2008:  Urban Bush Women - sassy strong relevant

Les écailles de la mémoire (The scales of memory) is an evening-length collaboration between choreographers Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Germaine Acogny and their respective companies - the 7 women of Urban Bush Women and the 7 men of Compagnie JANT-BI of Senegal. This dance explores themes of resistance, memory and love and is the result of a three year inter-continental collaboration.

January 7-13        FSU Tallahassee/MANCC – final rehearsal & preview    

January 17           University of Florida, Gainesville–WORLD PREMIERE 

January 19           Society for the Performing Arts, Houston, TX     

January 25-26     SUNY Purchase

January 29           Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT

February 1-3        The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

February 5            Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA

February 9            Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, PA

February 12          Lafayette College, Easton, PA

February 15-16    Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

February 22          Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC

Feb. 29-March 1  Playhouse Square presented by DanceCleveland, OH

March 6-8             Columbia College, Chicago, IL

March 15              Joseph Caleb Auditorium at Miami-Dade College

March 22              Gates Concert Hall, Denver, CO

March 26              The Lied Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

March 28-29        University Musical Society, Power Ctr., Ann Arbor, MI  

April 2                  Arlene Schnitzer Hall presented by White Bird

                               Portland, OR

April 4- 6             Yerba Buena Arts Center, San Francisco, CA

April 26               College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN - UBW ONLY

                               Box office: (320) 363-5777

  

May 11                 2nd Annual Mother's Day Event

                              Buffet Brunch and Special Tribute Performance

                              11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at The Stanley H. Kaplan

                              Penthouse at Lincoln Center, 165 West 65th Street

                              Tickets:  $55.00 and up

                              Please call 718-398-7414 for reservations

June 16                 Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center presents Souls of                                   Our Feet:  People of Color Dance Festival

                                7:30 PM, Kumble Theater at LIU

                                Shared program with Ase Dance Theater

                                www.kumbletheater.org or 718-488-1624

June 29                 Performance at Summer Arts Festival, Fresno, CA

June 30-July 12  Teaching Residency at Summer Arts Festival, Fresno

                                "strength/power/beauty: tools for dance repertory" led

                                by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Urban Bush Women

                                For more information and to register, visit

                                www.csusummerarts.org

                              

July 19 and 20     National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA

                                www.nbaf.org

July 23-24            Urban Bush Women Pre-Institute, facilitation training

July 25-Aug. 3     Urban Bush Women Summer Institute, Brooklyn, NY

August 18-22       Maria Bauman teaching UBW technique and repertory

                                at Peridance, NY

                                For more information, www.peridance.com

November 7-8        Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

November 12         Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

November 14         University of California at Riverside, Riverside CA

November 15         University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA

November 19-22   BAM Next Wave Festival 2008

                                New York premiere of Les écailles de la mémoire (The

                                 scales of memory)

                                SAVE THE DATE! - opening night gala details coming

                               soon for Wednesday, November 19th in the BAM Opera

                               House, 7:30 PM curtain, wwwbam.org

November 28-29   Internationales Tanzfestival NRW 2008, Essen, 

                                 Germany


 

 

photo credits: top photo:Lea Rudee