TROUBLE THE WATER
Trouble The Water is a new tap dance, movement, music, vocussion and spoken word performance by the Philadelphia Jazz Tap Ensemble diving into the social, political, personal and spiritual implications of the two spirituals, Deep River and Wade in the Water. Throughout the piece, the audience will learn the stories of three people traveling towards safety and a place of revolutionary rest. Originally commissioned by The Philadelphia Jazz Project and Fairmount Water Works for POOL: A History of Social Segregation. 2022 Fringie Award winner!
Ongoing operational support provided by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and New Music USA’s Organizational Development Fund in 2022-23.
Dedicated to the memory of Tim Price (1952-2022)
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Artistic Director, Music Director, Composer, Arranger, Author, and Choreographer: Pamela Hetherington
Assistant Director: Bethlehem Roberson
Company dancers: Destiny Bugg, Kathryn Schweingruber
Music Director: Tim Brey
Bass: Madison Rast, Nicholas Krolak
Costume Design: Violet Hetherington
Check out the preview article from the Philadelphia Jazz Project.