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Black Collectivity Presents: A Practice of Return [In-Person Only]
Sat Apr 01: 4.30pm PDT
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About
The Black Collectivity Project is excited to partner with NWFF to present film programming connected to BCPs upcoming performance, A Practice of Return. Featuring film works by contemporary artists Akoiya Harris, Nia-Amina Minor, and Abdiel Jacobsen, the evening will conclude with the rarely-screened 1979 documentary tribute to dancer-choreographer-educator Syvilla Fort titled Syvilla: They Dance to Her Drum (dir. Ayoka Chenzira, Almas Rainbow). The screening brings together films that highlight dance, storytelling, and the transmission of both individual and collective memory.
Born in Seattle in 1917, Syvilla Fort was an influential artist who began her dance career in the 1930s at the Cornish School (now Cornish College). She went on to find fame as a performer in the Katherine Dunham Company and was recognized as a transformative dance educator in New York.
Syvilla: They Dance to Her Drum
(Ayoka Chenzira, US, 1979, 22 min, English)
Courtesy of Milestone Films and Kino Lorber.
* Film works by Akoiya Harris and Abdiel Jacobsen were supported and developed through the Emerge Arts Cohort and Showcase program, a partnership between Velocity Dance Center and Gay City.
For more information about A Practice of Return, visit the project website.
About A Practice of Return:
March 30 April 8, 2023 *
* ASL interpretation Friday, April 7th
12th Avenue Arts | 1620 12th Ave
A Practice of Return is a celebratory archival practice created by the Black Collectivity Project. Under the guiding notion we build Black Collectivity out of necessity, Nia-Amina Minor in collaboration with marco farroni, Akoiya Harris, and David Rue envision a movement driven experience in three parts: part installation, part choreography, and part community offering. Through this work we aim to enact Black Collectivity as a necessary site of return: a practice of looking back to see where you are.
A Practice of Return is a celebratory archival practice conceptualized by the Black Collectivity Project. Through a series of offerings including workshops, film screenings, and performances, A Practice of Return weaves together embodied knowledge and research in pursuit of return, a practice of looking back to see where you are. This programming is the result of a year-long research collaboration inspired by the ongoing legacy of Black dance artists in Seattle beginning with Syvilla Fort.
A Practice of Return will take place over the course of two weekends. Weekend 1 includes workshops and film screenings highlighting dance, storytelling, and the transmission of memory (individual and collective). Weekend 2 consists of three days of performances responding to Syvilla Forts 1940 solo concert originally presented at the Seattle Repertory Playhouse (now Jones Playhouse). Although few records of the original performance exist, dance allows us to access and imagine what was and what could be.
Black Collectivity is a collaborative project developed by Nia-Amina Minor, David Rue, marco farroni, and Akoiya Harris through the Made in Seattle Artist Residency Program at Velocity Dance Center.
Additional Collaborators: Jiamond Elizabeth (Performer), Chari Glogovac-Smith (Sound Design), LeEcia Farmer (costumes/set design), Brea Wilson (projection).
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum (View)
1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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