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𝕋𝔸ℙ 𝔻𝔸ℕℂ𝔼ℝ ★ choreographer
ᘿᒪɛᥴ𐌕r͎𐌏ᥒỉ͔͖̜͌ᙅ 𐌛r̺͆𐌏𐌃𝖴𐌂𐌄ʀ + DJ
𐌃ʀ𝔸G 𝔸ʀ𐌕ỉ͔͖̜͌S𝕋 (@jolt.nyc) ~~ NYC 𖦹𖦹𖦹

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We had fun getting together as a company with Liberty Styles to experiment with some ideas for a new performance piece! ✨

More to come soon, but for now, here’s a little peek at what came out of our time together… 👀

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We are thrilled to announce our 2026-28 NEXT! Mentorship Cohort! (Part 1/2)
 Through our program, 6 emerging interdisciplinary artists with 3+ years of professional experience specializing in dance and movement-based practices, performance art, storytelling, and video art.

The NEXT! Mentorship Program offers artists support in knowledge sharing and public presentation opportunities based on each artist's needs; this includes guidance in production, creative design, grant writing, and project budgeting. The program nurtures the development of 8 NYC-based artists through exchange, monthly meetings, discussions, workshops, and presentations for a period of 20 months.

Pioneers Go East Collective’s NEXT! Mentorship is made possible in part thanks to funding from the Jerome Foundation.

Annie MingHao Wang (she/they) is a choreographer and dancer in New York. They are a 2025 Fellow of the Bogliasco Center as an awardee of the Van Cleef & Arpels Fellowship in Dance and have been Artist-in-Residence at Movement Research, Topaz Arts, Marble House Project, Leimay Foundation, BRIC, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. Their work has been awarded grants by LMCC (Manhattan Arts Grant) and Brooklyn Arts Council. They have been presented by Danspace Project, Pioneers Go East at their 2024 Out-FRONT! festival, Movement Research @Judson, Leimay's OUTSIGHT series, Five Myles, and the Exponential Festival. Annie is a longtime company member of Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group and is lucky to also have danced for Same as Sister, Sugar Vendil’s Isogram project, and Emily Johnson among other gifted artists.

Jade Manns is a Canadian choreographer and dancer based in New York. Named one of Dance Magazine’s 2026 “25 to Watch”, her work has been presented by MoMA, Danspace Project (Split-Bill), New York Live Arts (Fresh Tracks), Issue Project Room, Movement Research at the Judson Church and PAGEANT among others. She was a 2024/2025 New York Live Arts Fresh Tracks Artist and the 2025/26 Choreographic Fellow for the Martha Hill Dance Fund Mesh Fellowship. Jade’s work has been supported by The New York State Council on the Arts, The Queens Art Fund, The Foundation for Conte

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This time tomorrow!!💃👞🪩

We are so excited to be bringing back our Jazz Tap Jams and we’re kicking things off in ✨style✨with special guest @libertystyles 🤩

Join us tomorrow evening @handymanbrewery for an all-level workshop at 6:30-7:30 with Liberty, followed by the jam with our wonderful band playing all the tunes!🎶🎸🎷

Book on through the link in our bio!💃

#jazzliverpool #tapdanceuk #libertystyles #jazztapjam #jazzimprovisation

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Our Tap Jams are back!!

We can’t wait and are super excited be bringing back the most fabulous @libertystyles to join us again alongside loads of regular dancers and hopefully some new faces too! 🫵 If you haven’t been to a Tap Jam before we encourage you to come and see, listen, dance and find out what they’re all about. It’s different to a performance or dance display, it’s not about showing off to impress an audience. It’s about connection, making music, listening, finding space, collaborating. It’s a creative, fun, supportive space and we’re excited to share it @handymanbrewery for the first time! Come join us if you can 💥💖👞👞🍺
Next Friday 18th September join us at 6.30pm for a pre-jam tap workshop with Liberty. Followed by the jam at 7.30pm-9.30pm. Book your tix in advance for the best price! 🤗

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Peppi Guggenheim Exil Musikprogramm @ Little Stage

Friday 11 September

NYC - Berlin Evening:
Liberty Styles New York International & Devin Gray Trio

Double Concert
20:00
Liberty Style

Liberty Styles - Tap Dancer
Josh Vadiveloo - Bass
Edi May - Sax

21:00
Devin Gray Trio & Special Guest

Jeremy Viner-Tenor Sax
Keisuke Matsuno-Guitar
Devin Gray-Drums
Tim Dahl - Bass

Entrance is free, donations based.

