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Best Open Jam Roc City Pro Am Jam
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You might think that The Roc City Pro Am Jam is just for the musicians, giving them the opportunity to stretch their legs and tread terrain that’s different. But the resulting hybrid that gets thrown together is a thrill for music fans as well, as the curious onlookers and on-listeners get a chance to see a band put together for the first — and often, the last — time using its musical wits to figure out how to proceed outside of its members’ comfort zones and style. This is truly a jam, as the host band often sets the tone before inviting guests up on stage to sit in. Nobody is in charge and the music dictates its own outcome. You’ll likely see a jazzy keyboardist, a funky drummer, and an electrifying guitarist as easily as you’ll see a cat with a French horn or a dude pull off a tap-dance solo. This thing is gaining momentum, too, as more and more people are coming out of hibernation (including yours truly) to get down and participate. Local instrument manufacturers have gotten on board, displaying their wares and encouraging onstage test drives and the powers that run the whole affair have been recording beautiful, in-the-moment mayhem. The Roc City Pro Am Jam takes place every-other Tuesday and rotates between Lovin’ Cup, Abilene, and Skylark. Come early, stay late. (FD)
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Rochester Circus Arts Collective
the output of both groups to feed off of one another in a mutually beneficial relationship. The organization’s main program in place at the moment is “Whirly Wednesdays.” Every Wednesday from 6 to 10 p.m. the public can visit with ROC Cirque at Genesee Valley Park near the Riverbend Shelter. During this open spin jam, hoopers, poi spinners, jugglers, cyr wheel artists, yo-yo freestylers, slack-line walkers, or anyone at all can participate by watching and learning from each other. In the future, ROC Cirque is looking to establish itself as an official non-profit organization. To get involved, e-mail admin@ roccircusarts.org. For more information visit roccircusarts.org. (LD)
Best Pop-Up Dance Troupe One Dance Company
During the Rochester International Jazz Festival this past summer, you might have noticed the herd of wild animals that took over the streets and green spaces outside of Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Actually, the creatures were dancers involved in One Dance Company, a Rochester and Minnesotabased dance company which has been putting on marvelous pop-up shows locally for the past year. For “Scene & Herd,” the dancers were transformed through simple costuming and makeup into various woodland creatures, and accompanied by local gypsy-camp-esque musical group, The Pickpockets, they danced and embodied their respective creatures from within the art center out into a busy East Avenue. Led locally by director and cofounder Erika Ruegemer, the small company often teams up with collaborative art space The Yards at the Public Market and a host of participating artists to present such moving,
Rochester is teeming with talent, as evidenced by the various artists, musicians, and actors that call this area home. Another artistic discipline is on the rise in your backyard, and you might not even know about it: the Rochester Circus Arts Collective. Also known as ROC Cirque, the group aims to foster circus arts in the greater Rochester area and provide a space in which artists can practice, share, and learn from one another. In addition to circus artists, the space will supply a jam area for One Dance Company performed “Scene & Herd” at Rochester Contemporary Art the Rochester DJ Center during the 2012 Rochester International Jazz Festival. file PHOTO Collective, allowing 36 City BEST OF ROCHESTER 2012