The Transformative Power of Dance...
PAST EVENTS
AUGUST 25-27, 2023 | Repertory Performance + Master ClassBlaktinx Dance FestivalPhoenix, AZ
SEPTEMBER 14-19, 2023 | Creative ResidencyPeabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
OCTOBER 2-16, 2023 | Creative ResidencyBethany Arts CommunityOssining, NY
OCTOBER 19-21, 2023 | Repertory PerformanceOn The Boards Seattle, WA
NOVEMBER 28, 2023 | Repertory PerformanceSan Bernardino Valley College AuditoriumSan Bernardino, CA
DECEMBER 2-16, 2023 | Creative ResidencyTheatre SoleilOuagadougou, Burkina Faso
DECEMBER 14, 2023 | Premiere PerformanceDialog de Corps Dance FestivalOuagadougou, Burkina Faso
DECEMBER 17, 2023 | Repertory PerformanceIn-Out Dance FestivalBobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
JANUARY 13, 2024 | Premiere PerformanceSanta Monica SymphonySanta Monica, CA
JANUARY 26, 2024 | Film Screening and DiscussionInternational Association of Blacks in DanceMemphis, TN
FEBRUARY 27, 2024 | Master ClassSociety Dance StudioPanama City, Panama
MARCH 7, 2024 | Master ClassHamilton High SchoolLos Angeles, CA
APRIL 17, 2024 | Presentation, ScreeningCA Arts + Culture Summit, B Street TheaterSacramento, CA
APRIL 18, 2024 | Master ClassSacramento State UniversitySacramento, CA
APRIL 26-28, 2024 | Master ClassPalm Springs International Dance FestivalPalm Springs, CA
APRIL 26-28, 2024 | Repertory PerformanceLankershim Arts CenterLos Angeles, CA
APRIL 29-MAY 15, 2024 | Teaching Residency Audubon Middle SchoolLos Angeles, CA
May 19, 2024 | Virtual Screening + PanelHarriet's Gun @ Dance Mission TheaterSan Francisco, CA
MAY 19-24, 2024 | Creative Residency with Julian BarnettLoyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, CA
JUNE 5, 2024 | Premiere PerformancePrelude to Juneteenth, Royce Hall, UCLALos Angeles, CA
JUNE 29, 2024 | Repertory PerformanceRiverside Arts CenterYpsilanti, MI
JULY 6, 2024 | In-Progress PerformanceOdyssey TheaterLos Angeles, CA
JULY 11, 2024 | Repertory PerformanceSanta Ana CollegeSanta Ana, CA
MARCH 3, 2023
The Sweetness of Sweat, performance
Midwest RAD Festival
Kalamazoo, MI
APRIL 21-22, 2023
The Sweetness of Sweat, performance
San Francisco, CA
APRIL 29, 2023
The Sweetness of Sweat, performance
Los Angeles Dance Festival
Los Angeles, CA
MAY 20, 2023
"Sugar, Bricks and Box" program
Dance Series @ Brand Library and Arts Center
Glendale, CA
JUNE 16, 2023
Repertory performance
Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
Los Angeles, CA
JUNE 22, 2023
The Weight of Sugar, screening and discussion
Saint Louis, MO
JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2023
Choreographic Residency for new work
Centre de Développement Chorégraphique La Termitière
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
AUGUST 5-11, 2023
Choreographic Residency for new work, Idle Wild with Julian Barnett
Dance Italia at Motore592, Contemporary Art Space
Lucca, Italy
SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2022
Creative Residency
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Performance, "Box"
RISE UP - Racial Justice conference
California Endowment
Los Angeles, CA
OCTOBER 2022
Mason
Dance Film Premiere
Los Angeles, CA
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
San Francisco Dance Film Festival
"The Weight of Sugar" screening
Roxie Theater
San Francisco, CA
DECEMBER 2022
Creative Residency
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
MAY/JUNE 2022
Creative Residency
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
JUNE 2022
"Processing Sugar Notes" (excerpt)
Performance Mix Festival
Abrons Art Center
New York City, NY
JUNE 14-17, 2022
Pasadena Civic Ballet
Summer Intensive Faculty
Pasadena, CA
JUNE 24, 2022
Guest Faculty
Virtual
JUNE 25, 2022
Queer Mvmnt Festival
