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Mama Kariamu Welsh: Memorial Tribute

“‘Walk Strong!’ was her reminder that with every step we carry our ancestors with us…”
November 12, 2021
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What Are Your Waters? (A kōrero with Jack Gray)

Gray has created a world of practices which call into the room a thousand years of knowledge and resistance in the face of colonialism, and grounding in ancestry
October 14, 2021
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Take It Off (hers/ours/yours)

The simple act of undressing is imbued with more significance when it is performed with careful attention.
October 2, 2021
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Nanay: Tagalog for Mother

The dancers chart their ancestral matrilineal stories onto their bodies and into the grass.
September 20, 2021
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Dwelling on the Past and Present

A short, bitter-sweet reminiscence on home and loss, thoughtfully presented.
September 17, 2021
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Klassic Contemporary Ballet Company’s “Return to Müvment” Brings a Return to Joy

Dancers fill the stage, inviting me into their realm through silent narrative.
September 17, 2021
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Shayla-Vie Jenkins Reveals Long-Buried Histories

A transcendent experience mining the racial history of the Christ Church Burial Ground.
September 12, 2021
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An Ungainly Kind of Gorgeous

Through stages of quiet rite, disturbing contortion, and macabre hilarity, Marina Cherry takes us somewhere both private and performative.
September 10, 2021
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