The festival premieres its first evening-length dance film
Vwa Zanset Yo: Y’ap Pale, N’ap Danse! “Ancestral Voices: They Speak… We Dance!” on
Saturday, May 29 at 7pm EDT on BAM.org
May 25, 2021/Brooklyn, NY BAM’s DanceAfrica the nation’s largest African dance festival continues its celebration with special Memorial Day weekend programs, including the world premiere of the evening-length dance film
Vwa Zanset Yo: Y’ap Pale, N’ap Danse! “Ancestral Voices: They Speak… We Dance!” and live dance party on Saturday, May 29; a public art installation
A Return: Liberation as Power (May 24 31), featuring six Haitian visual artists’ meditation on liberation; a special “for teens by teens” event
DanceAfrica 2021 Celebration Continues Through Memorial Day Weekend
The festival premieres its first evening-length dance film Vwa Zanset Yo: Y ap Pale, N ap Danse! Ancestral Voices: They Speak. We Dance! on Saturday, May 29 at 7pm.by BWW News Desk
BAM s DanceAfrica-the nation s largest African dance festival- will continue its celebration with special Memorial Day weekend programs, including the world premiere of the evening-length dance film Vwa Zanset Yo: Y ap Pale, N ap Danse! Ancestral Voices: They Speak. We Dance! and live dance party on Saturday, May 29; a public art installation A Return: Liberation as Power (May 24-31), featuring six Haitian visual artists meditation on liberation; a special for teens by teens event Haiti In Full Scope-exploring the history, art, and culture of Haiti. Visit BAM.org to join and view the weekly schedule.
click to enlarge All Out / All In at Wassaic Project The nine artists in All Out / All In explore the increasingly arbitrary boundary between public and private spaces, identities, and rituals with a particular emphasis on the potential of the home as a space for healing. Three standouts: Rose Nestler s humorous fabric sculptures emphasize the ways in which women perform (or are made to perform) through articles of clothing; Aisha Tandiwe Bell s traps mark the delicate balance between protecting what you have and cooperating in imprisoning power structures; Natalie Baxter s reconceptualized eagles invert America s toxic masculinity. Other artists include Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Mark Fleuridor, Nyugen Smith, Amanda L. Edwards, Liz Nielsen, and Jen Dwyer. Through March 27.