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April 2019
Performative Ethics: The (Superdome) Basement Tapes: Black Feminist Sonic Revolutions in the Archive
A conversation with Daphne Brooks. This talk considers the underground performance practices of four black women musicians: jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant, the mysterious blues duo Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas, and superstar pop icon Beyonce. It considers the ways that each of these artists have produced repertoires that amount to laboratories wherein cultural memory and future possibility intersect and yield…
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Performative Ethics: Performing Refusal/Refusing to Perform
A conversation with Lilian (Lily) Mengesha, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, with affiliation in the Consortium on Race, Colonialism and Diaspora. Her research and teaching considers the use of theater and performance to address legacies of colonialism across various historical, political and geographic moments and places. She is currently working on a manuscript that…
Find out more »May 2019
CoDa Spring Performance
The CoDa spring performances are the culmination of the company’s year of training and creative work, and encompass a wide range of choreographic styles and voices. Each year is completely unique, so concerts can include faculty creations, reconstructions of historic works, student choreography, guest artist choreography, and interdisciplinary collaborations, often with live music.
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CoDa Spring Performance
The CoDa spring performances are the culmination of the company’s year of training and creative work, and encompass a wide range of choreographic styles and voices. Each year is completely unique, so concerts can include faculty creations, reconstructions of historic works, student choreography, guest artist choreography, and interdisciplinary collaborations, often with live music.
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