​This contemporary dance work seeks to revive and honor the music of Erwin Schulhoff, a Jewish composer and Holocaust victim. A radical and innovative artist of his time, Schulhoff was one of the first European musicians to incorporate jazz into classical music forms such as symphonies and concertos. The Nazis deemed jazz and all forms of modern art a threat to their ideology and sought to completely erase from history the work of Schulhoff and many other artistic trailblazers. This performance celebrates the survival and legacy of Schulhoff’s music while investigating the Nazis' ban on art forms that embraced freedom of expression and created pathways to share new ideas, voices, and perspectives.

This work was developed through the Boston Center for the Arts Dance Maker’s Laboratory Residency. Thank you to all who came out to see Schulhoff performed at the Boston Center for the Arts, The W-Gallery, New England Conservatory, and through CURE8 Cambridge at The Dance Complex in Winter and Spring of 2022!