Jakari Sherman is a choreographer and director of dance-based productions rooted in the percussive tradition of stepping. He is writing his first science fiction novel, which explores a futurist perspective on maroonage and myriad notions of freedom and emancipated communities.
While at MacDowell, Sherman developed a script, music, and choreography for the production Our Road Home. This included experimental recordings of water-based instruments, and environmental sounds throughout the MacDowell property. The work will premiere in June 2025 in Houston Freedmen's Town as part of the 160th commemoration of its founding. Sherman also shared the movement practice of stepping with the Peterborough community in a workshop at Monadnock Academy of Movement Arts via the MacDowell in the Schools program, and began development of a notation system for stepping that will be used for future music composition and collaboration.
