Marsalis: Jazz Is Dance New York Performances

At Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis leads the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in *Marsalis: Jazz Is Dance*, a concert built around the idea that swing is a physical language. The program draws on the big-band tradition the orchestra has preserved in New York, alongside its long-running education work at the venue. In a city where jazz and social dance grew up in the same neighborhoods and ballrooms, the set treats rhythm as choreography you can hear. The most telling detail is how the ensemble’s precision leaves room for pulse, not polish.