JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble presents THE STORIES WE TELL
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LOS ANGELES - Californer -- JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble honors Black History Month with THE STORIES WE TELL - an intimate jazz-theater experience melding music, dance, film, spoken word and visual art in a celebration of lived experiences, collective memory, cultural legacy, community and Black JOY. Joining JazzAntiqua in eloquently crafted collaborations are special guests: dance artists Bernard Brown/bbmoves and Tashara Gavin-Moorehead, actor/cultural architect Charles Reese, poet V. Kali, and visual artist Carlos Spivey. Presented in association with The City of West Hollywood, THE STORIES WE TELL takes place Sunday, February 22, 2026 - 4:00 p.m. at Silver Screen Theater in the Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. Pre-show reception begins at 3:00 pm. Admission is free and reservations are required. Visit: weho-bhm2026.eventbrite.com to reserve seats.

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The art of storytelling is inherent in the jazz tradition. It is a profound, intimate, and improvisational form of sharing. Founded in 1993 by choreographer Pat Taylor, JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble embodies this distinct expressiveness and honors the jazz legacy as a vital thread in the cultural fabric of African American history and heritage and a defining element of the American experience. THE STORIES WE TELL explores our world through a richly hued, jazz-imbued lens.

JazzAntiqua has been presented in performance at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Playboy Jazz Festivals (Hollywood Bowl), Music Center of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California African American Museum, The Jazz Bakery, Irvine Barclay Theater, Ford Amphitheater, CIAEI Theater (Brazil), San Francisco's Dance Mission Theater, Watts Towers Jazz Festival, and many other distinguished venues.

JazzAntiqua's community arts engagement initiatives include LEGACY Jazz Project for teen dancers, intergenerational conversation series The Community Salon, and The Movement in the Music™ - a daylong celebration of jazz dance. The company's mission and programs have been recognized with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Black Art Futures Fund, California Arts Council, International Association of Blacks in Dance, Center for Cultural Innovation, California Humanities and Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

For more about JazzAntiqua, visit: jazzantiqua.org