Urban Bush Women at Mark Taper Forum

Building upon a repertoire of bold, life affirming dance works, Urban Bush Women celebrates its 40th anniversary with SCAT!... The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar, a new dance-driven jazz club spectacular that tells the story of two people on a journey from the Great Migration to Kansas City. Urban Bush Women founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar grew up performing in floor shows in Black neighborhoods in a segregated Kansas City in the mid-20th century post-World War II-an era when Black businesses were booming, and there was great hope of upward mobility. Performed with a live band on stage and set to an original jazz score by Craig Harris, SCAT! tells the powerful journey of the Zollar family and what happens when dreams encounter the harsh realities of American life in the 1940s and 1950s.