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Staking Liberation Practice – Leila and Noelle Awadallah

Staking Liberation Practice – Leila and Noelle Awadallah

Update: 2025-05-30
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In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke, enters the 'studio' with Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Leila and Noelle Awadallah of Body Watani. As daughters of Palestinian refugee lineage, Body Watani investigates dance rooted in Arab and SWANA movement languages. Their first evening-length work, TERRANEA, was performed at the Arab American National Museum, Hammana Artist House, Red Eye Theater, Links Halls, and Al Madina Theater.

 

EPISODE CREDITS:
Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio
Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz
Theme music by Floco Torres
Cover art by Micah Kraus
Transcription by Arushi Singh

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Staking Liberation Practice – Leila and Noelle Awadallah

Staking Liberation Practice – Leila and Noelle Awadallah

Noelle Awadallah, Leila Awadallah, Christy Bolingbroke