SCAT!... The Complex Lives of
Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar
Our feet are not in concrete. They’re jubilant. Using African aesthetics to speak about the experiences of Black folk.
Not just choreographing. Channeling.
Set in a fictional jazz club, SCAT!... The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar, is a dance-driven musical that tells the love story of two people making their way during the Great Migration. Through song, dance, storytelling, and an original jazz score performed by a live band, SCAT explores what happens when dreams encounter the realities of American life in the ‘40s and ‘50s.
Conceived & Directed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
Original Music Composed by Craig Harris
Co-Choreographed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar & Vincent Thomas in collaboration with the company
Dramaturgy by Talvin Wilks
ON TOUR
November 22 - 24, 2024 | WEST COAST PREMIERE
The Music Center’s Mark Taper Forum
Los Angeles, CA
BUY TICKETS
February 5th - 8th, 2025 | NEW YORK PREMIERE
Perelman Performing Arts Center
New York, NY
BUY TICKETS
July 17 - 18, 2024
American Dance Festival
Durham, NC
June 28 - 30, 2024
World Premiere: Bard SummerScape
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
"SCAT is my story. It is my family’s story. It is a personal and collective story of a family and a people, moving from the Jim Crow south during the Great Migration."
— Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Director and Choreographer, SCAT!... The Complex Lives of Al & Dot, Dot & Al Zollar
Unearthing history requires risk. Claiming history requires risk. Making history requires risk.
Urban Bush Women THIS IS RISK
Photo Credits: Header — Maria Baranova; Body — Courtesy of The Zollar Family, and Maria Baranova for the Fisher Center at Bard