Get moving in the New Year with a play-based jam session of freestyle live music, dance, and audience interaction that will get you off your feet. Celebrating the vibrancy of street and club dance cultures, LayeRhythm, led by Mai Lê Hô, weaves singular improvisations by musicians, dancers, and emcees, with the audience, captivating the young and old, from theater to clubgoers by embodying the continuum of concert and social dance.

“[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).

LayeRhythm’s residency is a partnership between ArtYard and Works & Process’ LaunchPAD program. LayeRhythm will go straight from ArtYard to the Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival to headline the Guggenheim Rotunda.