Kick off 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, captivating the young and old, from theater to club goers 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).

Get into the groove with LayeRhythm in a special preview pop-up at Slopes Bar and Restaurant in Tannersville on January 4.

Presented in partnership with Works & Process at the Guggenheim. LayeRhythm will go straight from Catskill Mountain Foundation to the Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival at Lincoln Center.

LayeRhythm and MasterZ at Work Dance Family performing at Works & Process. Photo: Titus Ogilvie-Laing