Multi-city performances explore issues of equity, justice, and identity with iconic works by UBW founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, and mesmerizing new pieces by artistic directors Chanon Judson and Mame Diarra Speis. (February - April 2024)
The American Dance Festival (ADF) will present the 2024 Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement to Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.
Harlem Stage will co-present Urban Bush Women’s latest work, Haint Blu, from January 11 - 13, 2024, at the historic Harlem Stage Gatehouse.
Works & Process presents Houston Grand Opera and Urban Bush Women: Intelligence by Jake Heggie, Gene Scheer, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 7:30 pm at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
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With support from The New York Community Trust (NYCT) Van Lier Fellowship program, Urban Bush Women (UBW) will provide one-year dance apprenticeships to Black women+ over the course of three years.
Urban Bush Women’s “Haint Blu” makes feature on multi-media platform Artbusrt.
Experience UBW’s new work Haint Blu in Miami’s Historic Hampton House in March 2023!
UBW holds its annual Summer Leadership Institute in shared space from Friday, June 10th through Sunday, June, 19th, 2022 at the Mark Morris Dance Center.
Jawole Jo Willa Zollar, Janet Cowperthwaite, Lori Lea Pourier, YoungArts, and Torya Beard honored at 2022 APAP Awards!
With support from The New York Community Trust (NYCT) Van Lier Fellowship program, Urban Bush Women (UBW) will provide one-year dance apprenticeships to Black women+ over the course of three years.