Description OKRA DANCE is a collective of highly accomplished and versatile professional dancers, musicians and artist-educators of African descent who use movement, rhythm, song and storytelling to …
Joel Styzens
Description Joel Styzens is a critically-acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, composer, recording artist, producer and hearing conservation advocate specializing in piano, hammered dulcimer, drums and …
Amos Gillespie Septet
Description Amos' playing has been described as “Liquid” by Robert Rodi at Newcity magazine and his compositions “Sultry” and “Distinctive” by David DeBoor Canfield at Fanfare. He has played with the …
Victor Garcia
Description Examiner.com’s Neil Tesser calls him “one of the most exciting young musicians.” Chicago Tribune’s Howard Reich says that he “stands out as an ebullient soloist offering a formidable …
Federica Cocom
Description For me creating through dance is a visual trip between a daydream and reality correlated through moments of exaltation, darkness, and vivification. As an artist, I have struggled to …
Mirza Shams – Stage name: NAXÖ
Description NAXÖ is a queer, non-binary, Egyptian Multidisciplinary Musician, Producer and Sound Healer. NAXÖ is fusion of Middle-Eastern folklore and groovy electronic psychedelic music with songs …