LayeRhythm | SWITCH
November 21 @ 7:00 pm
Prior Presents 2025–26
LayeRhythm
SWITCH
Free entry, open to all.
Join us before the interactive performance at 7 p.m. for a DJ set beginning at 6 p.m. to warm up and feel the vibe for the show. Come prepared to dance!
LayeRhythm (LR) highlights freestyle dance and music voices under-recognized in the traditional performing arts landscape while providing entertainment, building community through play, educating audiences in cultural history, preserving the legacy of street & club dance forms, transforming individuals’ relationship to music & dance and supporting emotional & social well-being. LR is dedicated to risk-taking improvisation and interactive audience engagement through performances and educational events.
Commissioned by Works & Process, LR’s performances and events have engaged audiences at Jacob’s Pillow, USC Kaufman School of Dance, Harris Theater, Movement Research at Judson Church, 92NY, Abrons Arts Center, National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Spiegeltent (Bard) and Bridge Street Theatre. LR has been presented by Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Lincoln Center, SummerStage, NY Public Library for the Performing Arts, Gibney, The Church (Sag Harbor), Catskill Mountain Foundation and Manhattan West Plaza. LayeRhythm was nominated National Dance Institute’s Helen Stambler Neuberger Artist-in-Residence (22-23).
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
In SWITCH, the audience is LayeRhythm’s muse. Through a series of games, audience ideas are collected and announced by the MC. Performers instantaneously draw from personal experiences and artistic knowledge to turn audience ideas into music, lyrics and movement. The evening’s events will take place in five parts:
6-7 p.m.
1st DJ Set
7 p.m. until end of show
1st Interactive Performance
2nd DJ Set
2nd Interactive Performance
3rd DJ Set
Details
Nov 21, 2025
6 p.m. – Welcome DJ Set
7 p.m. – Interactive Performances & Additional DJ Sets
Price
Free entry, open to all.
Venue
Boroughs Theatre
The Prior Performing Arts Center
“If dancing with others is an intimate act, LayeRhythm makes it communal.”
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Mai Lê Hô is a French-Vietnamese movement artist, cultural strategist, curator, and educator based in New York City. She is the founder and Artistic/Executive Director of LayeRhythm, a nonprofit organization rooted in street and club dance culture.
National Dance Institute, USC Kaufman, 92NY, Lincoln Center, Gibney, EXPG, BDC. She was a 2023 Dancing Futures resident artist at BAAD! through Pepatián, a 2024 Bogliasco Foundation Fellow, a 2021 virtual artist-in-residence with the Asian American Arts Alliance, and movement curator for Asian Cultural Council’s East West Fest. In 2014, she toured Europe with pioneering Detroit producer Theo Parrish & his live band.
Specializing in house dance, which she was first introduced to through Babson, Mai Lê has won first place at events including Ladies of Hip-Hop (NY, 2015), Universole (Detroit, 2015), and Step Ya Game Up (NY, 2013). She has also served as a judge for renowned events such as Open Sole Philadelphia (2024), Footwork Frenzy (NY, 2022), House Dance UK (London, 2015), Slick City (Chicago, 2015), and The Blueprint (Houston, 2013). From 2017 to 2019, she was the Program Director of It’s Showtime NYC!, a Cityfunded initiative celebrating street culture while offering professional opportunities to street and subway dancers.
Currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Hunter College, she continues to consult with institutions on integrating street and club dance cultures into their programming, reimagining artist-centered support systems, and fostering culturally responsive performance and educational spaces.