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.

Interesting Facts

• 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."

Noted and Quoted

Jump Rhythm Jazz Project: Getting There is highly enjoyable... thoughtfully shot... amply demonstrates the troupe's mix of effervescent material and sly, backhanded commentary... offers a glimpse of the complexities involved in Siegenfeld's style and the thoughtful reasoning behind it.
—Chicago Tribune

Jump Rhythm Jazz Project: Getting There gives the viewer a unique look inside the rehearsal process of Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, Siegenfeld's thoughts on dance and his creative inspiration. Both strangers to the company and longtime fans will be surprised and delighted.
—Windy City Times