Maybe less of a throwback and more of a reclaiming: we are about to transform those memories of high school dances that many of us didn’t attend – at least not in the way we wanted to. Let’s get close and see what we can get up to way down below 95 bpm. Let’s be people dancing up on other people, when we want to and when we are wanted. Let’s give our permission for the proximity that we are feeling. Let’s be queer and normal and strange and open and close… very close… Sweating to the beat of slow motion. DJ sets by Prdiva09, dø√∑Ç@K∑, A²Z and JADALAREIGN. Free and 21+ NO BAR at the Standard Hotel: 25 Cooper Square Presented as part of Let ‘im Move You. ABOUT Let ‘im Move You is a series of artistic works that reflects a 10-year artistic collaboration between jumatatu m. poe and Jermone “Donte” Beacham. This body of work was initiated by jumatatu’s interest in Jermone’s approach to J-Sette, which is a call-and-response dance form that developed in early 1980’s by women’s majorette teams at historically Black colleges in the United States. Leagues of Black Queer men, prohibited from trying out as majorettes, have since formed competitive J-Sette teams in gay clubs and pride parades across the country. At Abrons Arts Center, jumatatu and Jermone present four components of the Let ‘im Move You series:

Let ‘im Move You: Intervention

OCTOBER 9, 5:00 PM

FAB Open Arts LES Curator Talk OCTOBER 9, 4:00 PM

Let ‘im Move You: Installation

OCTOBER 10–13, 10 AM –9 PM

Let ‘im Move You: This is a Formation

OCTOBER 10–12, 7 PM

Let ‘im Move You: Queer Slow Jam Party

OCTOBER 12, 10PM-2AM at NO BAR

FUNDING The creation of Let ‘im Move You: This Is a Formation was made possible by theNew England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation;The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, Philadelphia;The MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation;National Performance Network/Visual Artists Network (NPN/VAN) Creation & Development Fund co-commissioned by Painted Bride Art Center in partnership with Bates Dance Festival, Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre DBA BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Abrons Arts Center/Henry Street Settlement, Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Dance Place, PICA (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art), and NPN/VAN;Independence Foundation; and theSacatar Foundation.The development of Let ‘im Move You: This Is a Formation was made possible, in part, by theMaggie Allesee National Center for Choreography at Florida State University. Production residency funded by theNew England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Additional production support and residency provided byEMPAC/ Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Additional residency support provided by Duke University by way of Slippage, and South Dallas Cultural Center.This engagement of Let ‘im Move You: This Is a Formation is made possible through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Flyer Design: Jazmin Jones