NEW YORK SKETCHES

New York Sketches is a 60-minute guided tour of New York City through the eyes and ears of choreographer, Hilary Brown and composer, Lamy Istrefi Jr.. Joined by dance artist, Magda Kaczmarska, vocalist, Rie Yamaguchi-Borden and Istrefi's Musical Minds Orchestra, they will take the audience across a map of the 5 boroughs: Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island, to evoke the time, space and sound of a city like no other. A meditation on eclecticism, the performance will navigate the full range and intersection of the movements and instruments onstage to share stories of the past, personal and spiritual.

New York Sketches

Dancers: Hilary Brown, Magda Kaczmarska

Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL), Queens, NY

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Excerpts of NEW YORK SKETCHES performed at the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, as part of the Exploring the Metropolis' 2017-18 Choreographer + Composer Residencies, January 26, 2018, Queens, New York.

Concept and Direction by: Hilary Brown | HB² PROJECTS and Lamy Istrefi Jr.

Choreography by: Hilary Brown | HB² PROJECTS in collaboration with Magda Kaczmarska

Music composed by: Lamy Istrefi Jr.

Poetry by: Rie Yamaguchi-Borden

Performance by: Hilary Brown, Magda Kaczmarska and the Musical Minds Orchestra (MMO): Rie Yamaguchi-Borden (vocals), Michael Irwin (trumpet), Stacy Dillard (saxophone), Corey Wilcox (trombone), On Ka'a Davis (guitar), James Hurt (keyboards), Sean Conly (contrabass) and Lamy Istrefi Jr. (conducting, drums + percussion)

This work was created with the support of the EtM Choreographer + Composer Residency, administered by Exploring the Metropolis.

Exploring the Metropolis is grateful to the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation for their support of the EtM Choreographer + Composer Residencies in partnership with the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL). This Program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.