Ballet Center Studios
San Diego, CA
JUNE 26, 2022
Queer Mvmnt Festival
Tenth Avenue Arts Center
San Diego, CA
JULY 2, 2022
American Dance Festival
ADF Movies by Movers
"The Weight of Sugar" screening
Durham, NC
JULY 11-15, 2022
Summer Intensive Faculty
San Diego, CA
JULY 27-AUGUST 9, 2022
Creative Residency + Workshop
Centre de Developpement Chorégraphique la Termitière (Choreographic Development Center la Termitière)
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
JULY 29-AUGUST 1, 2022
"The Weight of Sugar," screening + panel
Pondicherry, India
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Artistic Impact Awardee
Los Angeles, CA
NOVEMBER 2-8, 2021
Choreographic Residency
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Embodying Empathy
The Box Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
NOVEMBER 9-11, 2021
South Chicago Dance Festival
Chicago premiere of “The Weight of Sugar” + Master Classes
Chicago, IL
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Undanced Dances through Prison Walls
Scripps College
Claremont, CA
DECEMBER 2021
"The Weight of Sugar"
Black Lives Rising Dance Film Festival
New York City, NY
JANUARY 2022
Choreographic Residency
Sacramento State University
Sacramento, CA
FEBRUARY 2022
"...at leisure..."
Collegium of African Diaspora Dance
Duke University
Durham, NC
MARCH 25, 2022
"The Weight of Sugar"
Los Angeles, CA
APRIL 3, 2022
"Anew" (premiere)
Performance and Movement Workshop
Berkeley, CA
OCTOBER 16, 2021
"Cravings" screening + Master Class
Race | Class | Gender: Festival + Conversation
Los Angeles, CA
AUGUST 2021
Creative Residency via Dance Resource Center
Music Center
Los Angeles, CA
Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento, CA
"Box" screening
Contemporary Dance Workshop
Long Beach Black Dance Festival
Long Beach Playhouse
Long Beach, CA
Dunham + Horton Technique Classes
Jazz Antiqua Teen LEGACY Project
Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
Los Angeles, CA
Short film premiere screening + conversation
Los Angeles, CA
JULY 2021
Summer Teaching Residency
Stockton, CA
Summer Intensive
Northern California Dance Conservatory
Roseville, CA
JUNE 2021
Partnership with Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.
Eta Gamma Omega Chapter
“Leanin’ In” excerpt
The Sofia, Home of B Street Theater
Sacramento, CA
Juneteenth/Black Joy
Collaboration with Street Dance Activism
New York, NY
Institute for Dunham Technique Certification
Virtual Teaching
Juneteenth Pride Concert
Collaboration with HomePlxce
Movement Experience
Levitt Pavillion
Los Angeles, CA
APRIL 2021
Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic
“The Mountain”
Commissioned by Suchi Branfman
1st screening self-produced
2nd screening, 18th Street Arts Center
Santa Monica, CA
Mapping Our Stories
“...at leisure...”
Commissioned by Suarez Dance Theatre
Santa Monica, CA
Sacramento Dance Sampler
“Processing Sugar Notes” excerpt
Sacramento, CA
FEBRUARY 2021
Black History Performance
“Box”
Mirman School
Los Angeles, CA
JANUARY 2021
Joy + Empowerment: Pathways toward an Inclusive Dance Space
Litvak Dance, San Diego, CA
DECEMBER 2020
Catalpa Residency
Desert Hot Springs, CA
Creative Residency
NOVEMBER 2020
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
Choreographic Residency
OCTOBER 2020
American College Dance Association-Baja/West Region
Breath and Articulation workshop
SEPTEMBER 2020
Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic
“The Mountain” (work in progress)
Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Breath and Articulation workshop
LITVAKdance
San Diego, CA
Queering Dance Festival
“Anew” (work in progress)
Shawl-Anderson Dance Center
Berkeley, CA
AUGUST 2020
Seoul International Dance Festival in Tank
Digital Festival extended!
