NEWS & PRESS

To request an interview, press kit or hi-res image email Associate Director of Programs and Development, Denae Hannah, or call us in the office at 718.398.4537.

2011

• "DanceMotion USA 2010 Retrospective," U.S. Department of State - June 2011 produced by BAM
• "Urban Bush Women: Caught in the Act," Caught in the Act: Art in Brooklyn, BRIC  - June 2011 produced by Jonathan Lief and Irina Khokhlova
• "Juneteenth and Slavery in Brooklyn," Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Patch - June 2011 by Jonathan Mandell
  "Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Mines KC Memories in New Choreography," KC Currents, KCUR - May 2011 by Sylvia Maria Gross
• "Diversity produces 'America: Now and Here' dance concept," The Kansas City Star - May 2011 by Libby Hanssen
• "Sisters Standing Up to the Man," The New York Times - April 2011 by Claudia La Rocco
• "An Active Anniversary," NY Press - April 2011 by Susan Reiter
• "FSU dance professor Jawole Zollar 'the best of the best,'" Tallahassee.com - April 2011 by Doug Blackburn and Mark Hinson
• "A Female Force: Five company leaders on how gender shapes their vision and style," Dance Magazine - March 2011 by Victoria Looseleaf
• "Three questions with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - January 2011 by Lynn Peisner
• "25 years of dance with Urban Bush Women," Creative Loafing Atlanta - January 2011 by Andrew Alexander
• "Coming to the Rialto: Urban Bush Women founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar refuses to stay put," ArtsCriticATL - January 2011 by Daryl Foster          

2010

• "Modern-Dance History Times Five, With Plenty of Theatricality," The New York Times - December 2010 by Roslyn Sulcas
• "'Five First Ladies of Dance' preview: Masters of movement team for celebratory tour," Newark Star-Ledger - December 2010 by Robert Johnson
• "REVIEW: Fly - Five First Ladies of Dance @ Oberlin 12/03/10," Cool Cleveland - December 2010 by Susan Schaul
• "U of M Dance students challenge stereotypes of 'black dance,'" City Pages - December 2010 by Sheila Regan
• "Dancing ladies take flight in performance at Oberlin College," The Cleveland Plain Dealer - December 2010 by Donald Rosenberg
• "FLY: Five First Ladies' hold a posture of maturity and grace," The Washington Post - November 2010 by Sarah Kaufman
• "Five First Ladies of Dance at the Kennedy Center Tonight," Washington City Paper - November 2010 by Amanda Abrams
• "Get to know 'Five First Ladies of Dance'," The Philadelphia Inquirer - October 2010 by Merilyn Jackson
• "Jawole Willa Jo Zollar explores early explorations into sensuality in new Urban Bush Women show," Twin Cities Daily Planet - October 2010 by Sheila Regan
• "'Uncensored' bares essence of women," StarTribune.com - October 2010 by Caroline Palmer
• "Everybody Dance," StoryCorps blog - September 2010 by John White
• "I am Urban Bush Women, hear me roar," University of Minnesota Northrop blog - July 2010 by Melissa Wray
• "On the money: TranscenDANCE youth arts project," The San Diego Union-Tribune - July 2010 by Janice Steingberg
• "Summer Arts review: Urban Bush Women," FresnoBeehive.com - June 2010 by Donald Munro
• "Dancing Through Tough Times," TheRoot.com - June 2010 by Valerie Gladstone
• "An 'Inspiration Lab' on South Oxford," New York Times, The Local - May 2010 by Tze Chun
• "So You Think It's African Dance," New York Times - May 2010 by Alastair MacCaulay
• "On Tour, U.S. Dancers Embrace Latin Rhythms," America.gov - May 2010 by Lauren Monson
• "It's Time to Bring Dance to the White House, and Obama Should Take the Lead," The Washington Post - April 2010 by Sarah Kaufman
• "My Vision of Collaboration and Community," CSU Summer Arts Newsletter - Spring 2010 by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
• "Soft Steps of Diplomacy," New York Times - March 2010 by Roslyn Sulcas
• "Danza afro-contemporánea este miércoles en el Adolfo Mejía," Ajá Cartagena - March 2010 (in spanish)
• "Urban Bush Women," Estilio Baile - March 2010 (in spanish)
• "Dark Magic: Urban Bush Women's Zollar: Uncensored," The Village Voice - February 2010 by Deborah Jowitt
• "Urban Bush Women: Celebrating 25 Years," The Hill - January 2010 by Selma Jackson
• "Urban Bush Women, Uncensored," Dancing Perfectly Free - January 2010 by Evan
• "Urban Bush Women, Moving Through a Defiant Past," New York Times - January 2010 by Claudia La Rocco
• "Urban Bush Women at Dance Theater Workshop in New York City," Star Ledger - January 2010 by Robert Johnson
• "Urban Bush Women rework classic pieces for 25th Anniversary," New York Press - January 2010 by Susan Reiter
• "Exporting Modern Dance," Dance Magazine - January 2010 by Clare Croft
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2009

• "Why I Dance," Dance Magazine - June 2009 by Paloma McGregor, UBW Company Member
• "Phenomenal Women," Dance Teacher Magazine - March 2009 by Michelle Vellucci