Jump Rhythm Jazz Project: Getting There
Profiles the groundbreaking dance company – founded by Ruth Page Award-winning choreographer and dancer Billy Siegenfeld – through a deft combination of dynamic rehearsal footage, insightful interviews with the dancers, and beautifully restaged excerpts from the company's repertory of dances.
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- JRJP's repertory of dances in the program are performed to music ranging from Rogers & Hammerstein and Count Basie to Patricia Barber and OutKast
- Dancer magazine credited Siegenfeld with "inventing the first genuine jazz technique in forty years."