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Latest From @ubwdance on Instagram

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
Happy Friday! Have you uploaded your UBW Story for your chance to win a FREE Weekend Pass for the 2019 UBW Homecoming? Hurry over to bit.ly/UBWStory to submit your UBW story!
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1. Visit bit.ly/UBWStory to record a video of your UBW story/memory - record right from your phone or computer
2. Share this image on your social media account - be sure to tag us and use the official UBW Homecoming hashtag: #UBW35YearsStrong
#UBWdance #theUBWway #Brooklyn #NewYork #nyc #Homecoming

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
#TBT to Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s “BONES AND ASH: A Gilda Story” (1995)
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We are all smiles this Thursday! Visit bit.ly/UBWStory to submit your UBW story for a chance to win a FREE Weekend Pass for the 2019 UBW Homecoming in Brooklyn, NY | June 28-29! #SWIPEleft to follow the steps to enter!
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Photo by Carol Rosegg | (l. to r.) Emerald Trinket Monsod, Pat L. Hall, Christine King, Dionne Kamara, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (seated), Michelle Dorant, Amara Tabor-Smith, and Treva Offutt.
#UBW35YearsStrong #UBWdance #theUBWway #Brooklyn #NewYork #nyc #Homecoming

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
#TBT to Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s “BONES AND ASH: A Gilda Story” (1995)
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We are all smiles this Thursday! Visit bit.ly/UBWStory to submit your UBW story for a chance to win a FREE Weekend Pass for the 2019 UBW Homecoming in Brooklyn, NY | June 28-29! #SWIPEleft to follow the two easy steps to enter!
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Photo by Carol Rosegg | (l. to r.) Emerald Trinket Monsod, Pat L. Hall, Christine King, Dionne Kamara, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (seated), Michelle Dorant, Amara Tabor-Smith, and Treva Offutt.
#UBW35YearsStrong #UBWdance #theUBWway #Brooklyn #NewYork #nyc #Homecoming

T H E • U B W • W A Y: We are so excited for the 2019 UBW Homecoming on June 28-29, and we want to give YOU a FREE Weekend Pass to the celebration! But FIRST we want to hear your UBW Story! Follow these easy steps for your chance:
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1. Visit bit.ly/UBWStory to record a video of your UBW story/memory - record right from your phone or computer
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2. Share this image on your social media account - be sure to tag us and use the official UBW Homecoming hashtag: #UBW35YearsStrong
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The winner of the FREE 2019 UBW Homecoming Weekend Pass will be announced on our social media platforms Friday, June 14th at 5:00 PM EST. Act fast!

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
It's here! BOLD Weekend in New Orleans, LA begins TONIGHT, May 31 at 6:00 PM CST! Registration is still open! Visit bit.ly/BOLDNOLA for more info.
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#UBWdance #theUBWway #BOLDWeekendNOLA #UBW35YearsStrong Celebrate 35 Years of Urban Bush Women in Brooklyn, NY June 28 - 29 | Visit bit.ly/UBWhomecoming

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
Take your seat at the Long Table: AUDIENCE
June 5th | 6:30 PM at Gibney, 280 Broadway! UBW Associate Artistic Director Chanon Judson and CCI Fellow Maria Bauman-Morales will be on the panel! Save your seat by visiting bit.ly/longtablersvp today!
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“How do dance and performance artists view their relationship with audiences? Moving beyond the “fourth wall,” can there be collaboration and reliance between artists and audiences?... Share what has—or has not—worked for you.”
#UBWdance #theUBWway #LongTable #UBW35YearsStrong

T H E • U B W• W A Y:
We are just ONE MONTH away from the 2019 #UBWHomecoming celebration June 28-29! Enjoy a free company dance class, brunch, shopping, and more!
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Visit bit.ly/UBWhomecoming to get your tickets today! #ubwdance #UBW35YearsStrong

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
Our mood on this Friday! Flashing back to the 1996 performance of “Batty Moves” at the @newvictorytheater.
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We’d love for YOU to join us at the 2019 #UBWHomecoming celebration June 28-29 in Brooklyn, NY! Visit www.urbanbushwomen.org to enjoy a company class, brunch, shopping, dinner and more with UBW! #UBW35YearsStrong #FBF #UBWdance #theUBWway #Brooklyn #NewYork #anniversary #brunch #BlackGirlMagicStreet #danceclass #merchandise #celebration #dinner #nyc #Homecoming

