Disco’s Revenge is a groovy, nostalgic ode to the culture of going out to dance — and to Soul Train, the first Black nationally syndicated television show that brought that dance culture into living rooms across America from 1971 to 2006. The piece carries the audience through the electric anticipation and unfolding magic of a night out.

For those whose hearts beat in tandem with the irresistible 4/4 pulse of disco, the dance floor was a portal to freedom. It wasn’t just fun — it was church, therapy, love, escapism, and sometimes, survival.

The story unfolds through the very movement languages born and nurtured in clubs — waacking, house, locking, popping, breaking, hip-hop–inspired forms, and social partner dances like the Hustle—each carrying its own lineage of expression, resistance and joy. The score travels across generations, from ’70s disco anthems like “Don’t Leave Me This Way” by Thelma Houston to contemporary dance floor sounds like “Us Against the World” by Jungle, bridging past and present in one continuous groove.

As we find ourselves deeper in a world shaped by parasocial connection, Disco’s Revenge asks us to remember what it means to be in the room together — to witness, to respond, to sweat, to celebrate. Social dancing is not a relic; it is a living practice of presence, resistance and joy. In these tumultuous times, this work is a call back to the floor, a testament to the belief that “shaking our groove thang” all together, in the same room,  is a vital component of the healing we all need.