Watch a video about the work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZASXxjhLQg

Street Talk, Suite Talk

Anna Myer’s newest work will fuse rap, hip-hop, contemporary dance, and music for violin. The evening-length piece is being developed through a collaborative process involving the choreographer, seven young poet-rappers, seven dancers, the composer Jakov Jakoulov, and violinist Sasha Callahan. Advisors to the project include Anthony Toombs and Robert Macy from the On-Track Initiative. A music-based curriculum that helps youth to engage in healthy self-expression, the Initiative is part of the Center for Trauma Psychology.

Street Talk, Suite Talk is a unique and extraordinary combination of people with diverse approaches to art. The juxtaposition of artistic voices and backgrounds generate a dynamic vocabulary of dance, music and poetry. In a world that is often fragmented and distrustful, Street Talk, Suite Talk forges bonds between these diverse worlds, with all working to create a common vision.