ABOUT

third Swan from the end pits the extreme virtuosity of the voguing aesthetic against narratives of escape, fantasy and tragedy. Accompanied by dramatic musical build-ups and breakdowns the performers "play their lives" in a 4/8 time signature, revealing how outer transformation and internal adaptation relate directly to human social survival.

In third Swan, Darrell Jones investigates the poetics of voguing to explore how an art form that is specific to a minority sub-culture is also a metaphor for global ideas of oppression, power and transgression.

Utilizing his training in improvisation and post-modern dance, Darrell delves deeply into the pluralism of ideas and forms conveyed by the voguing body. Through this project, he contextualizes dance with contemporary issues and ultimately invites the audience to look deeper into the narrative behind the physicality of movement.

BIO

Darrell has performed in the United States and abroad with a variety of companies such as Bebe Miller, Urban Bush Women, Ronald K. Brown, Min Tanaka, Ralph Lemon and KOKUMA Dance Theater.

He has collaborated with choreographers (Angie Hauser, Jeremy Wade, Onye Ozuzu), writer (Cheryl Boyce-Taylor), musicians (Jessie Mano, Brian Schuler) and designer (Mawish Syed) in dance films, documentations and interactive multimedia installations. In addition to his collaborative work he continues to work in solo forms.

Along with performing, Darrell has taught workshops and master classes in dance technique and compositional processes throughout the United States, South Africa, United Kingdom and South Korea. Darrell is presently a full-time faculty member at the Dance Center of Columbia College in Chicago