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.
This program is made possible by the Friends of Greenwich Library. Recommended for ages 10+.