Chief Executive and Artistic Director Debbie Blunden-Diggs has curated an ever-expanding list of dances that illuminate and celebrate African lives reassembled in a hostile “New World”.
Performances
This collaborative work investigates elements of desire, longing, and loneliness through the lens of queer embodiment within Black spiritual spaces. Using inspiration from author Ashon T. Crawly's profoundly innovative book, "Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility," the work explores the themes of bodily surrender, openness, and Black spirituality.
HOME/An Untitled Portrait, choreographed by Tommie-Waheed Evans, is an emergence of choreographic, sonic, and visual practice. Kendrick Lamar's collection of music allows space for a dialogue to take place between the music and dance.
With HOME/An Untitled Portrait, we ask, "How are spiritual desires constructed through the lenses and experiences of an isolated being?"
A 3/5 Proclamation: 8.5.23 is a part of Anderson's current series called 3/5 Proclamations which counternarrative movement rituals about Black resistance, resilience and reimagination. 3/5 Proclamations: 8.5.23 takes its inspiration from the events that took place in Montgomery, Alabama on August 5, 2023 (called by some The Montgomery Brawl). The ritual is about imagining equity, justice and freedom by and for those historically and systemically denied equity, justice and freedom.
Set to four contemporary gospel tunes by Kirk Franklin and the Family, In My Father’s House brings the modern-day church experience to the stage. The built-in encore, danced to the song “When I Think About Jesus,” is so highly energized that it brings the audience to their feet, and they leave the theater dancing and singing.