SOLE Defined

Zaz: The Big Easy is a 60-minute percusical - percussive dance musical - transforming theater into a New Orleans speakeasy during the summer of 2005. This kinetic and sonic synthesis of African Diasporic Percussive Dance narrates intimate first-person testimonies and interviews exploring the realities of Hurricane Katrina, honoring the resilience of survivors. SOLE Defined takes audiences on a Black cultural experience utilizing tap dance, body percussion, original music, audience participation, vocal arrangements, and digital media to create an immersive sensory performance, shifting traditional audience viewing practices. Zaz: The Big Easy is the "second line" (act) of the SOLE Defined LIVE Tour show. 

Caretakers of Land/Land Acknowledgement: Passcottaway, Powhatan, and Pamunkey 

Estimated Artist Fee: $15,000 + Air & Ground Transportation & Housing