Layerhythm

LayeRhythm Productions, Inc. highlights freestyle dance and music voices under-recognized in the traditional performing arts landscape while providing entertainment, building community through play, educating audiences in cultural history, preserving the legacy of street & club dance forms, transforming individuals’ relationship to music & dance and supporting emotional & social well-being. LayeRhythm is dedicated to risk-taking improvisation and interactive audience engagement through performances and events."[LayeRhythm is a] brew of partying and performing that unfolds as a series of interactive sessions in which suggestions from the crowd beget songs and steps. Imagine an improv comedy show where dancing, not laughs, is the currency. Then imagine a musicians’ jam session where the band is compelled to keep the dancers’ pace instead of the other way around.[.][W]hat’s distinct about LayeRhythm is the way it bridges the two groups with crowd participation"(The New York Times). Since 2015, LayeRhythm (LR), led by Founder/Artistic Director Mai Lê Hô, has offered NYC monthly interactive, improvisational street/club music and dance jam sessions at Meridian 23 and Nublu, as well as performances at venues/festivals such as Jacob’s Pillow, the Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln Center, Bridge Street Theater, 92NY, NY Public Library for the Performing Arts, Gibney, The Church (Sag Harbor), Movement Research at Judson Church. LayeRhythm was selected by CUNY Dance Initiative for residencies at Brooklyn College for the Performing Arts (2021-2022) and Baruch College (2022-2023). LR has partnered w/ Works & Process at the Guggenheim, 92NY, Hi-Arts, Hook Arts Media, Rolling Stone, Teatro Yerbabruja, Queens County Farm Museum, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, PotaY. LR incorporated as a nonprofit in 2020, and has since received the support of the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New Music USA, LMCC, Dance/NYC, Club Culture Foundation.