Works & Process at Lincoln Center: Music from the Sole

Works & Process at Lincoln Center: Music from the Sole
Presented by First Republic.
Fusing Brazilian music and rhythms with body percussion and tap traditions, Lincoln Center Education artists and Works & Process alums, dancer-musician Leonardo Sandoval and bassist-composer Gregory Richardson and their company Music from the Sole including dancer Gisele Silva, pianist Noé Kains, and saxophonist José Cruzata, were commissioned as part of their summer 2020 Works & Process bubble residency to create new works for both the Guggenheim and Lincoln Center. These new works feature choreographic and musical influences from Sandoval’s native Brazil, and Richardson’s talent combining funk, house, jazz, and Afro-Cuban music. Performed and filmed at Hearst Plaza on the very last day of their bubble residency and during the pandemic, this work serves as a beacon of hope for the safe gathering of artists and the return of the performing arts to Lincoln Center.

Music from the Sole's performance was created inside a Works & Process Bubble Residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in rural Hudson Valley.

Forging a path for artists to safely gather, create and perform again, Works & Process created bubble residencies in rural Hudson Valley this summer and fall that culminated in site-specific performances, co-produced by Works & Process at the Guggenheim and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and filmed by Nic Petry of Dancing Camera.

Encompassing myriad dance and music genres, including Afrik, ballroom, beatboxing, body percussion, break dancing, flexn, house dance, Krump, and vogue, these performances amplify the voices of often underrepresented art-making communities and cultures. When few are able to safely gather, these convenings provide a glimmer of what the future can look like as stewardship is channeled to artist-driven projects to shape a more inclusive, fair, and representative world.

When it is safe for artists and audiences to gather, these works will premiere in full form at Works & Process at the Guggenheim.

The Missing Element with Chris Celiz and Anthony Rodriguez “Invertebrate”
Sunday, November 1, 7:30 pm

Music from the Sole with Gregory Richardson and Leonardo Sandoval
Sunday, November 8, 7:30 pm

Ephrat Asherie Dance
Sunday, November 15, 7:30 pm

Les Ballet Afrik with Omari Wiles
Sunday, November 22, 7:30 pm

Lead support for Works & Process Bubble Residencies provided by Anh-Tuyet Nguyen and Robert Pollock. Lead funding for Works & Process is provided by the Ford Foundation, the Christian Humann Foundation, Leon Levy Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Evelyn Sharp Foundation, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.