Skeleton Architecture Workshops at Danspace Project
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Skeleton Architecture
Skeleton Architecture
Thursday-Saturday
December 6-8
The Skeleton Architecture collective, the 2017 Bessie recipients for "Outstanding Performance," originated through Eva Yaa Asantewaa's curated evening during Danspace Project's Platform 2016: Lost & Found. The collective is a vessel of Black womyn and gender non-conforming artists rooted in the rigor and power of the collective in practice. They commit to engaging embodied research to support the African Diasporic experiences. Join Skeleton Architecture for the culmination of their year-long Danspace Project Research Residency. There will be three offerings that include improvisation, movement, fellowship, music, and discussion.
Skeleton Architecture members are: Maria Bauman, Davalois Fearon, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Melanie Greene, Kayla Hamilton, Jasmine Hearn, Marguerite Hemmings, Nia Love, Paloma McGregor, Sydnie L. Mosley, Grace Osborne, Leslie Parker, Angie Pittman, Samantha Speis, Charmaine Warren, Edisa Weeks, Marýa Wethers, and Tara Aisha Willis.
Workshop One
Thursday, December 6th, 6pm
Admission: reservations online at danspaceproject.org / $5-10 sliding scale. Cash only at the door.
Open to Black identified folks ONLY, Skeleton Architecture will share practices that support collecting and centering in solidarity.
Workshop Two
Friday, December 7th, 6pm
Admission: reservations online at danspaceproject.org / $5-10 sliding scale. Cash only at the door.
Open to all, this workshop offers a space to share Skeleton Architecture's practices around improvisation, dance, and community.
Performance
Saturday, December 8th, 7pm
Admission: $10 ($5 for members) online at danspaceproject.org and at the door. Cash only at the door.
The collective will share a performance that emphasizes the collaborative process and highlights the power of Black womyn within community. This sharing imagines and activates a site of InterSections - a crossroads, a place of high-stakes, risks and magic -- through improvisation, dance, song, text, and spirit. Open to all.
Leslie Parker, Marýa Wethers, Jasmine Hearn, Marjani Forté-Saunders. Photo by Erik Carter.