MoAD hosts the Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now
Celebrating 20 years of Black Arts & Culture

Spirit of Sankofa: Bridging the Legacy of Black Choreographers Moving Toward the 21st Century (BCM) & Black Choreographers Festival (BCF)

Artist Panel – Joanna Haigood (BCM & BCF), Robert Moses (BCM & BCF), Raissa Simpson (BCF), Dazaun Soleyn (BCF)

Moderated by Dr. Halifu Osumare

The “Throwback to the Future” panel explores the Sankofa Process by invoking memory to understand the present and future possibilities of Black dance makers in the Bay Area. “Sankofa,” in the Ghanaian Twi language, means to “Go Back and Get It,” or the path to self-knowledge is to understand how the past figures into the present and an empowered future. Two generations of Black Choreographers dialogue about how the issues during the Black Choreographers Moving Toward the 21st Century (BCM) a national dance initiative (1989-1995) have shifted, yet remain the same today, during the 20th anniversary of Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now (BCF). Join us for a stimulating discussion about what it means to be Black in the Bay Area dance scene Then and Now.

Attend this panel at MoAD and receive a special discount code to see the upcoming BCF: Here & Now performances at Dance Mission Theater.
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Go to bcfhereandnow.com for BCF performance info!
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Please consider joining us on Saturday, February 8, 2025 for free performances of Healing Intimacy, an immersive piece by Dazaun Soleyn and Algin Sterling that activates MoAD’s galleries in response to the current exhibition, Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy. Performances will take place at 12pm, 2pm, and 4pm. Image credit Slide 1: Andy Mogg Image credit Slide 2: Healing Intimacy: documentation by RAPT Productions