Gaudino Creative Residencies: Kif Kif Bledi / Raissa Lei Lecture, "Embodying Resistance: Amazigh Women, Colonialism, and Orientalism"

Mon, October 21st, 2024
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Raïssa Leï lecture, “Embodying Resistance: Amazigh Women, Colonialism, and Orientalism”

 Kif-Kif Bledi is a woman-led dance company, social and cultural space, and cultural agency based in Paris France, devoted to the the valorization of North African cultures through both traditional and fusion dance that incorporates hip hop, waacking, voguing and house.

Residency events will include:

PERFORMANCE | MON | OCT 21 | 7PM | MST

All are welcome.

For more information, email Amy Holzapfel (ash2@williams.edu).

Gaudino Creative Residencies support short-term campus visits by artists, makers, or practitioners of any field who intend to share their knowledge, skills, and creative expertise directly with students through modes of experiential, practice-based, or hands-on learning. Such pedagogy aligns with the larger mission of the Gaudino Fund, which, inspired by the legacy of Prof. Robert L. Gaudino, aims to foster curricular initiatives that emphasize the deep connections between lived experience and intellectual endeavor.

Sponsors: Gaudino Fund, Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Departments of Arabic Studies, Africana Studies, Art History, Romance Languages, Theatre, WGSS, as well as Global Studies, the Lecture Committee, and the Center for Global Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

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