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Conversations on Black American Dance

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Logo: Conversations on Black American Dance
Gathering voices in contemporary Black American dance, this collection of conversations and dialogues among practitioners, scholars, and thinkers explores the current landscape and lasting legacy of this vital area of American performance.
Creative Potential of Collaboration: Shamel Pitts on the Start of their Multi-year residency
Against an all-black background, a monochromatic image of three dancers with dark skin who each appear to be falling from the sky, with their arms and legs raised upward.
Performing Arts

Creative Potential of Collaboration: Shamel Pitts on the Start of their Multi-year residency

In advance of embarking on a multi-year residency with the Walker Art Center and Northrop, movement artist Shamel Pitts considers how our futures are not predetermined by the past.
Sarah Lewis-Cappellari in conversation with Ligia Lewis
A person with dark skin tone stands against a black background wearing a colonial-era men's wig, a lavender coat, lace knee-high tights, and holding a skull with blond hair.
Performing Arts

Sarah Lewis-Cappellari in conversation with Ligia Lewis

In advance of their newest Walker commissioned work A Plot/A Scandal, Ligia Lewis joined her sister and dramaturge, Sarah Lewis-Cappellari, for a conversation on family, performance, and how resistance appears through the body as traces of history.
The Power of Weakness: Trajal Harrell in Conversation with Philip Bither
A dancer stands on a stage, with their right hand moving in front of them. They have dark skin, a shaved head and are wearing a black toga. Five other performers of various skin tones and hairstyles sit behind them, on small black benches, wearing black togas as well.

Philip Bither

Performing Arts

The Power of Weakness: Trajal Harrell in Conversation with Philip Bither

In advance of staging this new work in America, Trajal Harrell sat down for an exploration of working in Europe, Japanese butoh dance, and the vital importance of presenting weakness on stage.
Dianne McIntyre: Showing Us How to Fly
Two dancers with dark skin and dark hair, both wearing black, pose with their arms in front of them on a stage. Three musicians, a drummer, trumpeter, and saxophonist are seen in the background.
Performing Arts

Dianne McIntyre: Showing Us How to Fly

An exploration into the decades-spanning work of pioneering dance innovator Dianne McIntyre, Veta Goler talks with the artist about how avant-garde jazz, perspectives of African American culture, and the use of improvisation have formed her decades of collaboration.