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to be listened into speaking
Can you imagine a world where each one of us gets to feel connected? Connected to who we are, to one another, and to the earth? Where we feel connected in a way that is supportive and deeply meaningful to exactly who we are? What do we need to know to allow this to happen? Join us as we ask these questions and more in: "to be listened into speaking," an exhibit and performance marking the launch of The Embodied Leadership Projects (ELP) Community Dance Program.
Performance: Friday, March 6th, 7pm
Tickets are sliding scale: $0-$19 [Youth/Students/Limited Income] $20 [General] $26-upwards [sponsorship rate]
Exhibit: Opening reception Friday, March 13th, 5-8pm
Free. Exhibit runs March 6th - April 24th.
ELP, a body-based mindfulness, wellness and inclusion organization, was founded in 2016 by Hampshire alum Jamila Jackson in collaboration with Hampshire College. Its mission is to use story, contemplative practice, rhythm & movement to invite community members to authentically express, to deeply listen & to build languages of belonging.
This exhibit and performance, created in collaboration with the Five College Dance Department and Hampshire College, explore the ELP Community Dance Program curriculum, which exists in a legacy of turning to African Indigenous wisdom as a resource for building inclusive, diverse, and empowered communities. The curriculum invites all beings to explore dance as a way of life. It engages with dance as contemplative practice through collaborating with horses and African Indigenous wisdom to understand relationships rooted in respect, consent and aliveness. The public is invited to engage with photography, writing, video and dance collaborations between Jamila and Yasmina Mattison-Sudan, Veronica Israel, Narieka Masla, Brooke Huguley, Tess ODay, Fynta Sidime, Stephnie Igharosa,Amber Wilmore-Hurley and Lailye Weidman.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Northampton Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
"to be listened into speaking" is part of The AFROmation Festival, a project by Jamila Jackson and Shakia Johnson in collaboration with the Center for the Arts, Five College Dance, and the School for Contemporary Dance and Thought. The work of these Black women artists and educators in the Connecticut River Valley explores the intersection between affirmation, feminism and the rhythm and movements of the African Diaspora.
The festival is open to all, and is designed to spark meaningful conversation and experiences and build diverse and inclusive community between Five College and community college students, staff, and faculty, and community members throughout the Connecticut River Valley.
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LocationNorthampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley (View)
33 Hawley St.
Northampton, MA 01060
United States
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