Dialogue with Nia Eubanks-Dixon and Lela Aisha Jones
This call and response in dialogue and movement led by former Urban Bush Women company members Nia Eubanks-Dixon and Lela Aisha Jones will bring the "Walking with Pearl" series embodied archive to life in honor of anthropologist, dancer, and choreographer Dr. Pearl Primus.
A centerpiece of the evening will be to surface invisible interpersonal reflections on being an embodied researcher and listener in a performance endeavor of which you may be culturally, ethnically, or intergenerationally non-native. How do we come to terms with our histories, cultures, and existences? How are our stories and presence a part of the journey and how do we keep the individual and collective sacred intact when performance works call historical traumas and triumphs to our present? How do we archive and imagine histories over time and in contemporary landscapes? The Porch aims to transport us to a time where folks still sit on multimodal porches to bask in the awe of collective brilliance that emerges from dismantling formalities and engaging in blackness uncaptured.
Free for all!
Bryn Mawr College welcomes the full participation of all individuals in all aspects of campus life. Should you wish to request a disability-related accommodation for this event, please contact the event sponsor/coordinator. Requests should be made as early as possible.