Afro-Haitian workshop with Adia Tamar Whitaker, September 19-20

Choreographer Adia Tamar Whitaker
of Àṣẹ Dance Theatre Collective

The International Partner Dance Intensive 

Workshop Series 2015

presents

Roots and Beyond: 

An Afro-Haitian  Intensive workshop

with 

Adia Tanar Whitaker

Saturday and Sunday

September 19-20 (2pm-7pm)

Battery Dance Studio

380 Broadway, 5th Floor (at White Street), Manhattan

(map/directions)

Arguably one of the most influential of the "ethnic" dance forms, Afro-Haitian dance has had a profound impact on hip hop, commercial dance, and a variety of modern dance forms.

Join award-winning choreographer, ethnographer, dancer, teacher, and all-around powerhouse, Adia Tamar Whitaker, and musicians from her award-winning dance company, Àṣẹ Dance Theatre Collective, for two intense, joyful days immersed in Afro-Haitian dance and music. 

Limited to 30 dancers. Tuition: $135 for the 8-hour intensive. Payment plans available. Low-cost housing for out-of-town participants available.

For more information and to register, click here.

TIPDI (The International Partner Dance Intensive) is a series of workshop weekends and extended dance camps for adult dancers, based in New York City. Our full TIPDI program is a cross-training intensive, where dancers 18 and older take daily, leveled classes in all six dance forms offered--Argentine Tango, Ballet, West Coast Swing, Modern, Salsa, and Afro-Haitian dance, taught by world-class instructors. Over the course of our first three years, we've welcomed dancers from 12 states and 11 countries, ranging in age from 20-70.

We're Dancing While Black. And we're golden.

Were you at BAAD! last night for Paloma McGregor's Dancing While Black panel (Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Greg Tate and cultural anthropologist Aimee Cox with moderator Shani Jamil) and the amazing performance that followed? If so, I'm sure you walked out of there with more inspiration, motivation and energy than most people would know what to do with. And I'm hoping you know what to do with it, because we all benefit when you do. Live your life like it's golden.

If you didn't get there last night, you might miss a chance to buy a ticket for tonight's repeat of the performance. It's a smallish space, and clearly the artists know lots and lots of supportive folks. But give it a try.

The set features developing works by emerging dancemakers

• Adia Tamar Whitaker and Brian Polite
• Ebony Noelle Golden

and Rashida Bumbray's right shout Run Mary Run

Also, today, BAAD! hosts a full day of Dancing While Black master classes. Click here for information or call BAAD! at 718-918-2110.

Four artists talk about dancing while Black

Artist Talk | Dancing While Black: Collective(s) Action

with HNYPN Artist-in-Residence 

Paloma McGregor

Dance artist Paloma McGregor

Thursday, February 13 (7pm to 9pm)

An evening with the founders of Ase Dance Theatre Collective, Dance Diaspora Collective and The Body Ecology Performance Ensemble, who have developed potent, virtuosic performance practices rooted in cultivating collectivism. In a field that is so often individualistic or product-driven, how and why are Rashida Bumbray, Ebony Noelle Golden and Adia Tamar Whitaker making contemporary performance work aligned with community building? Join us in experiencing their work and vision.

This event is free and open to the public. A photo ID is required to enter NYU buildings.

Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics
20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor, Manhattan
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