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Jaamil Kosoko & Mother USA want you
When Jaamil Olawale Kosoko was a kid growing up in Detroit, he broke into the ice cream truck that his father, a Nigerian immigrant, drove for a living, and gave out free frozen treats to anyone who wanted them. "I didn't have any friends," he says. "I thought people would want to be my friend if I gave them free ice cream!" Read full article here.
A New High for New Edge Mix Dance Artists by Merilyn Jackson
Next, Jaamil Kosoko and Kosoko Performance Group (which includes Murphy) showed an excerpt from An Expectation of Violence in which Kristen Shahverdian and Zachary Svoboda join Kosoko and Murphy, speaking in tongues and text from his poetry. Svoboda and Murphy fight at hyperventilating speeds while Kosoko and the very pregnant Shahverdian coo love groans at each other. Part 2 will premiere at next fall's Live Arts Festival.
Read more: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/94047424.html#ixzz0oHlQyIAR
Dancers Compelled by Words of a Poet - NY Times
The Kosoko Performance Group, a Philadelphia interdisciplinary ensemble under the artistic direction of Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, appeared at the Joyce SoHo on Thursday evening and delivered a long-winded program that touched on dance-theater, political dance and even a bit of pure dance...
Click to read Gia Kourles mediocre review of our season at Joyce SoHo.
KPG Presents A Winter Party in association with StudioSeries at Studio 34
Story featured in Dance Journal
The Kosoko Performance Group will present the second installment of their 2009-2010 live performance series KPG Presents. Featured are some of NYC’s, NJ’s, and Philadelphia’s finest acts in music, dance, and performance art. The event hosted by Jaamil Kosoko and Karama Butler under the aliases of Winston Margo Deboreau Hemm will take place on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Studio 34, 4522 Baltimore, Philadelphia.
This event includes a free pre-show artist chat starting at 7pm with performances starting at 8pm. Light refreshments will be provided.
The evening will feature Philly Contact Collective(PHL), Sydney Skybetter, pictured (NYC), Justin Bryant(NJ), Jaamil Kosoko(PHL), Kathryn Tebordo(PHL), Nora Gibson(PHL), and Luke Gutgsell(NYC).
This performance showcase will also be the launch for AHAT: Artists Helping Artists Tour. This program created by KPG artistic director, Jaamil Kosoko, assists emerging and mid-career artists in touring their work nationally.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
7pm pre-show chat; 8pm performance
Studio 34, 4522 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia
Suggested Donation is $10-$15 at the door.
The power of dancers: The body, too, is a weapon: The Broad Street Review
The Broad Street Review, Jan 27, 2009
Story featured at The Broad Street Review
Dance offers the magical ability to lift us away from our lives and help us forget, if only for a moment, that we are dying. With so many people in danger, art is probably the only cure for a suffering world. I understand that physical safety is a privilege, and that making a living using my body as a vehicle of truth is an even greater privilege. It’s a gift to move at my fullest potential on a daily basis, and explain my views on the world via physical communication. My body is a weapon. I use my life’s force as ammunition. An army of dance artists, united, wields the power to take that Risk of Flight, to fall and leap, to kick and spin and fly until this war is done.
2009 Rockys
Story featured at Live Arts and Philly-Fringe.
Dance-driven: Jaamil Olawale Kosoko: The CLOG
Story featured at The City Paper CLOG, June 3, 2009
There are quite a few ideas that drive the creation of VIRUS: technology addiction, social economic crisis, and the multitude of viral pandemics that have swept the world within the last 30 years. But I'm focusing my lens on asking the question, what does it mean to be living on Earth in the aftermath of all this? Our 21st-century culture is obsessed with discovering new ways to sever distance to become closer. But it seems as if the reverse is happening. People of my generation are unlearning how to communicate and express themselves. We all walk around entranced by iPods, cell phones and laptops, reaching for those far away, but we cannot connect with the people right here in front of us.
Arts professionals, students collaborate in new work: Princeton Atelier
Story featured at Princeton Atelier, April 23, 2008
"'Wind-Up' is an existential detective story where the mundane scrapes against the unreal on the boundary between awareness and identity. The piece uncovers a secret world of freaky functionaries -- ambiguous bureaucrats of a netherworld. Talking animals, underground journeys and hidden office spaces make up the landscape of this meditation on the unknown, inspired by the writings of Haruki Murakami and Tim O'Brien."
J-Luv's House Party: Philly Weekly
Story featured at Philly Weekly, October 2009.
It’s cool to call him by his first name when he’s not performing but once Jaamil Kosoko hits the stage, you can call him “J-Luv.” With co-host Megan Mazarick as “Dixie Crystal,” the comedic duo presents the first of a seasonal performance series by Jaamil’s Kosoko Performance Group. The dance company brings its signature innovation and culturally diverse interpretations into the spotlight
Purple Reign: Dancer Creates Piece for Prince
From the Philadelphia Metro, May 18, 2007.
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko,
Executive Producing Director
Philadelphia/ New York / Washington DC
jaamil@kosokoperformance.org
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