January 30, 2006

This Woman's Work - Audio Preview

This weekend on Friday, February 3rd and Saturday, February 4th there are performances of "This Woman's Work" at Howard University in the Ira Aldridge Theatre in Washington DC. For tickets, call (202) 806-4157 or (202) 806-7700.

To learn about "This Woman's Work" and their weekend's performances, I interviewed Ursula Payne who is one of the original choreographers involved in this project. Ursula is an independent choreographer, and associate professor of dance at Slippery Rock University where she teaches contemporary dance.

Click here to listen to dance performance preview (MP3 format - 6.52 MB - 14:14 Minutes)

Performance Description

After it’s sold out debut in 2003 and again in August 2005, co-curators Bridget Moore and Princess Mhoon Cooper’s This Woman’s Work has been the talk of the New York dance scene. “Our mission is to expose dance and movement pieces choreographed by women from the African Diaspora and to ensure that these works are seen by a broad audience. We seek to create opportunities that will allow this new generation of artists to flourish in their profession. As Black women, we stand on the shoulders of pioneers like Katherine Dunham and Pearl Primus and their students, who are our teachers. We do not intend to let history be written without our voice of creativity and unique perspective, shared through our medium of choice…DANCE! The collective This Woman's Work and the contributions of Princess Mhoon Cooper and Bridget Moore along with the other choreographers were recently recognized as one of Dance Magazine's top 25 to watch.

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