Music From The Sole

I DIDN'T COME TO STAY

Music From The Sole is a tap dance and live music company that blurs the line between concert dance and music performance and celebrates tap’s roots in the African diaspora. Led by Brazilian tap dancer and choreographer Leonardo Sandoval and composer and bassist Gregory Richardson, I Didn’t Come to Stay explores themes of immigration and family, and pulses with influences from Afro-Brazilian, jazz, soul, house, rock, and Afro-Cuban music.  Commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim in 2020, the piece was first supported through a pioneering bubble residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in summer 2020. 

Choreographed by Leonardo Sandoval, with improvisation by the dancers
Music by Gregory Richardson, with Leonardo Sandoval, José Cruzata, Josh Davis, Noé Kains, and Jennifer Vincent
Lighting Design by Kathy Kaufmann
Costume Design by Dede Ayite
Sound Design by Christopher Marc