The 20th anniversary of the Black Choreographers Festival attracted an overflowing crowd, showcasing community support for Black dancemakers. Festival co-founder Laura Elaine Ellis emphasized the significance of the event, stating, 'our hearts are full right now.' The festival featured performances encapsulating joy and resistance, epitomized in a dynamic opener by Dimensions Dance Theater. As part of expanding its reach, the festival now includes a broader range of events beyond February, including discussions and showcases of rising talents, creating a promise for the future of Black dancemaking.
As the poem that launched Dimensions Dance Theater's ensemble opener proclaimed, 'Joy is resistance.' That truth was palpable and contagious in the Oakland company's booty-shaking, bandana-waving spectacle to live drumming, choreographed by Haitian dance expert Laurie Fleurentin and Dimensions founder Deborah B. Vaughan.
This is looking like community coming out to support, so you know our hearts are full right now," Laura Elaine Ellis said from the Dance Mission Theater stage, highlighting the festival's community support.
Collection
[
|
...
]