olive Dance Theatre's Swift Solos is an evening-length series of vignettes based on the choreographic legacy of seminal breakin' innovator Ken Swift.

This collection of solo and ensemble offerings will celebrate Ken Swift's choreographic body of work from battle and cipher to the concert stage. Pivotal to the globalization of the American folk form known as breakdancing, Swift's work as a master choreographer spans over 30 years crossing borders of race, age, culture, genre and venue.

oDT's reconstruction of Swift's work focuses the company's "phenomenal hip-hop prowess" Philadelphia Inquirer presenting audiences with a comprehensive retrospective outlining the breadth and magnitude of this breakin' master and potential of this hip hop dance form.

This project is partially supported by a grant from PennPAT, a program developed and funded by the Heinz Endowments; the William Penn Foundation, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by MAAF. This project was made possible by the NEA's American Masterpieces: Dance initiative, administered by NEFA. Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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$20 general admission, $15 CAC members & students

This project is made possible in part by support from the National Performance Network (NPN) Performance Residency Program. For more information: www.npnweb.org.