LayeRhythm freestyle live music and dance jam session at the Orpheum Performing Arts Center

Hunter – Kick off the New Year this Saturday, January 6 with a play-based jam session of freestyle live music, dance, and audience interaction that will get you on your feet. Presented by Catskill Mountain Foundation in partnership with Works & Process at the Guggenheim, LayeRhythm will go straight from the Orpheum Performing Arts Center in Tannersville to the Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival at Lincoln Center.

Highlighting freestyle voices in the performing arts landscape, LayeRhythm builds layer upon layer of music, rap and freestyle dance through audience participation. Each art form supports, inspires, guides and challenges each other, bringing about an improvisational wonder. The audience experiences different styles, nuances and connections as the music and dance unfold. Celebrating the vibrancy of street and club dance cultures, LayeRhythm, led by Mai Lé Hô, weaves singular improvisations by musicians, dancers, and emcees, captivating the young and old, from theater to club goers by embodying the continuum of concert and social dance.

“[LayeRhythm is a] brew of partying and performing that unfolds as a series of interactive sessions in which suggestions from the crowd beget songs and steps. Imagine an improv comedy show where dancing, not laughs, is the currency. Then imagine a musicians’ jam session where the band is compelled to keep the dancers’ pace instead of the other way around. [...] [W]hat’s distinct about LayeRhythm is the way it bridges the two groups with crowd participation”

—The New York Times

LayeRhythm performs this Saturday, January 6, 2024 @ 7:30 pm at the Orpheum Performing Arts Center at 6050 Main Street, Tannersville, NY. Purchase tickets online at www.catskillmtn.org, email the box office at boxoffice@catskillmtn.org or call 518 263 2063. For information about Catskill Mountain Foundation’s upcoming programs, please visit www.catskillmtn.org.