Wolf Humanities Participatory Workshop + Performance

March 3rd 2021 1PM + 5PM EST

Participatory Dance & Choreography Workshop on "Choice"

March 3, 2021 (Wednesday)
1:00 pm—2:00 pm

ONLINE EVENT- REGISTER HERE


Dawn Marie Bazemore
Dance Artist;
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance,
Rowan University

PHILADANCO!
Philadelphia's Premier Modern Dance Company
Join us for a live virtual interactive workshop that explores the Wolf Humanities Center's annual topic of "Choice" through the embodied practice of dance and art-making. Led by Dawn Marie Bazemore and lead dancers from Philadanco, this workshop welcomes participation from all backgrounds and skill levels.

Support for this workshop and  Dancers Choices, Choreographers Choices provided by The Sachs Program for Arts  Innovation.

Dawn Marie Bazemore is a Philadelphia-based dance artist and educator. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Rowan University and the Artistic Director of her own dance collective DMB|#dbdanceproject. Dawn Marie is a former member of Philadanco and has also performed featured roles in Broadway and regional musical theatre productions. Her performance of Strange Fruit, choreographed by the late Dr. Pearl Primus, is currently on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. 
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Dancers' Choice Choreographers' Choices


March 3, 2021 (Wednesday) 
5:00 pm

ONLINE EVENT - REGISTER HERE


PHILADANCO!
Philadelphia's Premier Modern Dance Company

Dawn Marie Bazemore
Dance Artist; Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance, Rowan University

Jasmine E. Johnson
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies,
University of Pennsylvania

Deborah A. Thomas
Professor of Anthropology and Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Dixon Li
Doctoral Candidate, Penn English

Lead dancers from Philadelphia’s premier modern dance company perform a piece that pays homage to the Yoruba deity Oshun, the protector, savior, and nurturer of humanity. Following this special performance, Dixon Li will moderate a conversation among the dancers and dance scholars Jasmine Johnson, Deborah Thomas, and Dawn Marie Bazemore, that touches upon the choice to dance, choreography and choice, and performance and choice.
Support for Dancers' Choices, Choreographers' Choices provided by The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation. Cosponsored by the Department of Africana Studies and the Center for Africana Studies.