Off the Wall and Onto the Stage: Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green

Name: Off the Wall and Onto the Stage: Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green
Start: 2025-03-13T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Miller Theater

Schedule

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Miller Theater | Augusta, GA

The Morris Museum of Art Presents Off the Wall and Onto the Stage: Dancing the Art of Jonathan Green
Deemed “fabulous . . . an ingenious idea . . . striking” by the New York Times, “Off the Wall and Onto the Stage” brings the artist’s colorful Gullah-inspired images to life through creative choreography and settings that are based on his paintings.
William Starrett, artistic and executive director (as well as principal) choreographer of the South Carolina Ballet and artist Jonathan Green first met twenty years ago, expressed their admiration for each other’s work, and forged the collaboration that led to the first performance of “Off the Wall” in 2005. The vignettes that Starrett created were based on twenty-two of Green’s paintings. They explore the same themes of family, faith, hope, and love that are central to Green’s art, bringing the rich, vibrant colors of his paintings to the stage through dazzling settings, more than one hundred and fifty hand-sewn costumes, and music that combines traditional work songs with gospel, soul, and jazz—some of it performed live by a choir. Starrett’s marvelous choreography is the tie that binds as the company’s dancers embody the cultural heritage of the Gullah and Geechee communities that are depicted in Green’s masterful paintings.
Beginning March 13, 2025, be sure to see the exhibition Jonathan Green: The Aesthetics of Heritage at the Morris Museum of Art.