Projects
Blue Man Group
They needed a flash mob at Saks 5th Avenue for a surprise in-store takeover, along with a performances on Ellen and America’s Got Talent to promote their season. We created them. Most notably, Shake Your Euphemism involved figuring out how two height-specific humans could move and control big pieces of LED breakout wall.
The Last Supper
Luminario Ballet, a Los Angeles based company known for both aerial and a terre spectacle, wanted to explore what Jesus, Mary and Judas in modern day Coachella might have looked like. What aspects of the storytelling needed adjustment to attract younger generations to the story? Jamal helped answer these questions. And rolled down the white silks.
The Soul in My Purse
In the enduring spirit of the late Ntozake Shangé’s seminal masterpiece, For Colored Girls, The Soul in My Purse explores the thoughts, feelings and movement of six new women through verse.
Beyond The Thread:
CONVERSATIONS IN CONTEXT
During the pandemic, artist / social critic / director Brian Brooks wanted to figure out a way to expand discourse that gets muddy and incoherent in the social media space. We helped him shape, design and production manage a vodcast during the pandemic (click here for full content).
The Parts They Left Out
The goal was to expound on possible fills for the narrative holes inside of Greek mythology, the primary part being the portrayal of them as white only. Also, we wanted to see how this remix of an old idea could live on the floor and in the air for an audience. Funded in Dallas, TX by a TACA Grant.
Anointed Reconstruction
In tribute, choreographer Christopher Huggins made__as late legend Judith Jamison’s last commission as artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre__a ballet about the passing of the torch to her from Alvin. A decade later, Opus Dance Theatre wanted Anointed performed at their gala. So we had it put back together.
Original cast members from the original Broadway production of The Color Purple perform Mysterious Ways.
To Walk Past A Field and Notice
Oprah became a producer of the Broadway blockbuster “The Color Purple” after it secured a theater and opening date. To catch her up, Schehimezade founder Jamal Story repackaged journal entries he had written during the process as letters to God and letters to Oprah to honor the epistles comprising Alice Walker’s masterpiece. In addition to serving as an authorized account of the process, it remains a staple in the archive of Purple performance history. Oprah’s response: “You’re a good writer, too. Who knew?”