Jumaane Taylor: Supreme Love
April 21 @ 7:30 pm
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In celebration of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and inspired by the legendary Tree of Hope, Jumaane Taylor’s Supreme Love displays the spiritual, artistic, and historical values that infuse human life. Tap dancers and a quartet of live musicians exchange expressive musical opinions, rediscovering themselves and their art within improvisation to Coltrane’s compositions. Witnessing life’s course, rhythm, and miracles, the dancers and musicians perform with a progressive admiration for tradition in the name of the highest power, truth, and ancestral wisdom. Supreme Love is presented in partnership with the Chicago Human Rhythm Project, where Taylor is Artistic Director.
Additional Event: Post-Performance Discussion on Thursday, April 20, 2023, immediately following the performance.
About the Artist
Jumaane Taylor, a Chicago native, has been tap dancing since the age of seven at the Sammy Dyer School of the Theatre and trained with Geraldine Williams, Idella Reed Davis, Runako Jahi, Bril Barrett, Jimmy Payne Jr., and George Patterson III. In 2001, Jumaane made his professional debut with the company M.A.A.D Rhythms and went on the perform in the casts of Imagine Tap!, Tap Into Peace, and Rasta Thomas’ Tap Stars.
Jumaane received the Chicago Dancemakers Forum 2017 Lab Artist Award and a 3Arts 2019 Award. He has performed his work at Jacob’s Pillow, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Jazz Institute of Chicago, and abroad. He teaches at Mayfair Arts Center, Ruth Page School of Dance, and the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. In 2021, Jumaane was named the Artistic Director of the Chicago Human Rhythm Project.
Location Details:
Located at 1306 S. Michigan Ave., just blocks from the Field Museum Campus and Lake Shore Drive, the Dance Center is in the South Loop, one block south of the intersection of Roosevelt Road and Michigan Avenue. The Roosevelt train stop (Red, Orange and Green lines) is three blocks west, and many CTA buses service the area.
Public Transportation
The Dance Center is close to two major train stops: the Red Line at Roosevelt and State, and the Orange and Green Lines at Roosevelt and Wabash. If you are traveling from the South Side, the Metra line offers a good option with a full service stop at the Roosevelt Road Station.
Various buses service the area and include #1, #3, #4, #12 and part time service from bus #129.
Parking
Park on the west side of Michigan Avenue between 13th & 14th Streets, or on the west side of Wabash Avenue at 14th Street. Street parking is metered and limited. Tow zones are enforced. Please allow ample time for parking or take public transportation when coming to a Dance Center performance.
