SALON, co-presented with FirstWorks: Brandeis University Assistant Professor of African and Afro- American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Jasmine Johnson on “Black Social Dance: Rhythm, Race, Community.”
co-presented with FirstWorks

In February, 2016, FirstWorks will present Urban Bush Women performing Walking With ‘Trane, a work emblematic of UBW’s practice of weaving contemporary dance, music, and text with the history, culture, and spiritual traditions of African Americans and the African Diaspora. Join Johnson as she helps create the context for the February concert by asking: What is black social dance? What is the relationship between dance and African American’s long fight for racial equality? She will situate the history of black social dance alongside the history of black liberation, to explore some of the lessons that black social dance can teach us about freedom, community, and the power of movement.