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Jumatatu Poe 
Residency:
July 1 – August 30, 2016

From Private Places (2012). Pictured left to right: Gregory Holt, William Robinson, Michele Tantoco. Photo by Lindsay Browning.
From Private Places (2012). Pictured left to right: Gregory Holt, William Robinson, Michele Tantoco. Photo by Lindsay Browning.
From Unstuck (2010). Pictured left to right: William Robinson, Michele Tantoco. Performed at FringeArts Philadelphia. Photo by Angie YoukYung Chung.
From Unstuck (2010). Pictured left to right: William Robinson, Michele Tantoco. Performed at FringeArts Philadelphia. Photo by Angie YoukYung Chung.
From The Flight Attendants (2011), left to right Jumatatu Poe, Michele Tantoco, Studio 34 (Philadelphia). Photo by Bill Hebert.
From The Flight Attendants (2011), left to right Jumatatu Poe, Michele Tantoco, Studio 34 (Philadelphia). Photo by Bill Hebert.
Image captured from video by Tayarisha Poe from SALT (2016), pictured: Jumatatu Poe.
Image captured from video by Tayarisha Poe from SALT (2016), pictured: Jumatatu Poe.
From Let 'im Move You: This is a Success (2016), left to right: William Robinson and Jumatatu Poe. Performance at La Mama, lighting by Tuce Yasak. Photo by Theo Cote.
From Let 'im Move You: This is a Success (2016), left to right: William Robinson and Jumatatu Poe. Performance at La Mama, lighting by Tuce Yasak. Photo by Theo Cote.
Performance by Jumatatu Poe from 2013.
Performance by Jumatatu Poe from 2013. Photo by Tayarisha Poe, 2013.
From More Mutable Than You (a collaboration with Jesse Zaritt); 2015. Pictured: Jumatatu Poe at Gibney Dance. Lighting by Haejin Han. Photo by Scott Shaw.
From More Mutable Than You (a collaboration with Jesse Zaritt); 2015. Pictured: Jumatatu Poe at Gibney Dance. Lighting by Haejin Han. Photo by Scott Shaw.
Image captured from video by Tayarisha Poe from Let 'im Move You: This is a Success (2016), left to right, Jumatatu Poe and William Robinson.
Image captured from video by Tayarisha Poe from Let 'im Move You: This is a Success (2016), left to right, Jumatatu Poe and William Robinson.

Jumatatu Poe is a choreographer and performer based between Philadelphia and New York City who grew up dancing around the living room and at parties with his siblings and cousins. His early exposure to concert dance was through African dance and capoeira performances on California college campuses where his parents studied and worked, but he did not start formal dance training until college with Umfundalai, Kariamu Welsh’s contemporary African dance technique. His work continues to be influenced by various sources, including his foundations in those living rooms and parties, his early technical training in contemporary African dance, his continued study of contemporary dance and performance, and his recent sociological research of and technical training in J-setting with Donte Beacham. He produces dance and performance work with idiosynCrazy productions, a company he founded in 2008 and now co-directs with Shannon Murphy. Since 2012, he has been engaged in a shared, multi-tiered performance practice with NYC-based dance artist Jesse Zaritt. Previously, he has danced with Marianela Boán, Silvana Cardell, Emmanuelle Hunyh, Tania Isaac, Kun- Yang Lin, C. Kemal Nance, Marissa Perel, Leah Stein, Keith Thompson, Kate Watson-Wallace, and Kariamu Welsh (as a member of Kariamu & Company). As a performer, he also collaborates with Merián Soto. He is an Assistant Professor of Dance at Swarthmore College.

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