#jazz #berlin #neukölln #livemusic

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Super excited to play with @libertystyles and Josh Vadiveloo for this lovely run of dates around Germany in September! For anyone who doesn't know Liberty (Tap Dance) and Josh (Double Bass) yet, they're amazing musicians and lovely people. You don't wanna miss them!
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Also excited for some more great musicians and friends joining us for a few dates!
@nateplaysdrums 🥁 @craysec 🥁 and @rafaeldesousamusic 🎻 ♥️
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05.09. - Munich @misterbs_
06.09. - Munich +Jam @jazzclub_unterfahrt with @craysec
07.09. - Weimar @c.keller_weimar
10.09. - Hamburg +Jam @birdland_hamburg
11.09. - Berlin @peppi.guggenheim
13.09. - Munich +Jam @jazzclub_unterfahrt with @nateplaysdrums
16.09. - Rosenheim @jazzclub_lepirate with @rafaeldesousamusic
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Also if anyone is interested in learning how to tap dance or furthering your skills drop a dm or comment. We're looking to organise a few (in different cities) workshops with Liberty too and would love to know who is interested!
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Das Liberty Styles Trio wird angeführt von der New Yorker Stepptänzerin Liberty Styles, die regelmäßig in Jazzclubs und auf Festivals in den USA, Großbritannien und Europa auftritt. Sie spielt u.a. im Smalls Jazz Club, ShapeShifter Lab und Silvana in New York zu hören und ist regelmäßig in London aktiv in clubs sowie Ronnie Scotts und Vortex, wo sie Tap Dance konsequent als Teil eines klassischen Jazz Trios einsetzt. Für diese Tour kommen Liberty und der englische Kontrabassist Josh Vadiveloo gemeinsam nach Deutschland – Josh ist ein gefragter Musiker der Londoner/Britischen Szene und hat u. a. mit Xhosa Cole, Soweto Kinch, Rachael Cohen, Jean Toussaint, Pat Thomas and Mark Sanders gearbeitet und aufgenommen. Komplettiert wird das Trio vom deutsch-englischen Saxophonisten Edi May, der Preisträger des Kurt Maas Wettbewerbs und Gewinner des Gasteig Wettbewerbs ist und in Deutschland und UK aktiv ist. Das Trio spielt Jazz Standards und ausgewählte Originals in einem lockeren, swingenden Setting – international besetzt, leichtfüßig, humorvoll und in der Tradition ausgerichtet mit neuen Einflüssen dazu.

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We’re really excited to announce the return of our Jazz Tap Jams.
Come gather with us again at The Handymans on Smithdown Road on Friday 18th September.
For this special edition we have a pre‑jam workshop at 6.30pm with very special guest Liberty Styles, visiting us from New York.
Pay what you can, with a suggested donation of £3–£6.
Join us for a fab night with live music from the brilliant Sole Rebel jazz band 🔥@alex_mcdowall_guitar @pablosonnaillon @lucianalou @nickjbranton

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Wishing a public happy birthday to one of the greatest gifts in my life - @_naomi.funaki_

Let me tell you. I. Do. Not. Play. About. Her. I am so grateful to get to spend artistic time , and regular life time with this glorious human being.

Thank you , Naomi. May this year bring you all the blessings you deserve. You are one of one. And a ⭐️ star!

Love you. 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

This is family.

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one year since the best day ever! 🫶🏻

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⚡️⚡️⚡️ SAVE THE DATE ~ Friday 18th September @handymanbrewery. Liberty Styles is back! 🤩

We’re thrilled to be bringing Liberty back to Liverpool for a workshop from 18.30 followed by a tap jam with live music from Sole Rebel’s in‑house band from 19.30.

Liberty Styles (they/them) is a tap dancer, electronic musician and performer based in NYC. Satire, collaged sound, drag and rhythmic improvisation sit at the centre of their practice. Their research connects tap dance with queer performance histories, nightlife and experimental sound as spaces of memory, mischief, survival and futurity.
They produce and perform in sold‑out tap‑drag events, toured the UK as a tap soloist with BBC Jazz Musician of the Year Xhosa Cole and feature on his 2025 album On a Modern Genius Vol. 1. Liberty performs regularly across the UK and Europe with artists including Edi May and electronic duo Zyggurat and has appeared in Ayodele Casel’s Diary of a Tap Dancer at the American Repertory Theater. Their stage credits include the Guggenheim, New York Live Arts, The Joyce Theater and the Apollo Theater, with mentions in The New York Times, Jazzwise and Billboard.
This is going to be a great evening, so put the date in your diaries 👀💖

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A year’s worth of joy in the past couple months

1) Hannah in town!
2-7) THE REMIX @spoletofestivalusa
@ayolives @thatgirltorya
8-9) Meet Ella @lincolncenter Summer for the City
@calebteicher @bughthere
10) Jesseeeeeeeee
11) @lisalatouche & @cuba_bass in my neighborhood :)
12-13) @soledefinedlive @bryantparknyc
14) Gotham jazz w friends
15) @danceagainstcancer 📸 @hisae_ai
17-18) Revelations in Rhythm @ahcacmiami @marshalldavisjr

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We’re back @pac_nyc this Sunday for my artist-in-residence!! This week we’re presenting “Steppin’ With ‘The Kid’- A Celebration of Betty Carter”

Sunday July 19th- 2PM
Lobby Stage
FREE!!

With:
@chareneewade
@_naomi.funaki_
@libertystyles
@williamjwims
@mikimikiyummy
@ayitibass
@savvyknows

See you there!! ✨✨

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