Experience the ultimate dance-sampler of what’s new and bold. Eight rising Philly choreographers have been commissioned to stage eight major new works for the Festival. Come see their creations in four separate programs: Megan Mazarick and Meg Foley (Program A), Olive Prince and Shavon Norris (Program B), Daniele Strawmyre and Jaamil Olawale Kosoko ( Program C), Jumatatu Poe and Eun Jung Choi (Program D—see below).

Program D

Unstuck
Jumatatu Poe (idiosynCrazy productions)

“I want an audience to feel like they have been moving with the performers.”
Jumatatu Poe, choreographer of Unstuck

Sparked by a question Poe posed to his college students, “What if there were only this moment . . . forever?” Unstuck explores our ideas of mortality and legacy. In a modern metropolitan landscape, this urban psychological fable takes on the world of the Millennial generation through intricate layers of movement and text. In a world where an instant stretches into infinity, we reveal our true natures.

Direction Jumatatu Poe Choreography the performers Dramaturgy Shannon Murphy Music Jason Carr Lighting Design Paul Moffitt Text the performers and anonymous Millennials interviewed for this project Performers Jeff Davis, Shannon Murphy, Jumatatu Poe, WIlliam Robinson, Michele Tantoco

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All My Socks Have Holes
Eun Jung Choi (Da•Da•Dance Project)

"I am fascinated that we as humans always want to organize our thoughts, information, and knowledge and fit them onto square shelves."
Eun Jung Choi, choreographer of All My Socks Have Holes

Glimpse into the memories of two people who have spent their formative years in separate homelands. Their fragmented stories unravel, starting with holes found on the woman's socks and her homeland's myth that a long second toe means your mother will outlive your father. Combining video and movement, All My Socks Have Holes takes you into a bizarre and delirious world of memory and its breakdown.

Choreographer Eun Jung Choi Music Alban Bailly Performers Eun Jung Choi and Guillermo Ortega Tanus

Post-show discussion moderated by Craig T. Peterson, director, Live Arts Brewery (LAB), following the performance on September 11.

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A native of Korea, Eun Jung Choi (a.k.a. Eun Jung Choi-Gonzalez) grew up learning Korean traditional dance before she moved to the US in 1991. Since graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1996, she has worked with numerous collaborators and dance companies and has performed around the world. Her choreography has been presented in San Diego, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Mexico City, and Korea. She has also taught many community and musical theater workshops in New York City and around the country. Eun Jung graduated with a master’s degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU in 2003. Since then, She has worked as an interaction designer, implementing digital media as marketing tools for non-profit organizations, artists, and corporate clients.

Jumatatu Poe, originally from California, is an alum of Swarthmore College and a graduate of the MFA program at Temple University. While at Swarthmore, Jumatatu studied the Umfundalai technique (under C. Kemal Nance) and other African-inspired dance styles, performed in student and faculty choreographed works, and created Hip-Hop/Dancehall infused works for the student-run company, Rhythm N Motion. Jumatatu has trained at Philadanco and in the Jacob’s Pillow and Illadelph Legends Festivals. In 2008, Jumatatu became one of the resident choreographers of Susan Hess Modern Dance’s Choreographers’ Project (Philadelphia). His choreography has been featured at Swarthmore College, Temple University, as well as the Philadelphia Fringe!, GLUE, and New Edge Mix festival series. Jumatatu is the artistic director of IdiosynCrazy Productions.