Carolina Chocolate Drops with Twyla Tharp at Peter Jay Sharp Building

Known for their fresh interpretation of old-time, fiddle, and banjo-based music, the Grammy Award-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops come to BAM to perform music from their two Nonesuch releases, Genuine Negro Jig (2010) and Leaving Eden (2012). The evening also features the world premiere of Cornbread Duet, a dance work by the iconic choreographer Twyla Tharp, set to music by the Carolina Chocolate Drops and featuring New York City Ballet principal dancers Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild.