2 FREE Performances: 6:30PM & 8PM
Drew Dollaz is a Brooklyn choreographer, dancer, and Harlem Stage WaterWorks Emerging Artist. His newly choreographed small ensemble work, IMPERFECT, is Inspired by a social media campaign as an active step to address the rampant effects of bullying and how we carry those toxic experiences in our bodies throughout our lives. A double entendre of “I’m perfect” and “imperfect,” this multidisciplinary work considers how these profound scars can perpetuate deep divisions BUT, just as trauma can be biologically inherited, so too can resilience.
Dollaz is a champion of Flexin’, a gracefully flowing and near-impossible elastic amalgam of street dance, ballet, and modern performance. His uniquely memorable movement involves elegant delicacy, gravity-defying footwork, glitchy pop-locking, and outrageous “bone-breaking” contortion. Commissioned by Harlem Stage, IMPERFECT is anchored by original works of spoken word artist Steve Connell with creative direction by dance theater director Chisa Yamaguchi.
Co-presented with Lincoln Center
IMPERFECT is produced by Sozo Creative and developed through Harlem Stage’s WaterWorks Emerging Artist program, formerly Fund for New Work, and is supported by the Jerome Foundation. Additional support for the development of IMPERFECT is provided by the Mertz-Gilmore Foundation and their Late Stage Stipend grant. Supported by the Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation's Artist-In-Residence program.
