FJK Dance "ECHOES" - Black Box Performance Series at John Jay College Black Box Theater

Fadi J. Khourys FJK DANCE will return for the second of their Black Box Fusion of Culture and Dance monthly repertoire performances on Friday, May 31 at John Jay College Black Box Theater, 524 West 59th Street from 6:30 PM 8:30 pm. "ECHOES," a company work inspired by Dabke, a folkloric traditional Bedouin dance from the mountains of Lebanon and Syria, will be performed. "Echoes" uses a score comprised of Middle Eastern drums and percussion instruments, with electric based sounds and rhythms. A Talk Back with Artistic Director Fadi J. Khoury will follow the performance and an audience reception with the dancers. Each of the FJK "Black Box" Fusion of Culture and Dance performances will provide an immersive, cross-cultural dance experience. The Fusion series is theme-based; each Black Box evening features a different work from the company repertoire. Additional company works will be shown on Thursday, June 20, Thursday, July 18 and Friday, August 23, all at 6:30pm, program to be announced.The Black Box dance series found its inspiration from FJKs weekly site specific performance workshops developed for NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County (Brooklyn, N.Y.). Believing dance has the power to bring people together and insert positive energy into our communities, the FJK Dance NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County program hopes to remove the stigma of, and enable the public to better understand, psychiatric illness and wellness. Site specific performances from the FJK repertoire, performed throughout the hospital, hope to create an emotional difference for patients and staff. The John Jay series will help refine that role, with the audience Talk Back serving to explore the depth of each repertoire piece and discuss what dance can do to facilitate mental health. Positive images are explored.In July 2018 FJK Dance was named Artist in Residence at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County.