Award-winning artist and choreographer Dollie Henry MBE and jazz composer Paul Jenkins, bring an exciting, original and innovative evening of jazz theatre to The Place this Autumn with a double bill: Footprints in Jazz and Touches of Miles.

BOP convey the spirit and vitality that lies at the very heart of the jazz idiom, providing a visible platform to share original jazz dance theatre. With new musical jazz scores, a live jazz ensemble and a company of highly talented jazz theatre dancers, BOP continues to break boundaries as the catalysts for UK Jazz Arts.

FOOTPRINTS IN JAZZ is a suite of contemporary jazz dance theatre works, that captures the individual and collective expression of BOP. Every step and every story will take you on a theatrical journey, that represents the richness and depth of Paul Jenkins original jazz compositions and Dollie Henry’s enthralling choreography performed by the dancers of BOP company.

Touches of Miles pays homage to the life and music of jazz trumpeter & composer Miles Davis. The production brings to the stage a riveting live jazz ensemble who bring to life Miles’ classic compositions including, All Blues, Milestones and more. The music lays the canvas for a captivating narrative of jazz dance theatre, that colourfully weaves through each musical variation, capturing the cool enigmatic character reminiscent of a true jazz music legend.

Award-winning artist and choreographer Dollie Henry MBE and jazz composer Paul Jenkins, bring an exciting, original and innovative evening of jazz theatre to The Place this Autumn with a double bill: Footprints in Jazz and Touches of Miles.

BOP convey the spirit and vitality that lies at the very heart of the jazz idiom, providing a visible platform to share original jazz dance theatre. With new musical jazz scores, a live jazz ensemble and a company of highly talented jazz theatre dancers, BOP continues to break boundaries as the catalysts for UK Jazz Arts.

FOOTPRINTS IN JAZZ is a suite of contemporary jazz dance theatre works, that captures the individual and collective expression of BOP. Every step and every story will take you on a theatrical journey, that represents the richness and depth of Paul Jenkins original jazz compositions and Dollie Henry’s enthralling choreography performed by the dancers of BOP company.

Touches of Miles pays homage to the life and music of jazz trumpeter & composer Miles Davis. The production brings to the stage a riveting live jazz ensemble who bring to life Miles’ classic compositions including, All Blues, Milestones and more. The music lays the canvas for a captivating narrative of jazz dance theatre, that colourfully weaves through each musical variation, capturing the cool enigmatic character reminiscent of a true jazz music legend.

BOP JAZZ ARTS - Day of Dance Practice and Participation is a jazz-packed day devoted to dancers, practitioners and jazz dance enthusiasts, with an array of exciting Masterclasses led by a stellar line up of established international jazz dance artists and choreographers. Each masterclass reflects and references the lineage of dance styles rooted in the jazz dance canon. Explore and experience the rhythms and beats of African dance with Bafana Matea Solomon, the high energy of musical theatre with Robbie J. McMillan, the creative pulse of jazz theatre repertoire with Dollie Henry MBE and explore the flow of lyrical jazz dance with Nafisah Baba.

The day delivers a diverse and inclusive pathway that drives the UK jazz dance narrative forward into the 21st century. The BOP Company brings together an incredible line-up of established national and international industry practitioners, to deliver a day of exciting and informative jazz dance theatre masterclasses. Be enlightened by the beats and rhythms of African dance to the creative expression of artistic jazz theatre repertoire. Embrace the energy and buzz of musical theatre jazz, to the blended lyrical trends of the jazz dance idiom. All dance masterclasses offered are designed for professional dancers, dance graduates, advanced dancers and student dancers with at least 3 years technical dance training.

Do not miss out on this exciting day of all things jazz dance!

DAILY SCHEDULE [10AM – 6PM]

10.00am – 11.30am | Afro Jazz Grooves with Choreographer and Practitioner Bafana Solomon Matea

11.45am – 13.15pm | Creative Jazz Theatre – with BOP Jazz Director/Choreographer Dollie Henry MBE

13.15am – 14.00pm | Lunch Break – [45 mins]

14.00pm – 15.30pm | Musical Theatre Jazz - with Leading Musical Theatre artist Robbie J. McMillan

15.45pm – 17.15pm | Lyrical Contemporary Jazz – with Leading Dance Theatre artist Nafisah Baba