Wild Rhythm is a dance company rooted in the language of lindy hop and vernacular jazz. Their work reflects the joy and tenacity native to swing era dances.
Wild Rhythm is led by artistic director Gaby Cook. She is an internationally-renowned educator and performer, who regularly travels to the “lindy hop circuit” to share her talents and unique perspective. Her stage credits include “Swing Time: Revolution in Rhythm” with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
Nathan Bugh presents a unique, rhythmic style of jazz dance in performance and in workshops worldwide. Stage appearances include Carnegie Hall, performance with New York Pops Orchestra and Apollo Theater in “Swingin’ Frankie’s Way.” Dance companies include: Syncopated City, The Killer Dillers and Vanaver Caravan.
WORKSHOP & PERFORMANCE
Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York
Gaby Cook teaches as part of an interactive hands-on music, dance history, arts education workshop for all ages, sharing the important artistic cultural, and historic connections between these two genres to help strengthen relationships between our communities.
PERFORMANCE
92nd St Y, New York
Bessie Award winner, Caleb Teicher, hailed by The New Yorker as “one of the brightest lights in tap today” is joined by artists Gaby Cook and Nathan Bugh of Wild Rhythm and Lisa La Touche’s Tap Phonics. Wild Rhythm will perform selections from their Jacob’s Pillow premiere program based on the recordings from Duke Ellington.