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Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Black Choreographers Festival with MoAD
The "Throwback to the Future" panel explores the Sankofa Process by invoking memory to understand the present and future possibilities of Black dancemakers in the Bay Area. "Sankofa," in the Ghanaian Twi language, means to "Go Back and Get It," or the path to self-knowledge is to understand how the past figures into the present and an empowered future. Two generations of Black Choreographers dialogue about how the issues during the Black Choreographers Moving Toward the 21st Century (BCM) a national dance initiative (1989-1995) have shifted, yet remain the same today, during the 20th anniversary of Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now (BCF). Join us for a stimulating discussion about what it means to be Black in the Bay Area dance scene Then and Now. Panelists include Joanna Haigood (BCM & BCF), Robert Moses (BCM & BCF), Raissa Simpson (BCF), and Dazaun Soleyn (BCF), with the discussion moderated by Dr. Halifu Osumare.
Join us on Saturday, February 8 for free performances of Healing Intimacy, an immersive piece by Dazaun Soleyn and Algin Sterling that activates MoAD's galleries in response to the current exhibition, Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy.
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