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Studies N Black

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A black history month performative experience curated by Award Winning Interdisciplinary artist Baraka de Soleil

Past Studies in Black:

MINNEAPOLIS STUDIES N BLACK, OCTOBER 2007

2007 marked a decade for D UNDERBELLY, the underground network of artists of color, Baraka founded in Minneapolis, one cold and blustery white day....To honor this anniversary, he returned to the one of his first experimental artistic homes - Patricks! - and performed with past, present and future multi-disciplined artists of D UNDERBELLY; continuing to reflect the traditions of the African diaspora immersed in an urban contemporary reality.
   

Multi-media work of Tru Ruts Endeavors 
e.g. Bailey & Sha Cage

Kinesthetic compositions of Dancer/Choreographer
Bernard Brown

Sonic creation of Musician/Composer 
Douglas Ewart & The Inventions

The visual installation of Artist 
Leann Johnson 
(in collaboration with Cecile Lewis)

Textual journey of Interdisciplinary Artist 
Baraka de Soleil

Moving images of Performance/Dance Artist 
Stefania Strowder

NEW YORK STUDIES N BLACK, FEBRUARY 2008 at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange Curated by Interdisciplinary Artist Baraka de Soleil Featuring Aixa Kendrick/Leonardo Benzant, Christa Bell and Aole T. Miller Discussion with the artists, hosted by de Soleil, following each performance. In AIXA KENDRICK & LEONARDO BENZANT'S’s Black Circus, spectators are plunged into a world of absurdity, surrealism and dreams. Using elements of pop culture, mass media and archetypal symbolism interwoven with epic theater, African ritual, Butoh, Commedia del Arte and hip hop, Black Circus engages the spectator in a stream-of-consciousness discourse and social commentary on identity & collective perception. CHRISTA BELL’s CoochieMagik is a ritual solo performance, fusing stand-up comedy and poetic text with elements of hip hop theatre. Coochie Magik is an act of resistance towards the corporately sanctioned attack on women in mainstream hip hop and mass media. It’s a transformative revival celebrating the gospel according to woman. Actor, mover, theater artist and teacher AOLE T. MILLER has been dubbed the "first African-American Ceremonial Mask Dancer of Bali." Drawing upon his extensive background in movement, theatre and mask work, Aole premieres UNTITLED, a solo dance work based on Balinese and African traditions.

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