Each year, Sarasota Contemporary Dance collaborates with different organizations or individual artists to explore new ways of telling stories through music and movement. This year’s program brings the company’s dancers together with artists from the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.

“SCD + WBTT” is “a coming together of artistic visions and an opportunity to explore new creative horizons,” SCD co-founder and artistic director Leymis Bolaños Wilmott said. “We believe this performance will be a powerful and unforgettable experience for our audience.”

Wilmott and WBTT founder and artistic director Nate Jacobs have collaborated on past productions. This new collaboration will explore emotions, stories and rhythms expressed in everything from gospel, jazz, blues and Motown.

Jacobs said that each new collaboration with SCD makes him feel more emboldened in his own work. “I know that each SCD dancer will bring professionalism to the work and their unique perspective and experiences as seasoned artists to create something reflective of a broader community,” he said in a statement. “This collaboration truly embodies the spirit of unity and creativity that the arts can inspire.”

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Joining the SCD company are WBTT artists Jonathan Isaac, Andrea Jean, Ilexis Holmes (who most recently starred in “Once On This Island”) and Zion Thompson.

“SCD + WBTT” will be presented at 7 p.m. Nov. 30-Dec. 2 and 3 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Cook Theatre at the FSU Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Tickets are $20-$55. A streaming option is available for Dec. 1-3 performances for $25. 941-260-8485; sarasotacontemporarydance.org

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