It is no secret: from the continent of Africa, to the Mississippi Delta and back up to the Cotton Club, pan-African people have danced and danced, throughout every era.... Read More
MIST Harlem is …Total Entertainment
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Theater for the New City
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Crystal Field has been bringing Street Theater to New York City neighborhoods for decades. Each summer the TNC Street Theater Players perform a new, original... Read More
As an art administrator, I often toy with how best to curate thought provoking conversations while at the same time advancing knowledge about how our pasts impact... Read More
BAM’s Portrait of Myself as my Father
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In this visceral exploration of African masculinity, Zimbabwe-born, Brooklyn-based choreographer Nora Chipaumire (Miriam, 2012 Next Wave) is joined by the specters of her estranged father... Read More
He had been there.
After the game, the war, after the track meet,
before breakfast on Saturday mornings…and
when diapers had to be changed and the girl's
curls and ribbons had to be rearranged.... Read More
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The Lincoln Center’s “WAR”
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“WAR” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins at Lincoln Center’s Claire Tow Theater closed July 3, 2016, but continues to play out in real life everywhere because the seeds... Read More

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