Seoul, S. Korea
https://ingdance.kr/22
Afro-Contemporary Movement Workshops
Pieter Performance Space
Los Angeles, CA
August 6, 13, 20, and 27
12-1:30pm PDT
https://pieterpasd.com/…/breath-and-articulation-an-afro-c…/
Afro-Contemporary Movement Experience
South Chicago Dance Theatre, Guest Instructor
Chicago, IL
Long Beach Black Dance Festival/The CRay Project
Pioneer Talk via Instagram Live
Long Beach, CA
JULY 2020
Companhia Ballet Da Barra
Guest Instructor Summer Teaching Series
Manaus, Brazil
Celebration Arts: LIVE!
State of Black Dance In America 2020, Panelist
Sacramento, CA
The Hubbard Collective #BlackArtistsMatter
Instagram Live Interview
Los Angeles, CA
Grown Folks Collective
Guest Instructor, Teaching Series
Oakland, CA
JUNE 2020
Blaktinx Dance Festival: Dancing on the Edge
“Insula/Island” (2020)
“Leanin’ In” (2017)
Grown Folks Collective
“Juneteenth Celebration” Performer
Primera Generación Dance Collective
“Living in Desmadre: Roundtable Discussion on Black and Brown Solidarity”
Curated Roundtable participant
MAY 2020
Future x Sounds, curated by Dr. Shamell Bell
“Radical Dialogues: The Day After”
Curated guest speaker
Jazz Antiqua
“Movement in the Music: A Digital Jazz Dance Showcase”
Los Angeles, CA
Praize Productions, Inc.
Chicago, IL
MARCH 2020
B Street Theatre
The Links, Sacramento chapter
Sacramento, CA
“Box”
FEBRUARY 2020
Images of Dance
Nhan Ho Project
Elk Grove, CA
"Processing Sugar Notes"
2019
DECEMBER 2019
Bernard Brown/bbmoves at The Sofia
The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre
Sacramento, CA
An evening of repertoire and new works
Governor’s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
California State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA
Afro-Comtemporary Collaboration with local percussion artists
NOVEMBER 2019
Move to Change, Social Justice Dance Festival
University Settlement
New York, NY
“Box”
Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento, CA
“Processing Sugar Notes” (preview)
OCTOBER 2019
Los Angeles Taste Of Soul
Dance All Day Festival - Lula Washington Dance Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
“Meji//Two”
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2019
Creative Residency
The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre
Sacramento, CA
AUGUST 2019
Blaktinx Dance Festival
Phoenix Center of the Arts
Phoenix, CA
“Leanin’ In”
JUNE 2019
Choreographic Residency
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
“Meji//Two” premiere
MAY 2019
Sweat | Queer Dance Festival
Highways Performance Space
Santa Monica, CA
“Processing Sugar Notes” (Quartet)
Sacramento Dance Sampler
Sacramento Dance Space
Sacramento, CA
“Processing Sugar Notes” (Quartet)
APRIL 2019
Los Angeles Dance Festival (Fringe)
Diavolo Performance Space
Los Angeles, CA
“Processing Sugar Notes” (Solo)
MARCH 2019
Dance In Revolting Times (D.I.R.T.) Festival
Dance Mission Theatre
San Francisco, CA
Activism panel and “Come.Unity” (excerpt)
“Best of” New Shoes
Highways Performance Space
Santa Monica, CA
“Processing Sugar Notes” (excerpt)
FEBRUARY 2019
Ebb & Flow Dance Festival
Heidi Duckler Dance
Culver City, CA
“Amanzi//Water” Premiere
Sacramento/Black Art of Dance
Sacramento State University
Sacramento, CA
“Processing Sugar Notes” (trio) premiere
Dance in Dire Times: Field Notes
Miles Memorial Playhouse
Santa Monica, CA
“Processing Sugar Notes” (solo)
2017 AND PRIOR (select)
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"Box" with Steven Gordon
May 5 + 7, 2017
618 Moulton Ave., # B
Los Angeles, CA 90031
Floored! Or The First 100 Days...
"Leanin' In"
March 24, 2017
8:30pm
618 Moulton Ave., # B
Los Angeles, CA 90031
Moving Forward...dance in dire times
"Box" with Steven Gordon
February 24 + 25, 2017. 8pm
1130 Lincoln Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90403