Inside the rehearsal for Jamar Roberts' project 'Lineage,' which the former dancer turned choreographer created with L.A. Dance Project.
. Moments of breakthrough, as well as periods of conflict about what it means to be in the dance world right now, have informed his long journey to becoming a choreographer. His years at Alvin Ailey have helped him communicate his vision while also allowing the dancers to uphold their own style; both are central to LADP’s mission.
To create “Lineage,” he began by thinking about recurring themes — such as angels — and how that idea would translate into movements. “Sometimes I think of the arms as like wings,” Roberts says. “I was thinking of some type of heavenly being or something, but the way that they would communicate wouldn’t be the way that you and I would communicate.”
“These steps here, you may not ever see them in any other piece because they’re very specific to this work and these dancers,” Roberts says.
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