Danny Buraczeski’s Jazzdance

If you’ve always thought of jazz dance as a bit too, shall we say, jazzily mainstream, then you haven’t seen Danny Buraczeski. Steeped in dance history, he has been called “the thinking man’s jazzman.” His desire to share that history and his many years as a teacher bring a distinctive character to his choreography and his performances. This time out, his troupe performs “Blue on the Moon,” set to music by Sidney Bechet (now casting his own shadow instead of standing in Louis Armstrong’s); and “Ezekiel’s Wheel,” a signature tribute to James Baldwin. And while last year’s “Swing Concerto” contrasted “Old World” Yiddish folk with new-fangled swing, here Buraczeski unveils a new work exploring Swing’s late period and its transition into bebop, with a score by Mal Waldron and Thelonious Monk. College of St. Catherine campus, 2004 Randolph Ave., St. Paul; 651-690-6700