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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

D.I.R.T. Festival

San Francisco, CA​

APRIL 29, 2023

The Sweetness of Sweat,  performance

Los Angeles Dance Festival

Los Angeles, CA

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MAY 20, 2023

"Sugar, Bricks and Box" program

Dance Series @ Brand Library and Arts Center

Glendale, CA​

JUNE 16, 2023

Repertory  performance

DANCE@THE HOLDEN Series

Nate Holden Performing Arts Center

Los Angeles, CA

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JUNE 22, 2023

The Weight of Sugar, screening and discussion

The Black Rep

Saint Louis, MO

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JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2023

Choreographic Residency for new work

Centre de Développement Chorégraphique La Termitière 

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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AUGUST 5-11, 2023

Choreographic Residency for new work, Idle Wild with Julian Barnett

Dance Italia at Motore592, Contemporary Art Space   

Lucca, Italy

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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

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OCTOBER 2022

Mason

Dance Film Premiere 

Los Angeles, CA

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

San Francisco Dance Film Festival 

"The Weight of Sugar" screening

Roxie Theater 

San Francisco, CA

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DECEMBER 2022

Creative Residency

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

MAY/JUNE 2022

Creative Residency

Loyola Marymount University 

Los Angeles, CA

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JUNE 2022

"Processing Sugar Notes" (excerpt)

Performance Mix Festival

Abrons Art Center

New York City, NY

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JUNE 14-17, 2022

Pasadena Civic Ballet

Summer Intensive Faculty

Pasadena, CA

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JUNE 24, 2022

Practice Progress' UNTensive

Guest Faculty

Virtual

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JUNE 25, 2022

Contemporary Workshop

Queer Mvmnt Festival

Ballet Center Studios 

San Diego, CA

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JUNE 26, 2022

"The Sweetness of Sweat"

Queer Mvmnt Festival

Tenth Avenue Arts Center

San Diego, CA

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JULY 2, 2022

American Dance Festival 

ADF Movies by Movers

"The Weight of Sugar" screening

Durham, NC 

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JULY 11-15, 2022

San Diego Dance Theater

Summer Intensive Faculty 

San Diego, CA

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JULY 27-AUGUST 9, 2022

Creative Residency + Workshop

Centre de Developpement Chorégraphique la Termitière (Choreographic Development Center la Termitière)

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 

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JULY 29-AUGUST 1, 2022

Manifest Dance-Film Festival 

"The Weight of Sugar," screening + panel 

Pondicherry, India

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Artistic Impact Awardee

Invertigo Dance’s Fall Soirée

Los Angeles, CA

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NOVEMBER 2-8, 2021

Choreographic Residency

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

 

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Embodying Empathy

The Box Gallery

Los Angeles, CA

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NOVEMBER 9-11, 2021

South Chicago Dance Festival

Chicago premiere of “The Weight of Sugar” + Master Classes

Chicago, IL

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Undanced Dances through Prison Walls

Scripps College

Claremont, CA

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DECEMBER 2021

"The Weight of Sugar"

Black Lives Rising Dance Film Festival

New York City, NY

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JANUARY 2022

Choreographic Residency

Sacramento State University

Sacramento, CA

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FEBRUARY 2022

"...at leisure..." 

Collegium of African Diaspora Dance

Duke University 

Durham, NC

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MARCH 25, 2022

"The Weight of Sugar"

Dance Camera West

Los Angeles, CA

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APRIL 3, 2022

"Anew" (premiere)

Queering Dance Festival

Performance and Movement Workshop

Berkeley, CA

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OCTOBER 16, 2021

"Cravings" screening + Master Class

Race | Class | Gender: Festival + Conversation

Los Angeles, CA

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AUGUST 2021

Creative Residency via Dance Resource Center

Music Center

Los Angeles, CA

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In Motion, dance film panel

Crocker Art Museum

Sacramento, CA

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"Box" screening

Upsurge Dance Festival

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Contemporary Dance Workshop

Long Beach Black Dance Festival

Long Beach Playhouse

Long Beach, CA

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Dunham + Horton Technique Classes

Jazz Antiqua Teen LEGACY Project

Nate Holden Performing Arts Center

Los Angeles, CA

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"The Weight of Sugar"

Short film premiere screening + conversation

Los Angeles, CA

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JULY 2021

Summer Teaching Residency

Elevate Dance Company

Stockton, CA

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Summer Intensive

Northern California Dance Conservatory

Roseville, CA

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JUNE 2021

Juneteenth Showcase

Partnership with Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.

Eta Gamma Omega Chapter

“Leanin’ In” excerpt

The Sofia, Home of B Street Theater

Sacramento, CA

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Juneteenth/Black Joy

Collaboration with Street Dance Activism

New York Times event

New York, NY

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Institute for Dunham Technique Certification

Virtual Teaching

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Juneteenth Pride Concert

Collaboration with HomePlxce

Movement Experience

Levitt Pavillion

Los Angeles, CA

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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

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FEBRUARY 2021

Black History Performance

“Box”

Mirman School

Los Angeles, CA

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JANUARY 2021​

Joy + Empowerment: Pathways toward an Inclusive Dance Space

Litvak Dance, San Diego, CA

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DECEMBER 2020

Catalpa Residency

Desert Hot Springs, CA

Creative Residency

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NOVEMBER 2020

Texas State University 

San Marcos, TX

Choreographic Residency

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OCTOBER 2020

American College Dance Association-Baja/West Region

Breath and Articulation workshop

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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

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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…/

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Afro-Contemporary Movement Experience
South Chicago Dance Theatre, 
Guest Instructor
Chicago, IL

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Long Beach Black Dance Festival/The CRay Project
Pioneer Talk via Instagram Live
Long Beach, CA

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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

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Praize Productions, Inc.

Guest Instructor

Chicago, IL

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MARCH 2020

B Street Theatre

The Links, Sacramento chapter 
Sacramento, CA
“Box” 

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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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HomeLA

"HouseBoy"

May 6, 2017

VDL Neutra House

Los Angeles Dance Festival

"Box" with Steven Gordon

May 5 + 7, 2017

Brockus Project Studio

618 Moulton Ave., # B

Los Angeles, CA 90031

Floored! Or The First 100 Days...

"Leanin' In"

March 24, 2017

8:30pm

Brockus Project Studio

618 Moulton Ave., # B

Los Angeles, CA 90031

Moving Forward...dance in dire times

"Box" with Steven Gordon

February 24 + 25, 2017.  8pm

Miles Memorial Playhouse

1130 Lincoln Blvd.

Santa Monica, CA 90403

The MahKween Method at Highways
"Box" solo accompanied by Steven Gordon
Friday, August 19, 2016
Saturday, August 20, 2016
Highways Performance Space
Santa Monica, CA 


"Chromosome" + "Reveal"
Highways Performance Space
Santa Monica, CA
October 2015

"Grave"
Tri-Arts Festival
August 2014
San Pedro, CA

"Jazz Passages Experience"
April 2014
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
Los 
Angeles, CA

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