Write Your Future
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Write Your Future, 2021-22
This collection of essays is the literary companion piece to Dancing Futures: Artist & Mentor Collaborative Residency 21-22, offering emerging dance artists additional creative documentation and shines a spotlight on The Bronx as a creative incubator of new work.
Writers: Ninoska M'Bewe Escobar, Benedict Nguyễn, Bhumi Patel
Dance artists: Rebecca Gual, Dare Ayorinde, Alexander Diaz
Edited by Makeda Thomas
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Write Your Future, 2020-21
Collected essays, 2020-21, WRITE YOUR FUTURE is the literary companion piece to Dancing Futures: Artist & Mentor Collaborative Residency, offering emerging dance artists additional creative documentation and shines a spotlight on The Bronx as a creative incubator of new work.
Writers: Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Kirya Traber, Anh Vo
Dance artists: Rourou Ye, Alicia Raquel Morales, Kayla Hamilton
Edited by Nina Angela Mercer
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WRITE YOUR FUTURE
Collected Essays, 2017, 2018 & 2019
Write Your Future, the literary companion piece to Dancing Futures: Artist & Mentor Collaborative Residency, offers emerging dance artists additional creative documentation and shines a spotlight on The Bronx as a creative incubator of new work.
Dancers featured on cover: Kayla Farrish with Dare Ayorinde
*CORRECTION: In the 2017 essay "A Grooveology: Reflections on Dance within Your Dance," references to Afropunk were incorrectly named. The event is called Soul Summit (at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn). Also, Passion Fruit Company members: Tatiana Desardouin is Swiss-Haitian, Mai Lê is French-Vietnamese, and Lauriane is Swiss.
Dance artists: Maleek Washington, Candace Tabbs, and Kayla Farrish.
Conversation, Tues, April 6th, 2021 @ 7pm-9pm
Dancing Futures: Artists & Mentor Collaborative Residency
Writers: Nina A. Mercer and Niya Nicholson
Dance artists: Maleek Washington, Candace Tabbs, and Kayla Farrish.
Hosted by: Nicole L. Martin, Ph.D.
A conversation amongst dance artists and writers of performance who speak about how artists accompany each other. What is the experience of this collaboration in creative processes, and how does it offer new insights into the works?
Gibney Long Table: Conversation with dance artists& writers
Curated by Senior Curatorial Director, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, this series of conversations and experiential gatherings highlights important issues in the dance community.