Host Cara Hagan and Dr. DaMaris B. Hill, author of Breath Better Spent: Living Black Girlhood, explore what it means to 'hoist one's younger self upon ones shoulders and move in the world as a black woman. Resources: Learn more about DaMaris B. Hill, PhD https://damarishill.comLearn more about Cara Hagan http://carahagan.net Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
How People Move People: Back and Forth host Cara Hagan and mother-daughter team, Tiffany Christian and Rayna Christian talk about the role of art, creativity, self-expression in being and raising black girls. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
How People Move People: Back and Forth host Cara Hagan is joined by Dr. Julie Johnson, the Chair of Dance and Performance at Spelman College, and two of her undergraduate students, Asili Johnson and Anaya Hicks. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode of Back and Forth, host, Cara Hagan sits down with Michele Byrd-McPhee to talk about her career, her inspirations, and speaking to her childhood self. Byrd-McPhee is a self-described street dance activist and founder and artistic director of the New-York based Ladies of Hip Hop, an organization that centers women’s voices and histories in Hip-Hop culture. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode of Back and Forth, host, Cara Hagan sits down with Deidre Lang, one of the original Fly Girls from the 90's TV show, In Living Color. Conversation ranges from Lang's work on Broadway in shows like Ragtime, and The Lion King to roles in touring companies and in the Rock of Ages at the Venetian, in Vegas, to being an artist while raising two daughters. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode of Back and Forth, host, Cara Hagan shares two conversations. One with Dr. Lisa Covington, a sociology and digital humanities scholar whose research explores media representations of Black youth. And the second, with two young girls, Inez, who is eight and Mari, who is ten, to chat about their thoughts and experiences with on the pop culture and media. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode of Trace Elements, we spend time with Jack Ferver in conversation with host, Jose Solís. Ferver shares stories of how the HIV/AIDS epidemic has influenced their work as both a performer, creator, researcher, and professor. Topics range from the impact of HIV/AIDS on NEA funding, the transference of arts knowledge, and on queer artists broadly. Film referenced in the episode - "Nowhere Apparent" commissioned as part of ALL ARTS annual dance film festival, “Past, Present, Future” and available to watch on demand at AllArts.org/PastPresentFuture.Information on the Culture Wars:https://blogs.brown.edu/hiaa-1810-s01-fall-2017/files/2017/08/Katz.pdfhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-08-op-17769-story.htmlhttps://www.philipyenawine.com/art-social-issues/2020/9/4/art-matters-how-the-culture-wars-changed-america Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode of Trace Elements, we spend time with Phil Chan (founder of Final Bow For Yellow Face) and Graham Lustig (Artistic Director, Oakland Ballet), each in conversation with host, Jose Solís about ballet choreographer Choo San Goh (Goh Choo San), who died of AIDS in 1987. Choo San was a rising star, having created ballets for some of the world's leading companies. He is but one example of the art and creativity taken from the world by this epidemic. Final Bow For YellowFaceGold Standard Arts FoundationOakland Ballethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goh_Choo_San Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
En este capítulo de Trace Elements, Jose Zambrano, un activista hondureño que lleva más de 40 años luchando para mejorar la calidad de vida de personas viviendo con VIH, conversa con nuestro anfitrión Jose Solís. Zambrano nos comparte historias de su vida trabajando con las mujeres trans que con sus bailes llenaban de vida la zona roja de Tegucigalpa.https://criterio.hn/cuarenta-anos-de-activismo-lgbti-y-vih-sida-han-sido-reconocidos/ Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
En este capítulo de Trace Elements, Aimar Perez Gali, bailarín, coreógrafo, investigador y profesor de Barcelona, conversa con Jose Solís sobre su proyecto Lo tocante y las hermosas historias que ha descubierto en todo el mundo sobre bailarines y coreógrafos que fallecieron por complicaciones de SIDA.www.aimarperezgali.comhttps://ca2m.org/en/activities/touching-blues-by-aimar-perez-gali Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode of Trace Elements, we spend time with Rosalynde LeBlanc in conversation with host, Jose Solís. LeBlanc, a former member of the Bill T Jones Company, talks about her film, "Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters," her time in the company, and coming into adulthood as a dancer in New York at the height of the AIDS crisis.https://www.facebook.com/DManMovie/'Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters' can be streamed for free as part of 'AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange' on the Black Public Media YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeroIYl1kvM&t=10s Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
En este capítulo de Trace Elements, compartimos con Doña Nandayure Harley, co-fundadora del Ballet Moderno de Cámara en Costa Rica. Harley habla con Jose Solís sobre los colegas que perdió durante el comienzo de la epidemia del VIH/SIDA y recuerda con cariño a su maestro Tim Wengerd, quien falleció en 1989. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode of Trace Elements, we spend time with Juan Michael Porter II in conversation with host, Jose Solís. Porter, talks about his work as a dancer, educator, and activist, living with HIV. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode, host Tara Aisha Willis, Ph.D. (Chicago, IL) introduces Series Three, "Mid-Ground," which brings pairs of dance and performance artists together in kinship around their roots and work in the Black Midwest. Interviews for "Mid-Ground" feature dance artists, writers, dramaturgs, and cultural activists Ajara Alghali, Gabrielle Civil, Melanie George, Jennifer Harge, Meida McNeal, Bebe Miller, Katherine Simóne Reynolds, and Reggie Wilson.Resources mentioned in this episode:https://www.theblackmidwest.com/anthology-1https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/160116/alexis-pauline-gumbs-vs-chasing-awe Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode of Mid-Ground, Tara Aisha Willis hosts a conversation featuring Gabrielle Civil (Los Angeles, CA), a black feminist performance artist, poet, and writer originally from Detroit, MI, and Katherine Simóne Reynolds (Mexico / Belleville, IL), whose practice investigates emotional dialects and psychogeographies within the Black midwestern landscape. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode of Mid-Ground, Tara Aisha Willis hosts a conversation with Ajara Alghali and Meida McNeal. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode of Mid-Ground, Tara Aisha Willis hosts a conversation with Melanie George and Reggie Wilson. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
This episode of Mid-Ground, is part 1, of a 2-part episode wherein Tara Aisha Willis hosts a conversation with Bebe Miller and Jennifer Harge. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
This episode of Mid-Ground, is part 2, of a 2-part episode wherein Tara Aisha Willis hosts a conversation with Bebe Miller and Jennifer Harge. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron
In this episode of As Grandmother Says, Brinda Guha hosts a conversation with Ananya Chatterjea and Maria Bauman. Join our mailing list - nccakron.org/engageFollow NCCAkron on Facebook - facebook.com/nccakronFollow NCCAkron on Instagram - instagram.com/nccakron