Emmy won for PBS – KQED in San Francisco
Title: If Cities Could Dance: Atlanta
Director: Fr3deR1cK Taylor

The Pitch: J-Setting: The Acrobatic LGBTQ Dance sensation that traveled From Southern Historically Black Colleges to the Clubs of Atlanta | KQED Arts

The acrobatic dance has origins with HBCU marching bands, and now is popular in LGBTQ+ clubs, but these dancers don’t want to be pigeonholed under any label.

Part of their intensity comes from a desire to share their take on J-Setting—one influenced by jazz, modern dance, hip-hop and ballet—with ever-wider audiences. From its very start, J-Setting was a dance born out of resistance to the status quo, and a need for modern flair. Dance Champz are simply carrying that spirit out into the streets of Atlanta.

Fr3deR1cK is currently working with PBS as an out-sourced producer, “I truly believe in PBS and what it stands for. I want to do all I can to help,” says Fr3deR1cK. With his company Tomorrow Pictures, he continues moving forward with his client projects. Tomorrow Pictures is in strategic partnership with international companies; Rotary International and Davines in addition to several domestic companies.

Fr3deR1cK is currently attached to several independent film projects as a producer and continues to write and produce his own scripts.

His current documentary project, “Hope And Story,” is currently in production.