of Brown University, RI Council for the Humanities.
FirstWorks - Artistic Icons at The Vets
The lights dim…the curtains rise…it's going to be a spectacular evening (x4!). What to expect: simply the best. A quartet of first-class international artistic icons in theatre, music and dance, hand-selected by FirstWorks to perform for you in Providence. Get into the swing of the season with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and “Big Band Holidays”, celebrate the muscular energy and weightless flight of BALLETBOYZ®, experience the raw exuberance of the electrifying Urban Bush Women, journey with Rosanne Cash through her Southern roots — you'll revel in every extraordinary FirstWorks moment.
Ticket Information
Tickets are available for purchase online, by phone at (401) 421-2787, or at the PPAC Box Office located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence. Box Office Hours: M-F, 10A – 5P; Sat 10A-2P. Summer hours vary and are TBD. The VETS on-site Box Office is only open on show days. To ensure the enjoyment of all patrons, children under the age of six are not permitted to attend performances unless it is designated as a family show. Please call the Box Office at (401) 421-ARTS (2787) to see which shows are appropriate for younger children. All persons regardless of age are required to have a ticket for family shows. Ticket pricing subject to change without notice.
