Student Matinee of “Walking with ‘Trane” by Urban Bush Women

FirstWorks invites Rhode Island students to a daytime rehearsal of a new live music/dance event created by the electrifying, Brooklyn-based Urban Bush Women dance troupe in tribute to the life of legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and his seminal jazz suite, “A Love Supreme.” The performance will also feature a Coltrane-inspired score by Grammy award winning pianist George Caldwell. Space is limited. For more information, contact Kathleen McAreavey at kathleenm@first-works.org.

As part of FirstWorks’ Artistic Icons Series, Urban Bush Women will perform “Walking with ‘Trane” on February 27 at the Vets.

FirstWorks’ Art Activating Community: Urban Bush Women in RI is made possible with lead support from Dance USA/The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, Brown University Creative Arts Council, RISD CSI, Carter Family Charitable Trust, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Project is presented as a Widening the Circle initiative, a partnership with the American Dance Legacy Initiative and Rites and Reason Theatre with support from Brown’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies. Additional partners include Artists and Scientists as Partners and The Rhythm of Change Festival.