The Jazz Dance Collective is an educational hub for Tap Dance, Authentic Jazz, and UK Jazz. The Collective brings together the knowledge of Jazz, encompassing both its history and practice. These three disciplines of Jazz dance link its foundation and evolution, providing a coherent line to educate the future generation. Members of the Collective join together in projects, sharing space and discussion.
The Launch Event introduces co-founding members: Jreena Green, Annette Walker, Jerry IDJ, Ellen Miller, Juliet Vibert and Masumi Endo
Date: Sunday 14 January 2024
Time: 12pm – 4pm
Cost: Free/Donate (No booking required)
Venue: Colombo Centre, 34–68 Colombo Street, London, SE1 8DP
Schedule (subject to change)
Memorabilia on display, including footage, from the personal archives of JDC members
12:00 Welcome reception with refreshments. Live jazz piano by Alex Ho
13:00 Introducing the founding members of JDC
14:15 Film screening (studio 2)
13:30 Social and open Studio Jam. Dancers and musicians are welcome!
16:00 Event close
Who are the JDC?
We’re a group of independent practitioners with a shared vision to reconnect the history and practice of these three Jazz dance styles as a foundation for the next generation to build from. These styles developed from access to social spaces in black communities that have since changed (clubs/ballrooms) so our aim is to provide a new social environment for all who are interested to explore.
Did you catch the pre-launch event as part of TDRN UK’s first in-person Network Session?
Revisiting the Story of Jazz Dance
Sunday 10 December 2023
13:00 – 16:00 GMT FREE / donations
Colombo Centre, 34–68 Colombo Street, London SE1 8DP
A TDRN UK Network Session hosted by Annette Walker with special guest, Jreena Green
Annette Walker (tap dancer) and Jreena Green (authentic jazz dancer) host a discussion about what the Stearns’s Jazz Dance book means to tap dancers and authentic jazz dancers 55 years after it was first published.
They also introduce the Jazz Dance Collective, an educational hub for Tap Dance, Authentic Jazz, and UK Jazz, before opening up the space for a tap and jazz dance studio jam and social catch up.
13:00 – 14:30 Discussion: Revisiting the Story of Jazz Dance
14:30 – 15:00 Refreshments
15:00 – 16:00 Social and open Studio Jam for tap and jazz dancers. Musicians welcome.
Jazz Dance Collective is supported by the Coin Street Centre Trust
