92nd Street Y Presents

Performing Justice: Dancing While Black

Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Maria Bauman, Jaimé Yawa Dzandu and Paloma McGregor

In celebration of DWB’s fifth anniversary year, choreographers Jaimé Yawa Dzandu and Maria Bauman perform and discuss issues concerning equality and leadership in dance with Eva Yaa Asantewaa (Infinite Body) and DWB founder Paloma McGregor.

Dancing While Black is “an artist-led initiative that supports the diverse work of Black dance artists by cultivating platforms for process, performance, dialogue and documentation.” DWB centers the vision, creative work and community activism of dance artists of the Black diaspora. Live performance, video of DWB fellows and discussion.

$15 in advance / $25, 2-hours prior to performance