Black Theatre and Dance Symposium 2024
ROOT WORK:
Embracing and Honoring Unconventional Pathways to Performance
Event Overview
Schedule
Black Theatre and Dance Symposium
10–10:30 am Welcome
10:30–11:45 am Keynote Presentation “ROOT WORK: Embracing and Honoring
Unconventional Pathways to Performance”
12 am–1 pm Chat and Chew
1–2:15 pm UNBARRED: The Power of Theater of the Oppressed to Spark Social Change
2:30–3:30 pm Re-FRESHH: Readings of Afro-Futuristic Plays in Progress
3:30–4:45 pm DIGGING DEEP: Liberating Black Roots in White Landscapes
5–5:30 pm Mock Ball: (Pre-Strut) Panel
5:30–6:30 pm Mock Ball: STRUT
7–8:30 pm UMoves: Undergraduate Dance Concert
Speakers
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- Stevie Walker-Webb, Baltimore Center Stage artistic director
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- Lauren Davis, actor and director
- Gene Downing, Gelana Yorktown Fellow at the Council for Court Excellence
- Matré Grant, Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland in theatre and performance studies
- Wallace “Shubaka” Kirby, co-founder of Hustlaz 2 Harvesters
- Ama Law, Artist-in-Residence in dance
- Bryanda Minix, multidisciplinary theater artist
- Lori Pitts, multifaceted artist
- Devin D. Smith, founder and CEO of Ship and Anchor LLC
- Sybil R. Williams, playwright and dramaturge
- DMV Kiki Nights, an organization that documents The Ballroom Scene In the DMV Area