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
On this #UBWWrittenWednesday, we'd like to congratulate to UBW Choreographic Center Initiative Fellowship Candidate Ni'Ja Whitson! The manuscript of their work "The Unarrival Experiments" made the 2019 Tarapaulin Sky Book Awards Longlist! | @tarpaulinsky #theUBWway #writer #poetry #UBWfam #UBWdance #theunarrivalexperiments

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
Hey #NOLA and #Boston! UBW is coming to YOU for BOLD Weekend! In this intensive workshop, participants will be introduced to UBW’s core frameworks and practices for culturally-rooted community engagement and organizing.
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Register today at bit.ly/BOLDNOLA and bit.ly/BOLDBOSTON #ubwdance #theubwway #intensive #BellArtspace #NewOrleans #EmersonCollege #Boston #engagewithUBW #UBW35YearsStrong

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
#PerformanceAlert Witness "Silver Linings: Triump of Loss", a piece by UBW BOLD Facilitator and Company Alum Kendra J Ross, Tuesday, May 21 | 7:30 PM | at Dixon Place!
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"Silver Linings: Triumph of Loss" is a multidisciplinary dance piece that uses spoken word and song to explore our perspectives on loss. Performers: Kendra Ross, Rakia Seaborn, and Pia Monique Murray! Save your seats today by visiting bit.ly/silverliningsdixon #theUBWway #UBWFamily #UBWdance #UBW35YearsStrong

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
It's here!! We are so excited to kick off the #UBWGenerativeDancer Workshop Saturday, May 18th! Thank you to all who have registered! We are so excited to share the space with you at @gibneydance!
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#ubwdance #theubwway #danceworkshop #GIBNEY280 #UBW35YearsStrong

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
UBW would love to share the space with YOU for the last BRIC community dance class Tuesday, May 14 | 6:30 PM! Visit bit.ly/UBWdance to RSVP to this free dance class! **No dance experience necessary.
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#UBWdance #theUBWway #FREE #danceclass #BRIC #BRIChouse #DanceForEveryBody #allages

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
Calling all #DanceArtists! UBW is holding auditions for new company members June 7 - 9!
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Visit bit.ly/UBWauditions for registration. Space is limited! #UBWdance #danceopportunities #theUBWway #danceauditions #theubwway | Photo by Rick McCollough

T H E • U B W • W A Y: #PerformanceALERT Enjoy an evening of performance art as Harlem Stage presents "E-MOVES" | May 2-4 | 7:30 PM. UBW company members Tendayi Kuumba and Courtney J Cook | #FLUXX will be performing! Save your seat by visiting www.harlemstage.org/events today!
#theubwway #HarlemStage #performanceart #Danceperformance

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
It's Wednesday! As always we are sharing a good read on this #UBWWrittenWednesday with you. Check out the the latest post on the #VoicesFromTheBushBlog | "Creative Dreamscapes; (UBW Choreographic Center Initiative Fellow) Maria Bauman-Morales in conversation with (Founder/Visioning Partner) Jawole Willa Jo Zollar" bit.ly/MariaBM052019 #theubwway #ubwdance #ubwblog #blog #interview #conversation

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
#TBT Taking it back to 1997! "Soul Deets"
June 28-29 | Join us in Brooklyn, NY as we celebrate 35 years of UBW! Visit the #linkinbio today for more information.
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Photo by Bette Marshall | (l. to r.) Dafinah Blacksher, Founder/Visioning Partner | Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Carolina Garcia, Christine King, Michelle Dorant, Kristin McDonald, (kneeling) Dionne Kamara, Amara Tabor-Smith #UBW35YearsStrong #UBWdance #theUBWway #Brooklyn #NewYork #nyc #Homecoming

T H E • U B W • W A Y:
On this #UBWWrittenWednesday, we are sharing some #GoodReads! As we are in preparation for the 2019 Summer Leadership Institute, we are taking the time to complete research, reading:
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“Healing Is The Revolution”
by Denese Shervington, MD, MPH
Founder/CEO of the Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies | @iwes_nola
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“Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America”
by Melissa V. Harris-Perry | @mhpshow
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“Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing the World”
by Adrienne Maree Brown | @adriennemareebrown
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#wednesday #womenempowerment #UBWSummerLeadershipInstitute
#summer #GIBNEY280 #iliketoread #bookstoread