Savoy! Dancing through the Swing Era

Program:

Choreography by Akemi Kinukawa (unless otherwise noted)

Script by Briana Whyte Harris

Duration: 1 Hour

Scene 1: Times Square
Music: “Take the A Train” by Duke Ellington

Scene 2: Savoy Ballroom

Dance Performance to “Sing Sing Sing” by Benny Goodman.

Scene 3: Back to the 20s

Music: “Sweet Man”

Dance Performance to “Happy As the Day is Long” by Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks.

Scene 4: To Hollywood

Music: “Traffic Jam” by Artie Shaw.
Dance Performance to “Yes My Darling Daughter” by Glenn Miller.

Dance Performance to “Oh Marie” by Louis Prima.  

Scene 5: Story Time
Scene 6: On the Way Home

Music: “I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem” by Glenn Miller   

Dance Performance to “Minnie the Moocher” by Cab Calloway.  Choreography by Akemi Kinukawa with Morgan Lee, Abril Anchondo Reynaga, Milo Saidl, Galit Weinfeld, Lalaina Rakotomalala, Carson Hughes

Scene 7: Big Apple

Dance Performance to “Sweet Lorraine” by Benny Goodman.  

Fashion Show directed by Joy Grad.   

Shim Sham Lesson to “Tuxedo Junction” by Erskine Hawkins.

Final Dance Performance to “Dark Eyes” by Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five. Choreography by Akemi Kinukawa with Taylor Gilhouse, Steven Plummer, Jessica Webb, Olga Parshina, Camille Hutt, Brian Lawton, Sam Lawton, Rafal Pustelny, Carson Hughes.