Featuring choreography by Movement Art Is (Lil Buck and Jon Boogz)

Performed and interpreted by Cameron Murphy and Ron Myles

Third Coast Percussion joins forces with the groundbreaking choreography and movement of Movement Art Is (Lil Buck and Jon Boogz) for an intimate, evening-length program that explores the duality of human nature. At once intensely personal and fiercely virtuosic, two disparate styles of street dance blend seamlessly with new music by Jlin and Tyondai Braxton, as well as Third Coast Percussion’s critically-acclaimed arrangements of Philip Glass’s Aguas da Amazonia.

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Metamorphosis

Philip Glass (arr. by Third Coast Percussion): Metamorphosis No. 1
Jlin: Perspective
Tyondai Braxton: Sunny X
Philip Glass (arr. by Third Coast Percussion): Amazon River

With choreography by Movement Art Is (Jon Boogz and Lil Buck)
Performed and interpreted by Cameron Murphy and Ron Myles

“One of 2023’s most inspiring cultural events” — Chicago Tribune
“MAI advocates for social change while expressing how vital dance can be” — The Atlantic

Lighting design by Joe Burke
Stage direction by Leslie Buxbaum Danzig

Click here to watch the Metamorphosis trailer, with videography by David Javier, Tim Salaz, and Dakota Sillyman.

This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and by Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington, with additional support from the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation and the Julian Family Foundation.

Perspective by Jlin was commissioned for Third Coast Percussion by the Boulanger Initiative, the Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation, Carnegie Hall, the Lester & Hope Abelson Fund for the Performing Arts at the Chicago Community Foundation, the DEW Foundation, and Third Coast Percussion’s New Works Fund.

Sunny X by Tyondai Braxton was commissioned for Third Coast Percussion by the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, George Mason University, and Carnegie Hall with additional support from Third Coast Percussion’s New Works Fund.