sum of y’all

What do we add up to as a community? Staycee Pearl’s newest creation with artistic collaborator Marvin Touré invites audiences to reflect on the delicate impermanence of community. Tracing back to memories of historically Black spaces that have been erased over time, sum of y’all highlights the constant and inevitable state of expansion, change and transformation.

A compelling movement work, layered within a multimedia stage installation, sum of y’all draws parallels between gentrification and patterns found in the cellular structures of the human body. Set to an original score by jazz musicians James Johnson III, Erik Lawrence and co-composer Herman Pearl, the score unfolds as dancers flock, disperse and reassemble in blurred unison.

Choreography: Staycee Pearl
Collaborating Artist: Marvin Touré
Music Production and Sound Design: Herman Pearl
Collaborating Sound Artists: Erik Lawrence (Bass Flute & Baritone Sax), James Johnson III (Drums & Percussion), Eli Namay (Bass)

SOUND COLLABORATORS

Photo credit: Beth Barbis, Patrick Fisher