Firedance is an original work developed and conceived by Dr. Lasana Kazembe and featuring music composed by Indy's jazz guru, Rob Dixon. This multimedia, multi-disciplinary event features live musical performance with some of Indy's finest musicians and integrates spoken-word storytelling, dance, and a visual artist who will create a live painting onsite. This work draws on the African cultural concept of Serudj-Ta, meaning: to repair and remake the world - the restorative practice by which we replenish and transform the world in order to make it more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
Lasana Kazembe - voice Rob Dixon - saxophone Brandon Meeks - bass Steven Jones - piano Kenny Phelps - drums Yoonhae Swanson - cello Ramón Flowers - dance