#bodiesmatter (2015)

#blckbddiesmttr (2015). Is an investigation in to the movement language(s) of ‘riot’ by triangulating media coverage, op-ed articles, and individual accounts of the Black Lives Matters Movement. The research questions that will guide the creative process are: Can the movement language(s) of riot be abstracted and made to fit a proscenium space? Should it be made to fit the stage? Is it possible to look at moving black bodies in distress both as a site for cultural commentary, and as an artistic expression? Is it possible to make text based, complicated, and full body movement in the same dance work concerning race with out making it preachy or sententious?

I approach this work from a post modern black dancing body. It is meant to reference not recreate the "protest'